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plants from Mt. Shasta to Tehachapi and the whole breadth of 
the State. The useful part of ‘‘ Flora Franciscana ’—the 
dates, citations and synonymy have been carefully omitted. 
The orders as presented by Mr. Greene furnish us some 
unfamiliar mames such as Amarantoidee, Tithymaloidez, 
Sarmentosz. rom Rosacez he separates Pomaceze and 
Drupacez; Cichoriaceze from Compositze considering it much 
nearer Lobeliaceze; and Cuscutecze from Convolvulaceze. In the 
matter of genera he has cut himself loose from all trammels 
crediting Dioscorides with 38 genera, Theophrastus with 14, 
Pliny with 32, Vergil, Varro, Dillenius and Micheli, each with 4, 
Brunfels with 12, Vaillant with 7, Dodoens with 8, Columna 
with 6, Lobel with 5, Galen, Tragus, Nicander, Gesner and 
Dalechamps each with 3, and 1 or 2 each to Catullus, Valerius 
ordus, Cortusi, Ruppius, Chabrzeus, Mutis, Ruellius, Clusius, 
Camerarius, Matthiolus, Ceesalpinus, Tabernaemontanus, etc., etc. 
The kaleidoscopic changes of generic names must keep his unfortu- 
nate pupils on the rack. Clematis again takes the place from 
which he ousted it in Fl. Fr. for Clemaizt’s. The yellow-flowered 
watercress is to be called Roripfpa; while the white-flowered 
species are retained under the old name. /vanca takes the.place 
of Frankentu,; Vibo is substituted for Emex; Hippocastanum for 
JEsculus,; Siliqguastrum for Cercis; Oxys for Oxalis; Butneria for 
Calycanthus; Pseudacacta for Robinia; Medica for Medicago; 
Opulaster for Neillia; Therofon for Boykinia; Limnopeuce for 
LfTippuris; Sphondylium for Heracleum,; Distegia for Lonicera 
involucrata, Ecliptica for Eclipta; Gnaphalodes for Micropus; 
Fleleniastrum for Helenium; Centrophyllum for Carthamus; 
Triodanis for Specularia; Brossea for Gaultheria; Meadia for 
Dodecatheon,;, Alsinanthemum for Trientalis; Pervinca for Vinca; 
Plantaginella for Limosella; Bellardia for Bartsia; Gale for 
Myrica; Limodorum for Epipactis; Orchiastrum for Spiranthes; 
Bermudiana for Sisyrinchium; Vagnera for solos et Unifolium 
for Matanthemum; Disporum for Prosartes; etc., 
Prof. Greene apparently in the full belief ihe. ae his book 
will be used hereafter, sedulously refrains from mentioning the 
well-known equivalents of his adopted genera and we give them 
for the benefit of any stud2nt who may chance to lack a large 
