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gender of the primitive may be changed at any time, of course, 

 by the addition of a proper suffix of a different gender. The 

 most frequent mistakes in the matter of gender occur in con- 

 nection with Greek neuters in -a, -as, and -os; thus, yaXa, milk, 

 and K/aea?, meat, are usually regarded as feminines, when found 

 as the last term of a compound, and av^os, flower, as masculine. 



CORRECTION LIST 



In this list are included a number of the more common generic 

 names which show improper formation. No attempt has been 

 made to make the list exhaustive, as this would be an idle ex- 

 penditure of time until there is a wider appreciation of the neces- 

 sity of placing nomenclature upon a classical basis. The names 

 given here serve simply as examples of the malformations which 

 abound throughout biological nomenclature. The duplicate 

 names which arise from malformations or from alternatives are 

 discussed under section IV. 



I. Compound with improper stem, often also with faulty con- 

 nective. 

 Acianthus = Acidanthus (otKts, ctKiSos, 17, point) 

 Acilepis = Acidolepis 



Acispermum = Acidosperma (a-n-epfjn, cnrepfiaTo^ , to, seed) 

 Acleisanthus = Acleanthus (dKAe?/?, inglorious) 

 Acrosantluis = Acranthus ( ok/jo?, a, ov, at the point, highest) 

 Agrostistachys = Agrostidostachys ( aypocrns, tSos, rj, grass) 

 Amblirion = Amblylirium (d^/3Xi);, blunt, dull) 

 Amianthium = Amiantanthium (afj-iavroi, ov, pure) 

 Chimophila= Chimatophiln (^eV^, x^4<-=^'''05, ro, cold, frost) 

 Chiococca ~ Chionococcus (x'wi'. x^^''°^> V> snow) 

 Chiogenes = Chionogenes 



Chroococcus = ChrotoCoccus (xptL>?, XP*^^^^' ^< skin, color) 

 Coleosanthus -= Coleanthus (/<oAeds, o, sheath) 

 Cybianthus = Cybanthus (kv/^yi, rj, head) 

 Cynosurus = Cynura (kw'wv, kwos, 6, dog) 

 Dasanthera = Dasyanthera (Sao-u?, shaggy, cfr. 8do-os, shagginess) 



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