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receded, or who did not in such works adopt the 
binomial system of nomenclature, be considered as 
binomial names? No, 32. Yes, 5. No answer or 
doubtful, 8. 
II. If so, shall the first word of the said hee be Soe 
to recognition as a generic name? No, 32. es, 5- 
No answer or doubtful, 8. 
IV. If an author has not indicated his adoption of the 
binomial system by discarding all polynomial names 
in a given work, are any of his names therein entitled 
to recognition otherwise than in esap P. No, 
18. Yes, 18. Doubtful 4 Noa 
Example. Da Costa in his work on the Concholo ogy of Grea 
Britain, varies se binomial to polynomial in his designations ot 
species, and some of his “ generic” names contain two or three 
words, while stins apparently — to the Linnzan system. 
Should any of these names be retain 
V. Does the reading of a paper a a scientific body con- 
stitute a publication of the descriptions or names 
of animals or plants contained therein? No, 39. 
Doubtful, 2. 
VI. Is a name in the vernacular of the publishing author, or 
a vernacular rendering from a classical root unaccom- 
panied by a Latin or Greek form of the name, oe 
to recognition except in bibliography ? 6. 
Doubtful, 2. Yes, 4. No answer, 3. 
VII. Is a name applied to a group of species without a speci- 
cation of any character possessed by them in common 
(that is, without any so-called generic diagnosis or 
description), entitled to recognition as an established 
generic name by subsequent authors? No, 38. 
Doubtful, 3. Yes, 3. No answer, 1 
VIII. Is a generic name applied to a single (then or previously), 
descr ibed species without a generic diagnosis or de- 
scription of any kind, entitled to recognition as above, 
by subsequent authors? No, 37. Doubtful, 3. Yes, 
No answer, I. 
IX. Is a name, when used in a generic sense, and otherwise 
properly constituted, subject to have its orthography 
changed by a subsequent author, on the ground that 
a proper construction from its classical roots would 
result in a different spelling? No, 21. Doubtful, 3. 
Yes, Ig. an 
X. If the previous question be answered in the affirmative, 
it may be further enquired whether an author has a 
right to assume that a given name is derived from 
classical roots, when the cues of the name did not. 
