ARTICLE 45 OF THE VIENNA CODE 307 
which it is now proposed to use, on the ground of the numerical 
superiority of the white water-lilies, which, however, at the time 
of separation, had one more species than the yellow. So, too, 
ith , : ; : : 
venders. 
Miller oe ict. Abridg. 1754) first, = ne Hill (Brit. 
were more than 
the Thrifts, which these authors, I think 7 left ua es the 
name Statice. In , however, Willdenow gave the name 
Armeria to the Thrifts, & name voices ea authors wish to 
retain, even if Statece has to disappear. Armeria is ies actically 
the Tournefortian genus Statice; is not the conservation of 
Limonium, therefore, according to Article 45—* w “is a genus is 
divided the name must be kept and given to one of the principal 
divisions”? The Thrift is the first cate us in the Sp. Pl., and 
also in the Genera (p. 185), where (in Obs.) Linnzus says, “ Statice 
auctorum calyce communi triplici, florem subrofandurn componit,” 
d “ Limonium auctorum calyci communi imbricato flosculis 
serie oblonga exhibit.’ 
oreover, another sentence of Article 45 bears out this 
reading—* If the genus contains a section or some other division, 
which, judging by its name or its species, is = type or Sanat se 
the group, the name is reserved for that part of it.” Limon 
had long been the pen e of the Sea tate and Statice of ‘the 
| , Thrifts, so not onl tke historic sequence maintained, but the 
dae SBR ge oe > ee ee ae ee eee 
Tournefortian names, which had been revived by Miller. I there- 
fore contend, as I did in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1900, 68-77, that we 
should use Limoniwm to designate the Sea Lavenders, and Statice 
instead of Armeria for the Thrifts 
Nomenelaturists who have been induced to adopt a numerical 
Soporant as a standard for generic names have not, it would 
app 
course would demand. on this ground we give up Limonium 
and Castalia, are other similar cases to remain untouched? The 
genus fuwmaria consists of eleven — only three of which are 
Fumarie, indeed F. spicata is put by some authors sm . separate 
genus, Platycapnos; one is a Sarcocapnos; two e Ind 
Kewensis are placed as Dicentra; while five belong % Corydales 
Even if the section “ i bicalcaratis” with two species of 
bleh are ee still have five lg kan against three 
nus Dieiass as —_ bined 
