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VII. will'» it is ri'i)iiiro(l to exprpss a Rul)g:onei'ic or seotional name togetlier with the 

 iiaiiit' i)f tlio scinis aiiil tlii> name i)f Üic spepies, ihe name of the section is i)iit bctwHen the others 

 in a ]iaieiltliesis. E. g. Astrai^'alus fCycloglotlii) contortupluatns. 



^ 4. Names of specics and qf siihdivisio)is of species. 

 Art. 2(). All species, even tliose that sin.sfly coiistitute a genus, are designated 

 hy tlie name of the geiiiis to wliicli tliey belong followed by a name (oi- epithet) 

 termed speoitie, usually of tlie nature of an adjective itbrniing a coniliination of two 

 names. a binomial, or liinary name). 



Exailll)h's; Dimillnis r/wnsjiessii/iinns, Papavfr Rliofas , Fumaria Gussonei, Vromvces Fabtie, 

 Géranium Robertionitni, Embeîia Sarasinoriim^ AdianUiin Capillus-Veneris. Liniiaeus has sonietiines iutro- 

 diiced Symbols in s]ipcific iiaiiics; those niust acoording to art. 2(i he traiiscribed. Ex.: Scandix Pecten- 

 Veneris f'= SctniJix /'tcteii \^l\ Verniiica Anagallis-aquatica (^ Veronita Anagallis SJ). 



Kecommendations. 



Vm. The specific name shoukl, in gênerai, give some indication of tlie appearance, the 

 characters, the origin, the history or the ]ir()])erties of the species. If taken froin the name of a 

 jHTson, it usually recalls tlie name iif llie one wlio discovereil or ilescrilieil it. or was in sonie way 

 coiR-erned with it. 



IX. Names of mßn and women and also names of conntries and localities used as specific 

 names, may he suhstantives in the genitive (Chisii. saharae) or ad.jectives (Chtsiamts, dahuricui). It 

 will be well, in the future, to avoid the use of the genitive and the adjectival form of the sanie 

 name to designate two différent sjjecies of the same genns [foi' i'xaiiiplc Lnimtuhui HeinsUyana 

 Maxim. (1891) and L. Ilemsleyi Eranch. (1893)]. 



X. S|)ecific names begin with a small letter except those which are taken from names of 

 persons (suhstantives or ad.jectives) or those which are taken from generic names (suhstantives or 

 adjei-tives). , 



Examph's: Fictif inJica, Circaea liitetiana, Brassica \apiis, /.yt/irum Hyssopifo/ia, Aster novi- 

 belgii^ Malva l'ourtiefortiana ^ Phyteuma I/alleri, 



XI. When a specific name is taken from the name of a man. it is fornied in the fullow- 

 iiig way : 



II) When tili' name eiuls in a vowi'l, tlie letter / is added lihns Gtaziotii from (ilaziou : 

 Hiireaui fr<iiii linreau), except when the name eiids in k, when e is added (tlius Balansae from Balansa). 



b) When the name ends in a consonant, the letters ti are added (tlius Magtiusii from 

 Magnus; Rat>io>idii from Ramond), excejit when the word ends in er when i is added (ex. Kerneri, 

 from Kerner), 



(-) Syllahles which are mit niodified liy those endings retain llieir original spelling, even in 

 the case of the consonants k and w or groupings of vovvels which are not used in classic latin. Leiters 

 foreign to the latiii of botanists shoukl be transcrihed, and diacritic signs suppressed. The gernmn 

 ä, ö, ii, hecome ae, oe, ue, the french é, è and ê hocome, in gênerai, e. 



</) When specific names taken from the name of a person have an adjectival form a similar 

 plan is adopted (Géranium Robertiannm, Carex Hallerana, Ramimuliis Poreaiiamis. etc.) 



Xn. The same applies to the names of women. These are written in the feminine wlien 

 they have a siihst.antival form. 



Examjile: Cypripedium Hookerae, Rosa Beatricis, Scabiosa Olgae, Omphalodes Lnciliae. 



Xm. In the formation of specific names composed of two or several roots and taken from 

 latin or greek, the vowel placed hetween the two roots becomes a Connecting vowel, in latin /, in greek c\ 

 thus we wrile menlliifolia, salviifolia, not menthaefolia, salviaefolia. When the second root hegins 

 with a vowel and euphony demands, the Connecting vowel is eliminated (e. g. calliantha, lepidanlha). 

 The Connecting ae is legitimate only when etymology denmnds (e. g. caricaeformis from Carica, may 

 be retained along with carieiformts from Carex). 



