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by an absence of the staminodia. These were often wanting in the 
Eurasian, also, being the exception rather than the rule. The accom- 
panying sketches illustrate these results. Thus Naumburgia Moench, 
as a genus distinct from Lysimachia, falls to the ground. The plant 
with teeth is probably a variation. 
Lysimachia thyrsiflora, X224: 1, from Japan; 2, from Sweden; 3, from 
Nova Scotia; 4, from Indiana. b 
Since specimens for examination were chosen all the way from Maine 
to Oregon in the United States, and from various locations in Swit- 
zerland, Bavaria, Saxony, Scandanavia, and Japan abroad, it is rea- 
sonably certain that the data were broad enough to justify this con- 
clusion. 
In the seventh edition of Gray's Manual the plant is described as 
having its corolla“ very deeply 5 (or 6-7)-parted.” As many as nine 
and as few as four divisions, however, have been found.—Maniow E. 
ALLEN, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
DOES SAXIMONTANUS MEAN “Rocky MoUNTAIN?”’—In his article 
on “The American Varieties of Pyrola chlorantha” (Rnopona 22: 49- 
53), Prof. Fernald has revived the word “saximontana” to designate 
one of these varieties, evidently intending thereby to emphasize the 
fact that the new form occurs in the Rocky Mountain region. This 
word seems to have gained an undisputed place in botanical nomen- 
clature, dating back to Haussknecht’s Epilobium | saximontanum 
