200 Rhodora f [NOVEMBER 
the corolla-color of Agalinis never conforms to my conception of 
“purple,” I have yet used that term in the compound “red-purple” 
in describing the spotting. I believe that this accords with current 
usage; however the expression “red” or “dark-red” is certainly 
truer, as the color seems to be but an intensification of the ground- 
color of the corolla. We are much in need of standard nomenclature 
for color; perhaps the use of Ridgway’s “Color Standards and 
Nomenclature ” is best, though to most of us his terminology would 
sound strange.— F. W. PENNELL, New York Botanical Garden. 
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Vol. 20, no. 238, including pages 173 to 188, was issued 11 November, 1918. 
