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Informe preliminar de un Viaje Botanico efectuado por orden de 
la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba, en las provin- 
cias de Cordoba, San Luis y Mendoza hasta la frontera de 
Chili, en los meses de Diciembre, 1885 a Febrero, 1886. 
Frederico Kurtz. (Boletin Acad. Nac. de Ciencias, Cordoba, 
Repub. Argent., ix, pp. 349-371). 
The purpose of this journey was to become acquainted with 
the Flora of the above provinces of the Argentine Republic and 
to collect specimens for the herbarium of the University. Over 
900 species, illustrated by 4,500 specimens, were obtained. 
Introduced plants.—Warren H. Manning. (Vick’s Ill. Month. 
Mag., x, p. 330). 
Monotropa uniflora, L._—Wm. Brodie. (Ottawa Nat., i, p. 118.) 
Nomenclature of the Eighth Edition of the London Catalogue. Re- 
marks on the.—B. Daydon Jackson. (Journ. Bot., xxv., con- 
tinued through several numbers). 
Out of the long list of corrections we have selected only 
those for the U. S. which are included in Patterson’s Check List. 
Sisymbrium Thaliana, Gaud. Antedated by S. Thalianum, Gay. 
Ann. Sci. Nat., vii, (1826) 399; 
Lychnis Githago, Scop. (Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, 310, (1772). Not 
Lam. Encyc., iii, 642 (1789) ; 
Lepigonum versus Spergularia. (Lepigonum, Fués Flora Hal- 
landica, p. 76, (1818), in (1819) the brothers Presl. named 
Spergularia (Flora Cechica, p. 94) ;. 
Malva borealis, Wallm. in Lilj. Sv. Fl., Ed. 3, (1816.) J. pusilla, 
With. Arr., Ed. 3, ii, 612, (1796); 
Melilotus officinalis, Lam. Fl. Fr. ii, 594, (1778); Willd. Enum. 
ii., 789 (1809); 
Potentilla maculata, Pourret. Antedated by P. rudens, Vill. 
Prosp. Fl. Dauph. 46, (1779) ; 
Sedum Rhodiola, DC., Pl. Graisses, t. 143, et Fl. Franc., iv., 386, 
(1805). Antedated by S. roseum, Scop. Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, 326, 
(1772); 
bp Huds., Fl. Angl., Ed. 1, 49, (1762); Mill. 
Gard. Dict., Ed. 8, n. 1, (1768) ; 
Antennaria margaritacea, Gaert. Fruct., ii., 410, (1791); Gray, 
Nat. Arr. ii., 459 (1821); R. Br. Trans. Linn. Soc., xii., (1818); 
Petasites vulgaris, Desf. Fl. Atl. ii., 270, (1798), superseded by 
P. officinalis, Moench, Meth., 568, (1794); 
