METHOD OF EXAMINING PLANTS. 37 



pointed pen-knife, or a pin, for separating the parts of fructifi- 

 cation, and a small lens for inspecting the more minute parts. 



The Generic and Specific names of plants being in Latin, it 

 has been judged expedient, for the benefit of young botanists 

 not acquainted with that language, to mark the accented sylla- 

 bles. The following rules for the pronunciation of these words 

 may also be attended to : 



1st, The diphthongs a and ce are pronounced like the English 

 long e. 



2d. The letter e at the end of a word is always sounded. 



3d. The letters ch are pronounced hard, like k. 



4th. In words beginning with see and set, the c is soft. 



5th. The letters c and g before e and i, and before ce. and ce, 

 are soft, but before other vowels hard. In words of Greek 

 origin, however, it is customary with some to make the g always 

 hard ; as in Monogynia, Syngenesia. 



