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XLII. New specific (or other) epithets should be written in conformity with the 

 original spelling of the words from which they are derived :ind in accordance with 

 the rules of Latin and latinization. 



Examples: silvestris (not sylvestris) , sinensis (not chinensis). 



XLTII. Specific (or other) epithets should be written with a small initial letter, 

 except those which are derived from names of persons (substantives or adjectives) 

 or are taken from generic names (substantives or adjectives). 



XLIV. In the formation of specific (or other) epithets composed of two or 

 several roots taken from Latin or Greek, the vowel placed between the two roots 

 becomes a connecting vowel, in Latin i, in Greek o; thus menthifolia, salvUfolia, 

 not Menthae folia, salviaefolia. When the second root begins with a vowel and 

 euphony requires, the connecting vowel should be eliminated (e. g. lepidantha) . The 

 connecting vowels ae should be retained only where this is required for etymological 

 reasons (e. g. caricaeformis from Carica, in order to avoid confusion with car- 

 iciformis from Carex). In certain compounds of Greek words no connecting vowel 

 is required, e. g. hrachycarpus and glycyphyllus. 



Art. 71. When the spelling of a generic name differs in Linnffius' 

 Species Plantarum, ed. 1, and Genera Plantanoii, ed. 5, the correct 

 spelling is determined by the following regulations: — 



(1) If Linnffius subsequently to 1753-54 consistently adopted one 

 of the spellings, that spelling is accepted, e. g. Thuja (not 

 Thmja) . 



(2) If Linnfeus did not do so, then the spelling which is more cor- 

 rect philologically is accepted, e. g. Agrostemma (not Agro- 

 stema) . 



(3) If the two spellings are equally correct philologically, and 

 there is a great preponderance of usage in favor of one of 

 them, that one is accepted, e. g. Rhododendron (not Rhododen- 

 drum). 



(4) If the two spellings are equally correct philologically and 

 there is not a great preponderance of usage in favor of one 

 of them, then the spelling that is in accordance or more nearly 

 in accordance with the Recommendations is accepted, e. g. 

 Ludwigia (not Ludvigia), Ortegia (not Ortega). 



Section 14. — Gender of Generic Names. 



Art. 72. The gender of generic names is governed by the following 

 regulations : — 



(1) A Greek or Latin word adopted as a generic name retains 

 the gender assigned to it by its author: e. g. Orchis (f.), 

 St achy s (f.). 



(2) Generic names which are modern compounds formed from two 

 or more Greek or Latin words take the gender of the last. If 

 the ending is altered, however, the gender will follow it. 



Examples of names formed from Greek* words: The generic name Andropogon 

 L. was treated by Linnaeus as neuter, but it, like all other modern compounds in 

 which the Greek masculine word pogon is the final element (e. g. Centropogon, 

 Cymbopogon, Rhisopogon), is now treated as masculine. Similarly all modern com- 

 pounds ending in -codon, -myces, -odon, -panax, -stemon and other masculine words 

 are masculine. The generic name Dendromecon Benth., Eomecon Hance and Ees- 

 peramecmi E. L. Greene are treated as feminine, because they end in the Greek fem- 

 inine word mecon, poppy: the fact that Bentham and E. L. Greene respectively as- 



♦Examples of names formed from Latin words are not given, as these offer few 

 difficulties. 



