CODE OF BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE 259 
ParT III. OrrHoGRAPHY AND CITATION. 
Section I, Orthography. 
1. The original orthography of names is to be maintained, except 
‘in the following cases ; the change not to affect priority. 
(2) Manifest typographical errors may be corrected. 
EXAMPLES.—Scoria Raf. isa misprint for Hicoria ; Rumhora Raddi 
is a misprint for Rumohra, named for K. von Rumohr 
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Adjectival names of species and subspecies agree in gender 
with the generic name with which they are associated. 
EXAMPLES. oe eet eae = great oo? 
(L.) Meissn.; Szsy is (L. ) 
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(¢) Generic names derived from personal names should be 
feminine, and if originally of other forms should be 
corrected. 
ExAmPLes.—Lippius S. F. Gray, Kantius S. F. Gray, Pallavicinius 
S. F. Gray, should be changed to Lippia, Kantia, and Pallavicinia an 
yet date from 1821 when originally published. 
(2) In the case of names proposed in works in which v and j 
were used as vowels or uand i as consonants they should 
be corrected to agree with modern usage. 
EXAMPLES.—Euonymus, not Evonymus ; Naias, not Najas; Neu- 
tani not Mevropteris; Rivularia, not Riuularia (Rivel aria); Jungia, 
ungia 
2. Generic names ‘i seid be written with initial capital letters. 
EXAMPLES.—Desfontainea, not desFontainea ; Durvillaea not a’ Urvillaea, 
3. If capital letters are to be used for specific names they should 
be employed only for substantives and for adjectives derived 
from personal names. 
EXAMPLES,—Asplenium Trichomanes L.; Uromyces Trifoltt ( Hedw. ) Lév.; 
Trichomanes Smithii Hook. ; Galium Boryanum Walp. 
4. The publication of names of bilingual derivation should be 
avoided, but published names are not to be rejected on ac- 
count of such derivation. 
EXAMPLES. — — is Latin-Arabic; /imbristylis is Latin-Greek ; 
Actiniceps is eeuctake 
5. The names of hybrids may be written as follows: 
(2) A hybrid may be named by placing the names of the 
