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Prof. Greene, (BULLETIN, xvii. 14), it was called G. cvzermis by 
Crantz, (Inst. Rei. Herb. 1. 219 (1766), and this name was sub- 
sequently used for the tree by Miller and K. Koch; but Linnzus 
published a G. znermis in Syst. Nat. Ed. 10 (1759), as cited in 
Richter’s Codex, p. 1012, and repeated it in Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 1059 
(1763). Although this G. zwermis of Linnzeus was, apparently, 
a composite species made up of one from Java and the North 
American G. triacanthos, the reference to the Javanese tree 
by him stands first, and the species is said to come from Java. 
Hence we are not justified in using the same binomial published 
seven years later for a different plant. 
SPIRZA RUBRa (Hill). 
Ulmaria rubra, Hill, Hort. Kew 214, t. 7 (1769). 
Spirea lobata, Gronov. in Jacq. Hort. Vind. i. 38, t. 88, 
(1770). 
Hill’s figure and description clearly indicate that he had this 
plant in mind rather than G7//enta stipulata (Muhl.) Max. Act. 
Hort. Petr. vi. 228 (G. stipulacea, Nutt.), as has been suggested. 
Geum Canadense, Jacq. Hort. Vind. ii. 82, t. 175 (1772). 
G. Carolinianum, Walt. Fl. Car. 150 (1788). 
G. album, Gmel. Syst. ii. 861 (1791). 
Jacquin’s plate leaves no doubt as to what he intended. There 
isa fragment of G. Carolinianum, Walt. in Walter’s Herbarium 
at the British Museum, which is. apparently the same. G. Can- 
adense, Murray, Comm. Soc. Goett. v. 33, t. 4, f. B. (1775), is 
from figure and description clearly G. strictum, Ait. Hort. Kew. 
iil. 217 (1789), of which there is a type preserved in the general 
herbarium at the British Museum. 
Var. FLAVUM (Porter); G. a/bum, var. flavum, Porter, Bull. 
Torr. Club, xvii. 21 (1890). 
Saxifraga Geum, L. Sp. Pl. i. 401 (1753). 
There is a specimen of this species in Durand’s Herbarium at 
_ Paris, collected by the Rev. Mr. Steinhaur, in Newfoundland. 
It is erroneously labeled by Durand S. spicata, Don. This ap- 
pears to be the first indication of its occurrence in America. 
Parnassia grandtfolia, DC. Prodr. i. 320 (1824). 
P. Caroliniana, Michx. var. 8., Hook. Jour. Bot. i. 194 
At$34); -T,,and G. FLNeA, i. 140: . 
