>But then I would have noticed the seeming discrepancy between the gender of
>the genus and the seeming gender of the species name. But since cous in this
>case is based on a person's name, and in the combination Lomatium cous is used
>as a noun in apposition and not an adjectival (and thus declined) species
>name, there is no lack of agreement.
It's the Okanogan or Oregon Indian name for the plant.
Bob Nold
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