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somewhat in the Berlin fashion, is that of a German, Mr. Purpus, 

 in whose honor Eriogonum Purpusi, etc.,. have been named ; but 

 the Americans have satisfied themselves with only one -i at the 

 end. 



The use of -i instead of -ii even after a consonant has been very 

 common in this country. Watson, for instance, almost always 

 used one -z. Plants named after Dr. Chapman are nearly always 

 Chapmani (one -i) and there are perhaps ten species named 

 Engelma7mi (one -z) to one called Erigelmannii (two -z's). In the 

 mediaeval Latin names ending in -mann were written with the end- 

 ing -mannus, without an z. The genitive therefore had only one 

 -z. Whether we should keep up this tradition or not is a matter 

 of taste. We have no precedent in classical Latin to follow. 

 There are cases, however, where a consonant should be followed 

 by only one -i as in Bernhardt, Gerardi, etc., as Bernhard and 

 Gerard have old Latin forms in -us, Bemhardus, Gerardus. In 

 the same way, I think, we should write Richardi, Hoivardi, Ha- 

 vardi, Bongardi, etc., all with one -i. 



Names ending in r take according to the Berlin rule one -z. 

 This is not because r is a semivowel and the nominative therefore 

 should end in -us instead of -ins, but simply because those end- 

 ing in -er have as they stand a Latin nominative ending, and the 

 Berlinese let the few ending in -ar, -ir, -or, -ur follow the same 

 rule. An old Roman would never have done this. The latter 

 names should follow the third declension, like the Latin words, 

 nectar, victor, robnr, vultur, etc. Fendler, Berlandier, Fraser, 

 Heller, Carpenter, Porter, etc., being in good Latin form as they 

 stand, follow the second declension regularly, with Fendleri, Ber- 

 landieri, etc., in the genitive ; but Bolivar, Victor, Arthur and 

 Muir should have the genitives Bolivaris, Victoris, Arthuris and 

 Miriris, unless the last may be regarded as an exception and fol- 

 low the declension of vir (-z). 



According to the Berlin rules, names ending in a vowel (ex- 

 cept d) should take one -z. Those ending in -a, follow the first 

 declension. Why should not those ending in -o follow the third ? 

 All foreign words ending in -o, taken into Latin, followed the 

 third declension ; and this was not only the case with Greek 

 words, but also those from the Phoenician, the Egyptian and 



