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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...artifice, and some knowledge of the principles which guide the imposition of names in those two sciences (a knowledge which may be easily acquired) would probably be of more service to the student than anything which he might learn from a body of rules for' Nomenclature in general. In Botany, the higher groups (including genera) have distinct names. Thus, we have Dicotyledones, Rosaceas, Rosa, &c. But, when we arrive at the species, these are known by the generic name with the addition of some distinctive attribute. Thus, the genus Geranium is represented in the British Isles by thirteen species, called respectively Geranium phseum, G. nodosum, G. sylva-ticum, G. pratense, G. sanguineum, G. pyrenaicum, G. pusillum, G. dissectum, G. columbinum, G. rotundi-folium, G. molle, G. lucidum, G. robertianum. The specific names are selected from various considerations; sometimes in honour of an individual (as Equisetum Mackaii, Rosa Wilsoni), sometimes from the country or the district in which the plant abounds, sometimes from the soil which is most favourable to it, sometimes from some peculiarity in the plant itself. So arbitrary and fanciful sometimes are these names, that Linnaeus (as we are told by Dr. Whewellsi) ' gave the name of Bau-hinia to a plant with leaves in pairs, because the Bauhins were a pair of brothers, that of Banisteria to a climbing plant, in honour of Banister, who travelled among mountains.' It is plain that a name which describes some peculiarity in the plant itself is of most service to the learner; but any name, easily remembered, serves 31 History of Scientific Ideas, Bk. VIII. ch. ii. § 6. the main purpose of a nomenclature, which is to distinguish one group from another. Varieties, sub-varieties, &c., are distinguished...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150457309
- ISBN 13 9781150457302
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages146
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