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RULES FOR CITATION 
Adopted by the Madison Botanical Congress and Section G, A. A. A. Ss. 
Writers and publishers of botanical matter are earnestly requested 
ty adopt the forms here recommended. Examples of various cita- 
tions illustrating the application of the rules in specific cases are 
given. Correspondence may be addressed to Secretary of the Com- 
mittee on Bibliography, 1284 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. 
In each complete citation there should be given the following 
items: 
a. Author's surname in full, followed by a comma. 
b. Exact title, verbatim, following the capitalization required 
by the usage of the language in which the title is written, but not 
necessarily the capitalization employed. 
c. Name of periodical or work, abbreviated in accordance with 
list of journals and catalogue of authors under recommendation 1. 
a. DE 
d. Series, if any, in Roman capitals. 
e. Volume number in bold face Arabic numerals, followed by 
colon. In case there is no volume number, the number of the 
part, heft, lieferung, or fascicle is to occupy this place but is to 
be printed in Arabic numerals of ordinary face. When a volume 
is composed of parts separately paged the number of the part 
shall be written as an index figure to the volume number. Vol- 
umes in parts with continuous paging require no designation of 
- parts. 
f. Page, in Arabic numerals of ordinary face. In case paging 
of the paper is in Roman numerals these should be used, prefer- 
ably small caps. Re-paging in reprints and separates is to be in- 
dicated by enclosing the numerals in parentheses. In case the 
original paging is unknown an em dash should occupy its place, 
the reprint paging being given in accordance with the foregoing 
*See Proc. Mad. Bot. Cong. 45. Je 1894. 
