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. As Dr. Kuntzc'starts with wrong premises, it is but natural that 

 he should reach incorrect conclusions. He indicates very plainly 

 how he came to be led astray in this matter, for he says : ''Al- 

 ready in February, i8i8, Rafinesque corrected Nuttallian names, 



'ptaniniuui Raf., proposed for Epifi 



Nutt." Evidently 



he IS not familiar with the pages of the American Monthly Maga- 

 zine. The paper published by Rafinesque' in February, 1818, is 



( 



^pt 



Epifc 



Nutt 



It was published as follows : '' Orobanche Virginiana and 0. loii- 



flora, must form two peculiar genera, Lcptanuiiuvt ai 

 Raf." In the American Monthly Magazine Rafinesq 

 mention of any of Nuttall's names until January, 18 

 indulged in an extended criticism of Nuttall's Genera. 



Thalesia^ 



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TARRVTOWN-oN-lIunsoN, November, 1898. 



