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retained the name long established by which the genus had always 
been known by botanists, and uniform y agreed in ignoring the 
arbitrary and irrational change of name proposed by Linnzeus in 
defiance of the canons which he himself laid down for the use of 
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national Rules for Botanical Nomenclature, which provides that 
“the rules of nomenclature should neither be arbitrary nor im- 
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have also been made at more than usual precision in minor 
characters, which are often overlooked in descriptions. 
According to the tenth recommendation of the Vienna Inter- 
national Code, specific names which are old generic names should 
lus, Sambucus ebulus, Galium mollugo, G. aparine, Erythraa 
centaurium, Gentiana pnewmonanthe, G. amarella, and Solanum 
duleamara 
In the ote Endotrichia of Gentiana three species are 
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hig has for a synonym G. baltica Murb.: the variety obtust- 
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