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P. laurentiana, from Tracadigash Point, Carleton, Quebec, Collins & 

 Fernald (type). 33. inflorescence; 34. glumes; 35. lemma and palea; 36. 

 tip of lemma; 37. tip of palea; 38. anther. 



P. macra, from Bonaventure Island, Quebec, Fernald & Collins, no. 891 

 (type). 39. upper § of inflorescence; 40. glumes; 41. lemma and palea; 

 42. tip of palea; 43. anther. 



P. airoides, from Doyle's, Colorado, C. F. Baker, no. 637. 44. inflorescence; 

 45. glumes; 46. lemma and palea; 47. tip of palea; 48. anther. 



P. nutkaensis, from San Juan River, Vancouver Island, Rosendahl, no. 

 2,062. 49. inflorescence; 50. glumes; 51. lemma and palea; 52. tip of palea; 

 53. anther. 



P. lucida, from Cacouna, Quebec, Fernald (type). 54. middle half of 

 inflorescence; 55. glumes; 56. lemma and palea; 57. tip of palea; 58. anther. 



P. angustata, from Disco, Greenland, T. M. Fries. 59. inflorescence; 

 60. glumes; 61. lemma and palea; 62, anther. 



P. paupercula, from Salmon Bay, Saguenay County, Quebec, J. A. Allen 

 (type of P. maritima, var. (?) minor). 63. inflorescence; 64. glumes; 65. 

 lemma and palea; 66. tip of palea; 67. anther. 



P. paupercula var. alaskana, from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, 

 John Macoun. 68. young inflorescence; 68a. mature inflorescence; 69. 

 glumes; 70. lemma and palea; 71. tip of palea; 72. anther. 



P. paupercula, var. longiglumis, from Bunbury, Prince Edward Island, 

 Fernald, Long & St. John, no. 6,920. 73. small inflorescence; 74. glumes; 

 75. lemma and palea; 76. tip of palea; 77. anther. 



THE CORRECT NAME OF AN INTRODUCED SYMPHYTUM. 

 J. Francis Macbride. 



In checking up the determinations and nomenclature of the genus 

 Symphytum in the Gray Herbarium, it has come to my notice that the 

 rather generally introduced plant, that has gone under the name 

 S. asperrimum Donn, must be known, for reasons of priority, as S. 

 asperum Lepechin, as indicated by the following citations : 



S. asperum Lepechin, Nov. Act. Acad. Petrop. xiv. 444, t. 7 (1805). 

 S. asperrimum Donn in Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 129 (1806). The work 

 in which Lepechin published is in the library of the American Academy 

 of Arts and Sciences. He gives a good description and also a fair 

 plate, which show that there is no doubt as to the identity of his plant 

 and that of Donn, published a year later. 



