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VI. PUBLICATION oF SPECIES.*—Publication of a species 
consists (1) in the distribution of a printed description of the 
species named; (2) in the publishing of a binomial, with reference 
to a previously published species as a type. . 
VII. SIMILAR GENERIC NAMES.—Similar generic names 
are not to be rejected on account of slight differences, except in 
the spelling of the same word; for example Afios and Apinm 
are to be retained, but of Epidendrum and Epidendron, Astero- 
carpus and Astrocarpus, the later is to be rejected. 
VIII. CITATION OF AUTHORITIES.—In the case of a species 
which has been transferred from one genus to another, the original 
author must always be cited in parenthesis, followed by the 
author of the new binomial. 
N. L. BRITTON, FREDERICK V. COVILLE, 
_ JoHN M. CouLTER, LuciEN M. UNDERWOOD, 
HENRY H. RusBy, LESTER F. WARD, 
WILLIAM A. KELLERMAN, Committee. 
The principle features of the discussion were as follows: 
ART. I was adopted without important discussion, the vote 
standing 14 to 4 in its favor. 
ART. II unanimously adopted by acclamation. 
ART. III adopted by acclamation, which was not unanimous. 
_ Mr. Fernow inquired in regard to the last clause, if duplicate 
binomials were in use among European botanists. Dr. Britton 
teplied with the statement that to his knowledge they were not. 
Mr. Fernow inquired as to what specific name would be re- 
tained in case the oldest was a duplicate. Mr. Coville replied the 
next oldest. 
ART. VI adopted unanimously. 
ART. V adopted unanimously after considerable discussion. 
Mr. Swingle raised the question that publication of a genus with- 
out a diagnosis could not properly constitute its publicae?, to 
which Mr. Coville answered that in the “Species Plantarum, taken 
as the beginning of botanical nomenclature, all genera were 
without diagnosis, and Dr. Britton suggested that the probability 
of future publication of genera without diagnoses was not great. 
only” after the word 
; * Amended, August 22d by the insertion of the word 
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