74 Laws of Botanical Nomenclature. 
Art, 65, The name of a class, of a tribe, or of any othe 
group above the genus, may have its termination altered 80 a 
to suit rule or custom 
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. When a name derived from Latin or Greek has 
been badly written or badly constructed, when a name derivel 
from that of a person has not been written consistently with 
the true spelling of that name, or whena fault of gender has 
carried with it incorrect terminations of the names of speci® _ 
or of their modifications, every botanist is authorized to rt 
tify the faulty names or terminations, unless it be a qu 
of a very ancient name current under its incorrect form. 
right must be used reservedly, especially if the change is 0 
bear upon the first syllable, and, above all, upon the first letter 
of the name. 
hen a name is drawn from a modern language, it is to be 
maintained just as it was made, even in the case of the spelling 
_ having been misunderstood by the author, and justly deserving 
to be criticized. 
Section 7. On Names of Plants in Modern Language 
Art. 67. Latin scientific names, or those that are immedia 
derived 
of another kind, or having another origin, unless these are Ve 
intelligible and in common use 
introduction into a modern language of names of plants 
are not already there, unless they are derived from & Lat 
botanical name that has undergone but a slight alteration. — 
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