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51_94 Cambridge, England [Polemoniaceae], and yet we must recognize more than one species, not to say more than one genus because [differentiation] of corolla is very pronounced, as of stamens, calyx, habit and so on. It seemed to me very unscientific. It is a very old dictum: The species makes the character; not the character the species. In other words you cannot define your characters in advance. Fernald qualified his statement by saying broad-leaved plants, but uniformity of fruit is often very great in broad-leaved genera. - We, W.R. Maxon and I, went one day to the Lindely Herbarium in the Botany School. Mimulus brevipes, a spm. [specimen] by W. Lobb 400, is marked "Mts. of San Gabriel," "annual 2 - 4 ft. h,"; so Lobb did occasionally give a station for a collection. |
51_95 Aug. 21, 1930 - At the Nomenclature session this afternoon the very important legislation on homonyms was taken up - the once a synonym always a synonym matter of the American Code people. The Germans, Austrians, French, [Scandinavians] were all against the legislation in favor of killing all homonyms. The British, Australians, South Africans, New Zealanders were all in favor of it, as also most of the Americans. Some Americans were opposed: Fernald, myself. The vote, 241 to 111, was very heavily in favor of adopting this new rule. It is the most revolutionary change by far that the Congress has undertaken through the section Taxonomy. What will the Germans do about it? It would seem they must accept so decisive a vote. |
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