Vol. 36 



No 2 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



FEBRUARY, 1909 



Propositions relating to the amendment and completion of the Inter- 

 national Rules of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the 

 International Botanical Congress of Vienna in 1905 



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The following propositions relating to the amendment and com- 

 pletion of the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature 

 adopted by the International Botanical Congress held in Vienna in 

 1905 are submitted for the consideration of the International Bot- 

 anical Congress to be held in Brussels in 1910 : 



1. Motion to omit in Article 9 the words^ *' reserving special 

 arrangements for fossil plants and non- vascular plants." 



[It is most desirable that the principles of nomenclature should 

 be uniform for all groups of plants. Even in the case of themeta- 

 genetic and fossil plants, special rules are not recommended.] 



2. Motion to omit the word '' vascular '' in Article 19, 



3. Motion to amend by omitting Article 20. 



[Ailicle 20 is in the highest degree arbitrary and thus contro- 

 verts Article 3. Moreover, it is futile to attempt to conserve cer- 

 tain generic names without indicating a species with which each 

 such name should be permanently associated. A much more 

 philosophical result, not at all arbitrary, may be reached by accept- 

 ing the method of types as outlined below in the proposed amend- 

 ment to Article 45. Under this proposed amendment, many of the 

 names now sought to be rejected by Article 20 will also be rejected.] 



4. Motion to amend by striking out Article ^6 and adding to 

 the Rules the following as a recommendation : 



The publication of names of new groups should be accompanied 

 by a diagnosis in Latin, French, English, or German. 



[The Bulletin for January, 1909 (36 : 1-54) was issued 29 Ja 1909,] 



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