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don, in 1866, it was proposed to modify the name Cinchona , on the ground that it was 
named after the Countess Chinchon, but the majority of the botanists present, advised 
the continuance of the established usage. 
Gundelia is very far from Gundelscheimer, but since the ancient botanists permitted 
this license and it has been consecrated by an hundred years of habitual use, why 
change it? The purists alone remember Gundelscheimer, and the name Gundelia has 
been accepted as an arbitrary name. In these questions it is necessary to bear in mind 
that the fixity of nomenclature is the interest of greatest importance, and that a natu- 
ralist has the right (under certain limitations) to construct a generic name in any man- 
ner whatever; for example, in a way which may resemble the name of a person. (DC.) 
Yernacular names will be hereafter considered. 
4. Thus, a Scalaria named after Miss Turton is to be written S. Turtonce and not S. 
Turtoni. Names of nymphs and goddesses are necessarily feminine, and wiien used 
as generic names their terminations and those of their adjective specific names must 
also be feminine. Viviparus Montfort, is inconsistent with itself and must be written 
Vivipara. 
To change the first syllable, above all the first letter of a name is inconvenient on 
account of the arrangement of indices, tables, catalogues and dictionaries in alpha- 
betical order. It is very incommodious for instance, that several generic names com- 
mencing with E have been altered to He, on account of the rough Greek accent. 
These names have to be sought for in two places in all the tables. The Greek accents 
varied according to the dialects; it is hard to see why naturalists should be more rigo- 
rous than the Greeks. (DC.) 
Names of uncertain etymology should not be changed on etymological grounds. 
(Th.) 
§ LXXVIII. Although names of persons are Latinized and not adopted 
in a Greek form, no one is authorized to reject or change the name of a 
group compounded from that of a person with the prefix eu, oides or opsis. 
It is sufficient that they are not of Latin origin, for it is, above all, neces- 
sary to avoid changing names, but a naturalist of taste will avoid the 
origination of such. 
Some naturalists have amused themselves by applying to species names which are 
Latin puns on the names of persons. Trochus faba McGillivray, ostensibly named 
after Mr. Bean; Fusus domcenovce Yal., after M. Maison-neuve, are examples. These 
names, however absurd, should not be changed, for, with the motives of the author of 
a name, one has nothing to do, provided the result, considered in itself, is not seriously 
objectionable. 
§ LXXIX. When the name of a person is used without the necessary 
Latinization of the termination, unless it already possesses a form similar 
to that provided for under § XXII, it must be changed to conform to the 
rules. 
Example : Clausilia Mortillet, Dumont, is properly C. Mortilleti. Some naturalists 
have even gone further, and proposed specific names composed of two words, the 
Christian and surnames of the person to whom the species was dedicated, and without 
Latinization ! Example : Donacia Scipion Gras, Mort., after M. Scipion Gras as dis- 
tinguished from his brother, Albin Gras, for whom another species of Donacia was 
similarly designated. Such names are deplorable and cannot be accepted. (Bourg.) 
§ LXXX. When a name is derived from a vernacular word it must be 
accepted in the form given to it by its original describer, even in cases 
where the orthography of the name has been insufficiently understood by 
the author, and has given rise to merited criticism. (DC.) 
