DIRECTIONS FOR PRONOUNCING. 
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83. 
84. 
83. 
86 . 
87. 
88 . 
89. 
90. 
91. 
82. 
93. 
94. 
93. 
Class XIV. Stamens surrounding the germ. 
Names. Examples. Properties. 
Sempcrvivac. Houselcek, live-forever. Emollient, vulnerary. 
Saxifragae. Saxifrage, currant leaf. Tonic. 
Cacti. Prickly pear, currant. Refrigerant, emollient, tonic. 
Pertulacccac. Purslane. 
Ficoideae. Ice plant. 
Onagrae. 
Myrti. 
Melastomac. 
Salicariae. 
Rosaceae. 
Scahish. 
Mock orange. 
Deer-grass. 
Willow herb. 
Apple, rose, peach. 
Leguminosae. Cassia, pea, clover. 
Terebintaceae. Sumach, butternut. 
Rhanmi. 
Emollient, vulnerary. 
Emollient , refrigerant. 
Tonic, aperient. 
Tonic. 
Feeble tonic. 
Deobstruent, cathartic. 
Refrigerant, tonic, astringent. 
Aperient, emollient. 
Cathartic, emetic, narcotic. 
Winter berry, Jersey tea. Cathartic, tonic. 
Section fourth. Diclinious or anomalous. 
Class XV. flowers mostly apetalous. 
96. Euphorbeae. Castor bean. Cathartic, mild emetic. 
97. Cucurbitaccae. Cucumber, melon. Cathartic, refrigerant. 
98. Urticac. Hop, hemp, fig. Tonic, anodyne. 
99. Amentaceae. Oak, willow, elm. Astringent, tonic, emollient. 
100. Coniferae. Pine tree, cedar. Expectorant, secernant, stimulant. 
We shall, hereafter, in considering more fully the principles 
of classification, remark on the comparative merits of the most 
important methods of botanical arrangement. As our object at 
this time, is to prepare you for the analysis of plants, it may be 
well to give you a few simple rules for pronouncing their names, 
which being derived from foreign languages, cannot be accented 
or divided like analogous English words. 
DIRECTIONS 
FOR PRONOUNCING THE NAMES OF PLANTS. 
Botanical names of plants are formed according to the anal- 
ogies of the ancient languages, chiefly the Latin. Some of the 
most common terminations of names of Genera and Species, are 
in the letters a, um, us, and is ; for example, gerardia, trifoli- 
um, prunus, iris ; and virginica, candidum, blandus , officinalis. 
A very great proportion of Botanical names terminate in a, in 
which case the a has the sound of a in father, as Rosa, Viola, 
&c. 
The letter e at the end of a word is always to be sounded ; 
for example, anemone , pronounced anem-'o-ne. 
The e is long before s when it ends a word as Bicorwes 
In words that end in ides, the i is long, as in Hesper ides. 
Class XIV.— Class XV.— 
Rules for pronouncing the names of plants. — 
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