420 A. Gray—Botanical Nomenclature. 
mination is given to them, except in some cases sanctioned by 
oa .” Here our author asks, “but what Latin?” He con- 
- eludes that the Latin of Linnzeus should be the model. It is 
the classical language of botany, and is much more precise than 
the Latin of antiquity, in which very many words bear two, 
threé, or half a dozen senses, either in the same or in different 
ages; while in the technical language of botany each word has 
but one meaning, and each idea or object is expressed by a 
single term. DeCandolle elaborated this point in his Phyto- 
graphy, to which he refers for illustrations; and he returns to 
together, or it may even mean any homologue of the ordinary 
leaf. 
. 15. 
but one valid designation, the most ancient, whether adopted 
i i i vided it be con- 
sistent with the essential rules of nomenclature.” DeCandolle 
now adds an article 15"*, which is purely explanatory, but has 
is:—‘The designa- 
. 
name by which we are to call it. 
dency which is often shown to mix up the question of name 
Linnzus rendered a great service, and we should be careful to | 
expressed separately. If this rule is neglected, we may be is 
into attempts to express in the name, or with the name, the 
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