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arises from the combination of Greek and Latin forms, in which 

 case the cognate or corresponding Greek form is used to replace 

 the Latin element. In the case of vernacular hybrids, such sub- 

 stitution is so rarely possible that it may be entirely disregarded, 

 and all vernacular hybrids, the majority of which are personals, 

 are to be summarily rejected. Such names fall not only be- 

 cause they are hybrids, but also on account of the operation of 

 rules I and VIII. Greek-Latin hybrids, which are current in 

 nomenclature, are to be corrected and followed by double cita- 

 tion of author and reviser, but hybrids proposed in the future, 

 being invalid under the present rule, may be corrected or ig- 

 nored at the will of the reviser, who alone is to be cited for the 

 new name in either event. 



The following list will illustrate the various kinds of hybrids, 

 as well as the method of correction, when this is possible. 



I. Greek-Latin hybrids in which both terms are independent 



words. 



Actiniceps = Actinocybe (O.KTIS, OKTIVOS, 17, ray, Kvftr), 17, head) 

 Aureobasidium = Chrysobasidium (xpwrcos, golden, /fco-ioW, TO, 



pedicel) 



Baculospora = Bactrospora (fidxTpov, TO, staff, viropd, 17, seed) 

 Botrypes = Botryopus (/ScVpu;, 6, cluster of grapes, TTOUS, 71-080'?, 



6, foot) 



Callosisperma = Sclematosperma (o-*cA^a, o-*c\7//xaT05, TO, hard- 

 ness, o-n-fpfjM, TO, seed) 



Claudopus Loxopus (Aoos, slanting, crooked, irovs, 6, foot) 

 Clavogaster - Rhopalogaster (poTraAov, TO, club, yacrr^p, 77, belly) 

 Clypeosphaeria = Peltosphaeria (TT&TTJ, T), small shield, o-^uipa, 



i ball) 



Fagopyrum = Phegopyrus (^yos, 17, oak, TTV/X*, 6, wheat) 

 Fimbristylis = Lomatostylis (Aoi/xa, AayiaTo?, TO, fringe, o-TvAi?, v, 



pillar) 



Fusicolla = Chytocolla, (x^t's, poured out, xoAAa, ^, glue) 

 Geminispora = Dissospora (StWos, double, <riropd, y, seed) 



hybrids have been found in Pfeiffar's Nomenclator Botanicus 1:624, 1050, 

 1(540. Catasetum Kunth is corrected to Catachaetum, Diastemella Oersted 

 to Diasteination, and Loroglossum Rich, to Himantoglossum. 



