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22. Geographical names derived from names of persons arc 

 transformed into Latin adjectives according to rules is and 1!> 

 as: edwardicnti*. <Iicmchfnxix, ma<jcllanku*. 



The name of islands such as St. Paul, St. Thomas. St. Helena, 

 can retain their noon form but must then take the genitive 

 ending as: xancti-jxtiili, sunctn-helense. 



IV. Writing of Generic and Si>kcikic Xamks. 



23. The generic name must be written with a capital letter. 



24. The specific name takes either aeapital 1 or a small letter 

 in conformity with the rules of spelling as: viridis, magmis, 

 Cuvieri, Caesar. 



25. The author of a species is lie who : 



(a) First describes and names the same according to 



(b) According to the same section names a species already 

 described but still unnamed. 



(c) Substitutes for a name not agreeing with Section I a 

 name agreeing with said section. 



(d) Substitutes for a specific name used twice a new name. 

 The name of the author of a species follows the specific 



name and is written in the same characters as the text : if the 

 text is Roman, the name of the species is in italics and vice 

 versa as : La Rand esculenta Linne vit en France. 



26. When the name of the author of a species or a sub- 

 species is cited and abbreviated, the list of abbreviations pro- 

 posed by the Zoological Museum of Berlin must be used. 



V. Division ai 



s t d Consolidation of Species. 



When a genus i 



s sub-divided the old name r 



ed in the sub-divi 

 When the origii 



ision which contains the origin 

 lal type is not clearly specif 



r who first sub-dr 



rides the genus can apply the ol 



small letter. Otherwise 

 lish capitalization we wo 

 a would write Cardium 



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