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first, the orders included in this part being arranged in the fol- 
lowing sequence: Leguminose, Drupacee, Pomacez, Rosacee, 
Calycanthee, Juglandez, Rutacee, Sapindacee, Anacardiacee, 
Celastrinee, Rhamnez, Tithymaloidez, (the name antedating the. 
equivalent Euphorbiacee), Polygalee, Lines, Geraniacee, 
Malvacee, Hypericeee, Elatinee, Frankeniacee, Caryophyllee. 
It will be seen that the orders of the artificial division Apetale 
or Incomplete, are inserted among the polypetalous, or better 
choripetalous orders, where their affinities naturally place them, 
and this is a great advantage in arrangement. Prof. Greene fol- 
lows Bartling’s ideas in the main, believing the Leguminose to 
be the most complex plants. 
The following new species are described and new binomials 
proposed: Vicia linearis (Lathyrus linearis, Nutt; V. Ameri- 
cana, var. linearis, S. Wats. V. sparsifolia, Nutt. appears to be 
a prior name for the same plant); Vicia Californica; Amorpha 
hispidula, Trifolium amenum,; Trifolium roscidum,; Lupinus 
longipes; Lupinus nemoralis; Amygdalus fasciculata (Torr); 
Cerasus Californica (Prunus emarginata, Brew. and Wats.), 
Amelanchier glabra; Amelanchier pallida; Basilima Millifolium 
(Torr); Schizonotus ariefolius (Smith); Potentilla biennis; Rosa 
Sonomensis; Rosa gratissima; Ceanothus rugosus; Euphorbia 
rugulosa (Engelm); Erodium Californicum, Flerkea rosea 
(Hartw.); Flerkea alba (Hartw.); Sidalcea secundifiora; Mal- 
vastrum Parryi; Malvastrum fasciculatum (Nutt.); Malvastrum 
orbiculatum,;, Malvastrum multifiorum,; Tissa Clevelandi, and 
four under A/dsinel/a, the only pre-Linnaan generic name taken 
up to replace one used by Linnzeus. We wish Professor Greene 
had accepted Sagina. 
As to nomenclature, original specific names are of course 
rigidly maintained. The parenthetic citation of authors is, how- 
ever, not favored, although used to some extent. Generic names 
used by pre-Linnzan authors and adopted by Linnzus are ac- 
credited to the old writers even as far back as Dioscorides and 
Pliny. This practice has appeared to us to be straining a point 
for history’s sake and is open to criticism on the ground that the 
ancients did not use the names in the generic sense of Tourne- 
fort, Linnzas and others of about their time, but in most cases, at 
