ri3 AMERICAN CODE OF BoTANICAL NOMENCLATURE 
Section IV. Application of Names. 
Canon 14. The nomenclatorial type of a species or subspecies is 
the specimen to which the describer originally applied the 
name in publication. 
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PL Poly ‘nale L.. Sp. Pl. 1091 is typified by the desig- 
nation of a specimen sdtiectel i in Cente by Kalm ; Stachys arenicola Britton, 
Man. 792 rage Ee is typified by the desi a specimen from Staten Island, 
N Carex intumescens Fernaldii Baitey, Bull, Torrey Club 20: 418 
Ye hea is is ype : a specimen collected at Cedar Swamp, Aroostook Sac 
y M. L. Fernald. 
tay Wher more than one specimen was originally cited, the 
type or group of specimens in which the type is included 
may be indicated by the derivation of the name from that 
of a pte locality or host. 
s.—Eriogonum Porteri Small, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 41 
a is a bad on several specimens, of which the one collected by T. 
C. Porter is the type; Gat//lardia arizonica A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. 1?: 
353 (1884), is based on several specimens, of which die one collected by 
Palmer in Arizona is the type ; Cuscuta Cephalanthi Engelm. Am. Jour 
Sci. 43: 336 (1842), is based on hea from several boats, of which 
the one from Cephalanthus is the type. 
(6) Among specimens equally eligible, the type is that first 
figured with the original description, or in default of a 
figure the first mentioned. 
EXAMPLES. — Calyptridium roseum S. Wats. Bot. King’s Exp. 
pl. 6, f. 6-8 (1871), is based on at least three specimens, of which the one 
figured is the type; Arnica cordifolia Hook. Fl. Bor. Am, 1: 331 (1833); 
_ is based on two specimens, neither of which is figured, and the one first 
mentioned, which was collected by Drummond in alpine woods of the 
Rocky Mountains, is the type. 
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In default of an original specimen, that represented by the 
identifiable figure or (in default of a figure) description 
first cited or subsequently published, serves as the type. 
EXAMPLES.—7rillium sessile L. Sp. Pl. , is based on three cita- 
tions, of which the second is the type, being accompanied by a figure ; 
Centaurea Scabtosa L. § . 913, is based on a number of citations, of 
which the first mentioned is the type, as no figures are cited. 
Canon 15. The nomenclatorial type of a genus or subgenus is the 
species originally named or designated by the author of the 
name. If no species was designated, the type is the first bi- 
nomial species in order eligible under the following provisions : 
(a) The type is to be selected from a subgenus, section or 
other list of species originally designated as typical 
