=, wate ree: 
= 
Pee ics ca 
nee “ 
Woodwardi, in the words Cnichti, Vudvardi. But words of barbaro origin, hav- 
ing no fixed orthography, are more pliable, and hence when adopted into the 
Latin, should be rendered as mg cc i appearance as is consistent with the pre- 
servation of their original sou 
a, In converting ie words into Latin the following principles 
me Aes 5 PEN rded. 
ati Greek. Latin 
ae becomes 2 6 becomes th 
& sas i Q ph 
: o> terminal « us bi ": ch 
ov “ 6“ um x ee c 
ov “ u yx ¥ neh 
OL ee @ P 17 j 74 ng 
" - y The aspirate (°) h 
6. In compounding two Greek words, the first of the two words 
should have the form of the genitive case, dropping only the terminal 
consonant ; as from ogvis, bird, and gvyzoc, beak, we have Ornitho- 
rynchus—not Ornirhynchus 
¢. Words of different Kite must never be compounded together. 
We add— 
d. In compounding two Latin words, the same rule should be fol- 
lowed, except that 7 should be substituted when the genitive ends in 
. @3 penneformis should be penniformis. 
_ & Specific names, derived from localities, should terminate in ensis : 
those derived from names of persons, when given in honor of the dis- 
coverer, should end in the genitive 4, or ti, (¢, when the name ends in 
# consonant, and 77 when in a vowel); but when in compliment to a 
1 not a discoverer, the adjective should end in anus. But names 
a derived from the names of persons or localities are very objectionable : 
see beyond, § 6, 3, c. 
MI. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEMATIC 
NOMENCLATURE. 
The Sorters suggestions, although they cannot be aedinte the 
authority of laws, are worthy of being strictly regarded in the future 
introduction of scientific names. 
§ 5. The best names are those derived from the Greek or Latin xf 
guage, the former being in general preferable for generic names, 
the latter for specific. 
6. It is desirable, 
-@. To select names which may indicate some sensible characteristic 
of the object: this will greatly aid the memory. : 
ee To ‘avoid specific names derived from localities. 
8, Vol. I, No. 6.—Nov., 1846. 
