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revocably. Kuntze has been censured unjustly as the 

 originator of the personal hybrid, since the latter was 

 already found in numerous examples, as he himself 

 has shown. But he deserves to be severely censured 

 for greatly extending its use. Such atrocities as Pseu- 

 doleskia. Microschwenkia, Gerrardanthus, Pringleophy- 

 tum, etc., were in existence before the Revisio, but they 

 are lost sight of in the deluge of such foundlings pro- 

 posed in the latter. The magnitude of Kuntze's offense 

 against a classical nomenclature may be seen from the 

 fact that out of 109 generic names proposed by him, 

 67 are personal hybrids, and the remainder are almost 

 entirely mutilations, such as Watsonamra, Clarkeinda, 

 Schweinfurthafra, Itoasia, etc. In the first volume of 

 the Revisio, 1 the author gives a variety of methods by 

 which the same botanist may be "honored" ad nauseam 

 without increasing homonymy. The whole treatment 

 manifests not only an entire absence of linguistic taste, 

 but also an abiding ignorance of classical philology. 

 Kuntze. elsewhere 2 says apologetically, "Ich bin im 

 - Griechischen wenig erfahren." It is to be regretted 

 that this feeling did not restrain him from such mon- 

 strous treatment of classical stems. 



The following lists, though by no means complete, will serve 

 to illustrate the various kinds of vernacular hybrids, all of which 

 are to be rejected. 



I. Vernacular-Greek hybrids personals. 

 Bakeropteris Beccariodendron 



Balfourodendrum Beckeropsis 



Barleriacanthus Benthamidium 



Barlerianthus Blumeodendrum 



Barleriopsis Buforrestia 



Barleriosiphon Caloknightia 



Barleriotes Chamaesaracha 



Beccarianthus Chamissomneia 



1 Kuntze, O. Revise Generum Plantarum, 1:51. 

 3 Ibid., 3:214. 1893. 



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