6 ) 
6 
can be done to remedy these wrongs. We have scores of epithets like: orien¬ 
talis t occidentalis m australis , septemtrionalis t mar ianus .wammmm , virginianus , 
canadensis , brasiliensis , mauritanicus , aethiopicus , sarmaticus , ponticus , chi- 
nensis ,i naicus r and so forth*which are glaringly misapplied in their relation 
to species 0 Not only,but Euphorbia antiquorum L e never was the true 
-j?/ n 
,f Euphorbium of the antients E, officinarum L, never was the sole source 
of the gum euphorbium,secured prevailingly from E, resinifera Berg 0 Errors 
in the designation of geographic origin,in the indication of commercial 
uses and the like are rife all over the records of taxonomy. Once the gate 
ft ** 
is open to correct botanical names on such grounds as the ones just stated 
j y? &/t m *S 
why not change the name of a plant that is glabrous and its authoD^fhas 
dubbed pubescens ? Why,which is worse yet,tolerate that the main biotype 
of a complex enjoys only trinomial status when an insignificant form of this 
a 
complex,having been described first in time,bdars^full binomial name ? 
Would-be reformersface a serious issue: they must remedy existing evils 
0 Atj>e <k W€4.* /C* j i 
seeing to it^that these evilC'under their hasty manipulationsydo not 
_^ .j, 1 Mti^i m ii . ni..iui 1 iuii.iw»>.»r »nnir r-gm- infOatni rnjrumi «u. i m n , M lll U _ L t.,1 _n 
become worss^Sinee the proper place for introducing corrections into the 
Rules is in the Articles that are most immediately concerned.let those who 
object against the botanical names being labels write up another text 
under -art, !5)<to state / for instance, that the purpose of givir^ a name to 
a taxonomic group is to indicate the characters and the history of the 
group. So written, Art, 15 will please botanists who do not like Hevea. 
Other botanists,however,will object pointing out that once the principle , 
1S 6.QC e j ted fayye c'S j 
that’’corrections” can easily be made^we must know who is to > ■ upp i g i wT , wEenT, 
f t 
why and how c And it is here that the^difficulty lies e 
