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Rafinesque to convict the latter either of deliberate falsehood or 
of eccentricity bordering on madness. ; 
Tumion Raf. for Torreya Arn. In order to make this change 
Mr. Greene would displace Synandra of the Labiates, by an 
earlier Torreya of Rafinesque, and thus render Arnott’s Torreya 
unavailable for the Coniferous genus. 
Razoumofskya Hoff. for Arceuthobium Bieb. Let us hope 
that research may find a less hideous name available for our pine 
mistletoes. ; 
Unifolium for Smtlacina Desf. In order to have the pleasure 
of using this name for our very leafy Smilacinas we are to 
reduce them to Maianthemum and then take an older name for 
for that genus. Otto Kuntze would have us adopt Necker’s 
Tovaria. There are certain botanical works which though 
dealing with systematic botany are usually ignored. Necker’s 
‘‘Klementa ” might with very good reason be added to the list. 
He begins by dividing all known plants into fifty-four ‘‘ Natural 
Genera” and groups the genera of other botanists under 
each ‘‘ Genus” as species. The only indication as to whether his 
‘‘species’’ are original or otherwise is given near the end of the 
third volume by his index of ‘‘Species Naturales Botanicis 
ignotz, quibus nomina Neckeriana accommodantur,” in the 400 
or so names of which there may be found plenty of material for 
unsettling genera. 
The new species proposed by Mr. Greene have, in most cases 
when critically examined, failed to receive the approval of com- 
petent botanists, and they appear to suffer in direct proportion to 
the examiner’s familiarity with the Californian Flora. aes 
Dr. Gray died before Mr. Greene was fairly launched in his 
species-making and before the collecting of variations had made 
more than a beginning, nevertheless he, in the supplements to 
his Synoptical Flora, reduced the following species : 
Pentacheta aphantocheta Lessingia nemaclada 
Pentacheta paleacea Corethrogyne detonsa 
Bigelovia rupestris Erigeron angustatus : 
Bigelovia tridentata Helianthella Nevadensts 
Lessingia Parryt Madia Rammu 
Lessingia adenophora Hemizonia Lobbit 
