@Bob Nold - On using the upper- or lower case forms of a generic name, could it be understood that when a genus is in the lower case than it is being used like a common name (for example: scilla or scillas as a common name for Hyacinthoides, Puschkinia, Chionodoxa, etc.)? Travis Owen Rogue River, OR http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/ http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/