5) 
name of some genus. This last restriction throws out such 
names as: 
AMENTACEAE, GLUMACEAE, PALMACEAE, 
AMPELIDACEAE, GRAMINACEAE, PAPILIONACEAE, 
ANTHERACEAE, GRANATACEAE, PATMACEAE, 
ASPERFOLIACEAE, GROSSULACEAE, PISTILLACEAE, 
AURANTIACEAE, HIPPOCASTANACEAE, POMACEAE, 
BALSAMACEAE, HOLORACEAE, POTAMIACEAE, 
CAMPANACEAE, HypDROCARYACEAE, PYRENACEAE, 
CERACEAE, LABIACEAE, ROTACEAE, 
CEREACEAE, LABIATACEAE, SAPONACEAE, 
CHLAENACEAE, LENTICULACEAE, SARMENTACEAE, 
COMPOSITACEAE, LENTISCACEAE, ScITAMINACEAE, 
CONACEAE, LOMENTACEAE, SPATHACEAE, 
DRUPACEAE, LUPULACEAE, STELLACEAE, 
ERUCACEAE, NUCAMENTACEAE, STROBILACEAE, 
FICOIDACEAE, NUCULACEAE, SYNANTHERACEAE, 
FRUMENTACEAE, OLERACEAE, UMBELLACEAE, ETC. 
Names formed by prefixing Eu- to the generic root have been 
omitted also, as 
EUBUXACEAE, EULACTUCACEAE, EULOBELIACEAE, EUVERNONIACEAE. 
The signs used are as follows: 5 
* Signifies that the family name is founded on more or less 
than the root of the generic name. In some of these cases it is 
formed by the addition of “-eae” to generic roots ending in “ ac”’; 
e. g. Smilac-eae. Such names are perfectly correct for tribes, 
though improper for families. | 
+ Indicates that the generic root is wrongly spelled. 
t Marks family names formed from generic names which are 
not recognized by Engler and Prantl. 
§ After a citation means that it is accepted on some authority 
believed to be trustworthy, but the reference has not been verified 
by actual comparison with the original work. In any such case 
it is possible that the publication may not have been in accordance 
with the proposed rules. ; 
The families which, in this list, are numbered respectively 129- 
137, 153-159, 175-182, 208-210, 227-229, 234, 235, and 243-248 
