484 Retrospective Criticism, 



455. Helleborus ought to be Helleborus, from fiopa; but this accuracy may 

 be resisted by custom, as in Anemone, which is certainly Anemone, 

 on the authority of Theocritus ; but the Greek lexicons seem 

 aware that Anemone is equally correct, from the derivation from 

 aue/xos and (izvaj. 

 455. Olea is incorrect. O s lea, in No. IX. p. 106., is Virgil's accentuation. 

 Why Asarum, and Juniperus, in opposition to Virgil, and not A'sarum 

 and Juniperus ? 

 472. Ornithogalum must be wrong: the stress must be on the third sylla- 

 ble, ornithogalum, in our English pronunciation, although the third 

 syllable be in truth short. 

 484. On what authority is Jasminum accented on the second syllable ? and 



why Jalapa, instead of Jasminum, and Jalapa ? 

 Vol. III. page 49. Pittosporum ought to have the accent on the second 

 syllable, though, I admit, it will sound harsh as Pittosporum ; but 

 criropos ought to guide us. 

 50. Azedarach. Is the local pronunciation on the third syllable? [It 

 should be Azedarach.] 

 Veronica will probably retain its usual pronunciation, as accented 

 here ; but the third syllable is long, from sikwv. 

 53. Ccelogyne ; and 60. Monogynum, both wrong ; as the first syllable in 



■ywq is short, in Homer, I think, repeatedly. 

 70. Pimelea, from irL/xeX-n ; I prefer, therefore, Pimelea. 

 72. Saxifraga, certainly wrong, on the authority of Horace, " mare nau- 

 fragum." [Saxifraga.] 

 Secondly, I have doubts and questions as to specific names accented in 

 Nos. VIII. and IX. 

 No. VIII. page 397. Humilis must be a mere erratum for humilis. 



451. Apocyneae is one of a numerous class, in which the accent can 



scarcely be correct as placed on the antepenultimate, as in Cistineae 

 and Loteae : the e is, by r position, short. 



452. Eriocaulon should have the accent marked, if it can, so as to show 



that the stress is on the au, not on either vowel separately. * 



453. Crueiferae, a mere erratum, as well as 

 462. nubigdnum, for Crueiferae and nubigenum. 

 469. Serotiniim. Qucere, and not Serotinum ? 



484. Campanula medium, instead of media, is an error produced by C. 



speculum. 

 486. Aurantiaca I do not like, but cannot improve, without laying the 



stress on the i, a short vowel. I think, however, that such is the 



usual mode of pronunciation. 

 No. IX. page 71. Diversilobum. Where do we find authority? Homer has 



it KoSos ; therefore we shall be more nearly correct by pronouncing 



it diversilobum. 

 Can we not attempt to form a few rules on the subject of pronouncing 

 Greek and Latin words, where the genius of our language cannot dis- 

 tinctly note the proper quantity of the syllables ? I suggest, as Rule I., 

 where the concurrence of several short syllables in a polysyllable precludes 

 a perfect attention to the true quantity of each syllable, that we place the 

 accent on the antepenultimate, as in Eupatorium, diversilobum, ornitho- 

 galum, &c. ; or, in compound adjectives, as diversilobum, we divide them 

 diversi-lobum. Ride II. Where trisyllables cannot be pronounced accord- 

 ing to the precise quantity of each, that we place the accent on the ante- 

 penultimate syllable. 



* In future the diaeresis will be used in cases where a diphthong is not 

 intended. — Cond. 



