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(2) When they coincide with a technical term currently used in 

 morphology unless they were accompanied, when originally 

 published, by specific names in accordance with the binary 

 method of Linnffius. On and after Jan. 1, 1912, all new generic 

 names coinciding with such technical terms are uncondition- 

 ally rejected. 



(3) When they are unitary designations of species: e. g. Ehrhart 

 (Phytophylacmm: 1780; and Beitr. iv, 145-150: 1798) pro- 

 posed unitaiy names for various species known at that time 

 under binary names : e. g. Phaeocephalnm for Schoenus fuscus, 

 and Leptostachys for Carex leptostachys. These names, which 

 resemble generic names, should not be confused with them, and 

 must be rejected, unless they have been published as generic 

 names by a subsequent author. 



(4) When they consist of two words, unless these words were from 

 the first combined into one, or joined by a hyphen. 



Art. 68. Specific epithets are illegitimate in the following cases and 

 must be rejected : — 



(1) When they are merely words not intended as names: e. g. 

 Viola "qiialis" Krocker {Fl. Siles. ii, 512 and 517: 1790) ; 

 Atriplex "nova" Winterl (in l7id. Hort. Bot. Univ. Pest. fol. 

 A 8, recto et verso: 1788), the word "nova'' being here used 

 in connection with four different species of Atriplex. 



(2) When they are merely ordinal adjectives being used for enu- 

 meration. 



(3) When they exactly repeat the generic name with or without 

 the addition of a transcribed symbol. 



(4) When they were published in works in which the Linnean 

 system of binary nomenclature for species was not consis- 

 tently employed. 



Art. 69. It cases foreseen in Art. 60-68 the name or epithet to be 

 rejected is replaced by the oldest legitimate name, or (in a combina- 

 tion) by the oldest legitimate epithet. If none exists, a new name or 

 epithet must be chosen. Where a new epithet is required, an author 

 may, if he wishes, adopt an epithet previously given to the group in 

 an illegitimate combination, if there is no obstacle to its employment 

 in the new position or sense. 



Section 13.— Orthography of Names (Art. 70, 71, Eec. XXXVIII- 

 XLIV). 



Art. 70. The original spelling of a name or epithet must be re- 

 tained, except in the case of a typographic error, or of a clearly 

 unintentional orthographic error. When the difference between two 

 generic names lies in the termination, these names must be regarded 

 as distinct, even though differing by one letter only. This does not 

 apply to mere orthographic variants of the same name. 



Note 1. The words "original spelling" in this Article mean the spelling em- 

 ployed when the name was validly published. 



2. The use of a wrong connecting vowel or vowels (or the omission of a 

 connecting vowel in a specific epithet, or in that of a subdivision of 

 a species) is treated as an unintentional orthographic error which 

 may be corrected (see Eec. XLIV). 



