Russell, It's just a matter of orthography. In botanical Latin, most proper names end in -ia (f) or -ius (m), one exception being names ending in -r. E.g., Hymenocallis lehmilleri named after Dave Lehmiller. So "masoniorum" is masculine genitive plural. The foregoing to the contrary not withstanding, you will probably see it as "Nerine masonorum" at least as often as you see Nerine masoniorum. A few years back, we had a lengthy discussion of this very point somewhere, maybe in the IBS list. BTW, John Bryan lists it as "Crocosmia masoniorum" in his "Bulbs" (revised edition); not that John always got everything right...... Batten and Bokelmann don't even list Crocosmia mason(i)orum in their 1966 book on flowers of the Eastern Cape. Jim Shields At 08:58 AM 8/26/2010 -0400, you wrote: >But then Crocosmia masonorum (masoniorum) comes to mind. A band of >freemasons, maybe? > >Russell > >At 08:21 AM 8/26/2010, you wrote: >>Isn't it Nerine masonorum? Which is curious anyway, because presumably >>the name commemorates Francis Masson. >> >>Russell > >************************************************* >Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. >P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ >Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA >Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA