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Cnicus lanceolatus, Willd. Fl. Ber. Prod. 259, (1787); Hoffm. 
Fl. Deutsch., 285, (1791) ; 
Ags ase Oxycoccus, L. is now Oxycoccus palustris. Pers. Syn. 
» 419, (1805) ; 
Tisemibi Polifolia not polifolia ; 
Monotropa Hypopitys, L. Hypopitys Monotropa, Crantz. Inst. 
ii., 467, (1766) ; 
Mertensia maritima, Gray, Nat. Arr. 354, (1821); Don, Gen. 
Syst. iv., 320, (1837) ; 
Myosotis palustris, Relh. FI. Cant. 76, (1785). With. Bot. Arr. 
Ed. 3, ii., 225, (1796) ; 
M. arvensis, ’ Willd., Prod. Fl. Berl. 77, (1787), Roth, (1788), 
' Hoffman, (1791) ; 
Mentha sylvestris, Linn. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2. 804, superseded by &/. 
longifolia, Huds. Fl. Angl. Ed. 1, 221, (1762); 
Calamintha Nepeta, Link (1809), superseded by C. par ne 
= leat, Fl Pri, 396, (1778) ; 
Littorella lacustris, sa Antedated by ZL. juncea, Berg. (1768). 
Stockh. Hand. p. 341; 
Potamogeton rufescens, Schrad. ap. Cham. Adn. ad. Kunth. FI. 
Berol. 5, (1815); Wyman & Syme give an earlier name, 
P. alpinus, Balb. (Misc. Bot. i., 13, 1804) ; 
Scirpus carinatus, Gray, (?) Sm. Comp. 10; 
Carex teretiuscula, Good., is antedated by c diandra, Schrank, 
Bot. Ann. 57, (1781), but is not adopted by Pryor, a staunch 
upholder of priority, he calls it ‘nomen infaustum;” 
C. Lagopina, Wahlb. (1803). C. approximata, Hoppe, 1800; C. 
bipartita, Allioni Fl. Pedem. ii., 265, (1785) ; 
C. Buxbaumii, Wahlb. 1803. C. ‘subulata, Schum. (1801). C. 
polygama, Schkuhr, Riedgraeser, i., 84. (1801); 
C. precox, Jacq. C. verna, Chaix in Vill. Fl. Dauph. i., 312, 
(1786), concerning which Nyman observes, “nomen anterius 
_ sed nunc ambiguum et alterum notissimum ; ” 
Panicum glabrum, Gaud. Agrost i, 22, (181 1). “Is not this 
P. lineare, Krock. (Fl. Siles. ii, 95, 1787). P. [schemum 
Schreb. in Schweig. 1815?” Mr. Druce; 
Leersia oryzoides, Sw. vel. Soland. ap., Sw. FJ. Ind. Occ. 1787; 
Alopecurus agrestis, L., preceded by A. myosuroides, Huds. Fl. 
Angl. Ed. i, 23; 
Agrostis alba, L. Should this not be 4 palustris, Huds. ? 
Asplenium Trichomanes, Linn., pp.\or Hudson ? 
Polemonium flavum, Greene. (Bot. Mag., Tab. 6965). 
Portulacca oleracea, L. P. retusa, Englm. (Science, x, p. 204). 
With the building of the railroads the purslane has spread 
