Nomenclatural Notes.— II 



By John IIendlf.y BvVkmiart 



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I. Ilysanthcs gratioloidcs (L.) Benth. The first edition of Lin- 

 naeus' Species Plantarum is no longer regarded as favorable terri- 

 tory for the nomenclatural explorer, yet the fact seems to haVe 

 escaped entirely the attention of our American botanists that the 

 Gratiola duhia of that work is identical with Capraria gratioloides 

 of the second edition. The name of this species should be : 



Ilysanthes dubia (L.) 



Gratiola dubia L. Sp. PI. 17. 1753. 



Capraria gratioloidcs L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, ^'jG. 



Ilysanthcs gratioloidcs Benth,; DC. Prodr. lO: 419. 1846. 



2. Monotropsis Schwein. No one appears to have noted the 



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fact that 



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only expresses a desire that the genus should be called Schu'clnitzia^ 

 but docs so in such a way that the latter name enjoys the priority 

 of position. As Sclnvcinitzia is accompanied by the description of 

 Monotropsis and its species J/, odorata, its due publication seems 

 unquestionable. It is strange that Elliott, who 



It is strange that Elliott, who proposed Sclnvcin- 

 itzia, and Nuttall, who adopted it in the following year, both failed 

 to combine any specific name with it. This omission, however, 

 was promptly rectified by Rafinesque, The synonomy of this 

 genus thus stands as follows : 



SCHWEINITZIA p:il. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i ; 478. 18 17 



[Monotropsis Schwein.; Ell. Bot. S. C. &Ga. i: 478. 1817.] 

 ScHWEixiTziA ODOKATA (Ell.) Raf. Am. Mo. Mag. 3: 99. 1818 

 Monotropsis odorata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 479. 18 17. 

 Schivcinitzia Caroliniana Don, Gard. Diet. 3: ^^J, 1834. 



ScHWEiNTTziA Revxoldsiae A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 



301. 1884. 



Monotropsis Rcynoldsiac Heller, Cat. N. Am. PI. 5. 1898. 

 3. Trioitalis Americana. From all recent botanical works it 

 would appear as if this species were first distinguished from Tricn- 



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