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usefulness. In ordinary language
I know of no case where
any thing [?] be gained
by using a capital for an
adjective, – but this is [sic.]
not true of Botany. When
we read A[?] c[?]-
v[?], we learn that it
is the adjective with the hair
of venus, but when it is
A[?] C[?]-V[?],
we also learn at the same
time, that this was once a
generic and proper name and
that this accounts for its
"double headed" character as
Dr. Gray would say. In like
manner [?] [?] [?]
capitals [?] us from
naming errors. [?]
the [?] happened to