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who cannot be skilled in bibliography and pedantry, should be con- 

 servative, I have thought it best, so far as possible, to avoid unneces- 

 sary and fantastic subdivisions. 



Polyscias. 



The cultivated Aralias, particularly those of the greenhouses and 

 conservatories, are much confused, due to imperfect descriptions and 

 to the fact that the plants rarely bloom, as well as to the fact that some 

 of them are dimorphous in foliage and also very variable. The 

 florists' Aralias with digitate leaves are apparently Dizygothecas; 

 those with pinnate leaves may be referred, pending completer study, 

 to Polyscias, as follows: 



Polyscias Guilfoylei (Hull), comb, now Aralia Guilfoylei Bull, 

 Cat. 1873, and Hort. Nothopanax Guilfoylei (Bull) Merrill, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. (Bot.), vii. 242 (1912). 



Polyscias Guilfoylei (Bull) Bailey, var. laciniata (Hort.), comb, 

 now Panax laciniatum Hort. 



Polyscias Guilfoylei (Bull) Bailey, var. monstrosa (Hort.), 

 comb, now Aralia monstrosa Hort. Panax monstrosum Hort. 



Polyscias Guilfoylei (Bull) Bailey, var. Victoriae (Rod.), comb, 

 now Panax Victoriae Rod., Illustr. Hortic. xxxi. 75, t. 521 (1884). 

 Aralia Victoriae Hort. Nothopanax fruticosum (L.) Miq., var. 

 Victoriae Merrill, Fl. Manila, 358 (1912). 



Polyscias Balfouriana (Hort. Sander), comb, now Aralia 

 Balfouriana Hort. Sander. Panax Balfouri Hort. Sander. 



Polyscias nlicifolia (Moore), comb, now Aralia filicifolia Ch. 

 Moore, Illustr. Hortic. xxiii. 72, t. 240 (1876). Panax filicifolium 

 Hort. 



Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms, var. plumata (Hort.), comb, 

 now Panax plumatum Hort. Nothopanax fruticosum (L.) Miq., 

 var. plumatum (Hort.) Merrill, Fl. Manila, 358 (1912). 



Pyrus. 



It has seemed best, for the purpose of the Cyclopedia, to retain 

 Malus in Pyrus, and this results in a number of important transfers. 

 The new names of native and oriental crab-apples have been made 



