new Species of Panicum 597 



species and unworthy of specific rank, while some of them will be 

 found to have absolutely no distinctive characters, as illustrated by 

 the "new species" mentioned above. 



It is evident from certain collections that we have examined 

 recently that this author purposes to publish more " new species" 

 in this group, 4s in one small collection in question which had pre- 

 viously been submitted to him, was found three proposed " new 

 species," not one of which is worthy of even varietal rank. In ac- 

 cepting such articles for publication as the ones above discussed, 

 the editor of the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 

 is open to criticism, as such publications do vastly more harm to 

 science than good. 



