120 Rhodora [May 



Explanation of Plate. 



Porella platyphylla (L.) Lindb. 



1-6. Ix>bes of stem-leaves, X 15. 7-9. Bracts and bracteole from a single 

 involucre, X 25. 10-U. Teeth from mouths of perianths, X 2(M). Figs. 1, 2, 

 7-10 were drawn from a specimen collected near Florence, Italy, by E. Levier, 

 and determined by Schiffner as the typical form of Madolheca platyphylla; 

 Fig. 'A, from a specimen collected at Fiesole, near Florence, Italy, by E. Levier, 

 and determined by KchitTncr as M. platyphylla var. suhsquarrosa ; Figs. 4-6, 11, 

 from a specimen collected at Hie, Quebec, by the writer 98; Fig. 12, from a 

 specimen collected at New Haven, Connecticut, by D. C. Eaton; Fig. 13, from 

 a specimen collected at Vasa, Minnesota, by N. L. T. Nelson 9j5%; Fig. 14, 

 from a specimen collected at New Milford, Connecticut, by the writer. 



Nymphaea magnifica. — The crimson night-blooming waterlily of 

 India is well known by reason of a century of cultivation in European 

 and American gardens. It was first described in print in Hooker's 

 Paradisus Londinensis. The article is illustrated with two colored 

 plates, one showing the leaf and one the flower. The flower plate 

 bears the date October 1, 1805. This is the day on which the first 

 copy was printed, and is given in accordance with an act of parliament 

 relating to copyrights. Both plates bear the name Castalia magnified. 

 In the text on the second page following the plate, the plant is described 

 as Castalia magnifira. As a synonym the name Nymphaea rubra 

 Roxb. MSS. is given, and by this name the plant has ever since been 

 known whenever it has been referred to the genus Nymphaea. 1 



There is no doubt, however, that Salisbury was the first to publish a 

 binomial name for the crimson Indian waterlily. According to the 

 International Rules (Art. 35, 37) Roxburgh's manuscript name, first 

 published in synonymy, is not valid. We must, therefore, return to 

 Salisbury's specific name, thus: 



Nymphaea magnifica (Salisb.), comb, now Castalia magnifira 

 Salisb. in Hook. Parad. Lond. i. t. 14 (1805). A', rubra Roxb. ex 

 Salisb. 1. e. in synon. 1805 et auct. plur.— Henry S. Conrad. 



i In a paper to appear sliorlly in this journal reasons will be given Tor holding to Ihc 

 generic names Nymphaea and Nuphar. 



Vol. 18, no. 208, including pages 78 to 92, was issued 7 April, 1916. 



