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vaAo-creipa, (vaAos, 77, glass, (reipa, 77, band) Hyalosira 7 

 <t>r)yo-tTTepi<; (^rjyds, 77, beech, Trrepi?, 77, fern) Phegopteris i 

 f/:ATi(o)-av0os (t/xanov, TO, outer garment, a^os, TO, flower) 



Himatianthus 1 2 



lo-8pa/3r] (iov, TO, violet, 8pdftrj, T), sort of mustard) lodrabe 4 

 o-vKo-/xo/3<?7 (OT)KOV, TO, fig, fjLopcftr), 7), form) Syconiorphe 1 8 

 6a-To-Or]Kr] (do-Tt'ov, oVrow, TO, bone, ^>/Kr/, T), box) place for bones 



2O; ocrreo-, 6 



Aayw-xAos (Xayws, 6, hare, x e ^ 05 ) T > ^P) Lagochilus 20; 



Aayo-, 6 



Ta(<a~)-ovpa (Taws, 6, peacock, ovpd, 77, tail) Taiira 

 3. Third declension. These may be either consonant or vowel 



stems. The stern is derived most readily by dropping 



the ending,. -os, of the genitive singular. 

 A. Consonant stems. 



(i) Stem ending in an explosive, i.e., any consonant except 



o-, /A, v, A, p, and T in -/ACIT, nom. -/xa; nominative singular 



ending in a double consonant, $ or , or in o-. 



(a) Stem in a labial, TT, ft, <j>; nominative in ^ (labial+o-). 

 piTr-o-yovcmov (pity, piTros, T/, rush, yovcmov, TO, small joint) Rhi- 



pogonatium 

 </>Ae/3-o-xtTwv (^Aety, <AejSo'?, 77, vein, x 17 "^". o, frock) Phlebochi- 



ton 1 3 

 Ko.Tri\i<$>-o-t*,op<l>-t] (KarfjXuf/, KaTT^At^os, T;, ladder, /Aop^n;, 77, form) 



Cateliphomorphe 



(*) Stem in a palatal, K, y, x; nominative in I (palatal +0-). 

 dAo>7reK-(o)-ovpos (dAwTre^, aXwrrcKOS, r), fox, oupa, 77, tail) AlopCT 



curus i 

 <j>\oy-(o)-aitavOos (<f>\6, <Aoyos, 77, flame, aKav^os, 6, spiny plant) ' 



Phlogacanthus 14 

 6wx-o-7rTaAov (ow, ov^xos, 6, claw, TreVaAov, TO, leaf) Onycho- 



petalum 2 



(c) Stem in a dental, T, 8, 9, or VT, v0, KT; nominative in o-, 



rarely in p 

 <WT-O <o0 (^ws, ^WTC'S, TO, light, ^o^os, fearing) Photophobus 



27:1 

 IIMVT-O xat-rr; (i/Aas, i,udvTos, 6, thong, x^ Tr )> *)> lon S liair ) 



tochaete 10 



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