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Scleranth, from Scleranthus ; but why not Knawel ? 



Osmund, from Osmunda. 



Myriophyll, from Myriophyllum ; but why not Milfoil ? 



Matricary, for Matricaria. 



Eupatory, for Eupatorium, etc. 



Those names which are not at all to our tastes are : — 



Cerast, for Cerastium ; but if such a word must be coined, 

 why not Holost, for Holosteum on the preceding page ? 



Doronic, for Doronicum. 



Onopord, for Onopordon ; why not Cotton-Thistle ? 



Poly carp (newly martyred), for Polycarpon. 



Myosote, for Myosotis ; in place of Forget-me-not. 



Capsell, for Capsella ; in the place of the vernacular Shep- 

 herd's-purse. 



The best coinage of an English name is Rockcist for Heli- 

 anthemum. 



An Introduction of thirty-six pages teaches the elements of 

 botany to beginners, and explains the technical terms used in 

 the flora, and many besides. The definitions of perigynous 

 and epigynous, however conformable to etymology, are not 

 the quite usual ones, and are not adhered to in the work 

 itself. We were not aware that " in general the word ovary 

 is used to designate all the ovaries of a flower," unless when 

 united into one body, and are glad to observe that the author 

 does not use the word in this way in the body of the work, 

 one or two instances excepted. We always supposed the 

 word to be an exact synonym of the Linncean germen. And 

 if we may not use it, as botanists always have done, for the 

 ovule-bearing portion of the pistil, whether simple or com- 

 pound (reserving carpel for the simple of elementary pistil, 

 whether separate or combined), then a new word must needs 

 be coined for this very purpose. To mistake the radicle of 

 the embryo for the root, is common to all English botanists. 

 The short sections upon classification and the examination 

 and determination of plants, are full of practical wisdom. 



