Lavandula Spica L. See Lavandula officinalis Chaix 
Lens culinaris Medikus in Vorles. Kurpf. Phys.- 
oekon. Ges. 2 (1787) 361 (as culinare). 
Ervum Lens Linnaeus Sp. Pl. (17538) 738. 
Lens esculenta Moench Meth. PI. (1794) 181. 
Lens esculenta Moench. See Lens culinaris Medik. 
Leontodon Taraxacum WL. See Taraxacum officinale 
Weber ex Wiggers 
Limonia acidissima Linnaeus Sp. Pl., ed. 2 (1762) 
554, 
Schinus Limonia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. (1758) 389. 
Feronia elephantum Correa in Trans. Linn. Soc. 5 
(1800) 225. 
Feronia Limonia Swingle in Journ. Washington 
Acad. Sci. 4 (1914) 828. 
Swingle (in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 4 (1914) 
828) took up the generic name J’eronia Correa for the 
wood-apple in the belief that Lamonta and Limonium 
were orthographic variants of the same name, and conse- 
quently Limonia must be discarded as a later homonym. 
Airy-Shaw (in Kew. Bull. (1989) 298) argues that un- 
der the present interpretation of the Rules the two names 
are distinct, and he reverts to the original Linnaean name 
for this species. 
Recently, further clarification of the situation has re- 
sulted from the publication of a statement by the Special 
Committee on Nomenclature (in Kew. Bull. (1940) 88) 
in connection with a discussion of new nomina conserv- 
anda. ‘This statement is to the effect that ‘‘generic names 
ending in masculine, feminine and neuter terminations, 
-us, -a, -um, are held to be different.’ 
It seems clear, therefore, that Limonia acidissima IL. 
must be considered the correct name for the wood-apple. 
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