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Pliilydrum Gaertn. 1788 (mel. 



l'l:ilohydrum) 

 Isomerium R. Br. 1830 

 Isomeris Torr. & Gr. 1838 

 Ixianthes Bentli. 1836 (mel. 



Txianthus) 

 Ixanthns Griseb. 1839 

 Lepanthes Swartz 1799 (mel. 



Lepanthus) 

 Le])isaiithiis Blume 1825 (cor. 



Lcpidanthus) 



III. Similar terms distinct classically and nomenclatiirally 



Rhaphidospora Noes 1832 

 Rhaphiospora Korli. 1855 

 Syncephalum DC. 1837 

 Syncephalis Van Tieghem 1875 

 Theriophonum lUunie 1835 

 Therofon Raf. 1836 (cor. 



Therophonum) 

 Xanthiopsis DC. 1836 

 Xanthopsis DC. 1837 



Actinostemon Klotzsch 1841 

 Actinostemma Lindl. 1847 

 Alectra Thunb. 1784 

 Alectryon Gaertn. 1788 

 Brachylobos DC. 1821 (cor. 



Brachylobus) 

 Bracbylobium C. A. Meyer 1841 

 Calopogon R. Br. 181 3 

 Calopogonium Desvaux 1826 

 Ceramianthemum Donati 1750 

 Ceramiantbe Rchb. 1831 (mel. 



Ceramianthus) 

 Cladodes Lour, 1790 

 Cladodium Bridel 1826 

 Diceratinm Lagasca 1815 



Diceras Endl. 1840 

 Eritrichium Gaudin 1828 

 Eriothrix Rchb. 1828 

 Glechoma L. 1737 (cor. Gle- 



chonoma) 

 Glechon Spreng. 1827 

 Elaplocarpha Lessing 1831 

 Haplocarpaea Endl. 1838 

 Micranthus Wendland 1798 

 Micranthemum Michx. 1803 

 Stylidium Swartz 1807 

 Stylis Poir. 1817 

 Trachypodinm Leman 1828 

 Trachypus Reinw. & Hornsch. 



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Terms are invalid unless properly spelled ; retroactively, improper spellings 

 are to be corrected. 



Apart from its application to improper formations, this thesis 

 is of secondary importance. It is given place here merely to em- 

 phasize again the fact that nomenclature in all its aspects must 

 rest upon a classical basis, a repetition rendered imperative for 

 the reason that many biologists and more than one code still re- 



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