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Steud., 4. elancus Steud., A. parviflora, rosea, & taraxactfolia 
D. Dietr. 
HALEsIA L, a genus of three species inhabiting the south- 
eastern United States, is now undergoing the miseries of nomen- 
clatural reform. There was a Aalesia Browne, published four 
years earlier than the one of Linnzeus, and although the earlier 
one is only a synonym of Guettarda, it is raked out of its grave 
in order to destroy by the ‘‘ once a synonym always a synonym ” 
process the commonly and long-accepted Ha/esta of Linnzeus. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, noting the opportunity, in ‘* Garden and 
Forest ’’ for October 18 inflicts the name “ J/ohrca” on a suffer- 
ing science, as a substitute for Hudesza I,. and duly transfers the 
species. 
Professor Greene, in his Journal ‘‘ Erythea”’ of November 4, 
with his customary happy knack of making every ‘possible 
blunder, accuses Professor C. S. Sargent of creating the name 
““Mohria’’ and proposes ‘‘Carlomohria’’ as a_ substitute, 
‘‘vouchsafing’’ the information that ‘‘ Mohria’’ as a spoken 
name is identical with ‘‘ Morea,” a name already twice 
employed. 
In the meantime Dr. Britton having discovered that there is 
a recognized ‘‘ Mohria” among the genera of ferns, invents a 
new generic name ‘‘ Mohrodendron ”’ and in Garden and Forest, 
November 8, again transfers the species. 
ffalesia in this way has been ‘“ honored” in three weeks’ 
time with three new generic names and two sets of binomials, 
which the botanical world will promptly add to the ‘‘ ever in- 
creasing store of silent synonyms.” 
‘*Mr. JAcKSon’s great /udex continues to progress steadily 
and with as much rapidity as the nature of the work will allow. 
It is now printed off as far as the beginning of E; up to the end 
of D it occupies 807 quarto pages of three columns each.”—Lond. 
Journal of Botany, March, 1893. 
‘* Part I of the Index Kewensis, dealing with the nomencla- 
ture of all known flowering plants, has just been issued in Lon- 
don. It had been confided that such a work was in progress at 
the Kew Herbarium, and the promise of its publication excited 
