PRONUNCIATION 



OF THE 



LATIN NAMES OF PLANTS. 



IT will be necessary for persons unacquainted with the 

 Latin language, to observe the following rules, in pro- 

 nouncing the botanical names of plants : 



1. The letter E, at the end of a word, is always to be 

 sounded ; for example, the word GA'LE is to be pro- 

 nounced as if composed of two syllables, GA'-LE : and 

 not like the English word Gale. 



2. When the letters C and H come together, they are 

 to be pronounced hard, like K. Thus, LI'CHEN, is pro- 

 nounced Li' KEN. 



3. When the vowels A and E, O and E t or E and /, 

 occur together, if not marked with two dots placed over 

 them, as in DABOECIA, pronounced DA-ZO-E-CIA, they 

 are to be pronounced as one sound. Thus, 



Cratse'gus, is to be pronounced Cra-te'-gus. 



Monoe'cia Mo-ne'-cia. 



Cheiran'thus - - Ki-ran'-thus 



with the /long, like the word Eye. 



4. In words that end in -IDES, the / is always to 

 be pronounced long, like the word Eye; eye-des; 

 thus LICHENOIDE'S is to be pronounced LIKEN-O-EYE- 

 DES. 



The termination -ides, which is sometimes added 

 to other words, is derived from the Greek word, eidos, 

 which signifies form, resemblance, figure. 



In this volume, wherever the accentuation of the 

 Latin name or terms is not obvious, they are divided 

 and marked, as they are to be pronounced; and the 

 accent, or force of the voice, is to be thrown upon the 

 syllable which precedes the mark. Thus, 

 Ar'butus, is to be pronounced Afi'butus, not Arsj/'tus. 

 Veroni'ca - Verotf/ca, not Veronica. 



