106 Rhodora [May 
my opinion warrants the conclusion that C. Wisteriana is conspecific 
with C. maculata. 'The data furnished by Rafinesque’s second note, 
however, are conclusive evidence, that his C. maculata is conspecific 
with C. multiflora, and is on account of its priority the proper name 
for the species. 
CORALLORRHIZA TRIFIDA Chatelain. 
Robert Brown in Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 5, p. 209 
(1813) first used the combination Corallorrhiza innata, but J. J. 
Chatelain had in 1760, in a small pamphlet of fifteen pages, entitled 
Specimen Inaugurale de Corallorhiza, properly made the combination 
C. trifida. Chatelain’s combination, through the rules of priority, is, 
therefore, valid while Brown's becomes a synonym. Linnaeus in 
Species Plantarum, edition of 1753, page 945, published the combina- 
tion Ophrys corallorhiza so that the first specific name of our plant is 
" corallorhiza," but the transfer of the Linnaean specific name to the 
genus Corallorrhiza gives the combination Corallorrhiza corallorhiza 
which was first made by Karsten in 1880-1883. According to Section 
6, Art. 55 of the International Rules for Botanical "Nomenclature 
specific names which repeat the generic name must be rejected. If we 
apply this rule in the present case we must reject Karsten’s combina- 
tion and reinstate that of Chatelain. As Chatelain’s pamphlet is 
rare and may not be readily accessible to those who wish to study the 
subject in detail, the following transcript from the first half of Page 8, 
on which the combination C. trifida is made, may prove of value. 
SPECIES PRIMA. 
'Trifida. CORALLORHIZA nectarl labio trifido. 
Ophris bulbis ramosis flexuosis, caule vaginato, nectari. 
labio trifido. LiNN. sp. plant. pag. 945. No. 2 & Flori 
Suec. Edit. 2. pag. 317. No. 816. 
Neottia bulbis reticulatis, nectarii labio trifido. Lyn. 
Act. Ups. 1740. pag. 34. Flor. Suec. Edit. 1. pag. 267. No. 
743. & WacHENDOREF. pag. 316. No. 886. 
Neottia radice reticulata. Linn. Flor. Lapp. pag. 247. 
No. 315. Коүєкх. Lugdb. pag. 15. No. 1. 
Norra EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 
