This is exactly what I do and where I think the latin names are made for If I have a Chinese or somebody who I don't understand looking for a special plant I ask him to write down the name and I know most of the time where they are talking about and the rest from this whole discussion is just for a few ?????? Roland 2010/7/27 J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net> > So it's small wonder that Botanical Latin begins to seem a bit like Ben's > description of English -- it seems to be a language defined by a committee! > > Peter Smithers used to say that Botanical Latin is a written language > rather than a spoken language. So we are on our own, it seems. > > Jim Shields > > > -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Tel./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com