Jane McGary wrote: “Epithets such as this are considered (and often are in fact, being the native-language names of the plants) nouns rather than adjectives." Thanks for mentioning this, Jane. It is the basis for my objection to changing the name of Zephyranthes atamasco to Z. atamasca. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/