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Huds., and write Ludvigia, L., rather than Ludwigia, and 

 Evonymus, L., instead of Euonymus. They also use Potentilla 

 Tabcrn&montani, Asch., instead of P. verna, L. ; but the older 

 name is P. minor, Gilib., although that perhaps is used in an 

 aggregate sense. They are correct in using P. erecta, Hampe, 

 instead of P. sylvestris, Neck., which Rendle and Britten 

 employ, and also show that if Galium sylvestre, Pollich, is to 

 be rejected, it must be called G. asperum, Schreber, and 

 not G. umbellatum, Lam. ; but I have yet to be convinced 

 that G. sylvestre, Scop., is a Galiinn the description does not 

 suggest it, and no one, I believe, has yet identified it. They 

 also point out that the authority of Anagallis tenella is Murray 

 and not Lightfoot, and that Scrophularia alata, Gilib., has 

 priority over 5. umbrosa, Dum. We are also indebted to 

 them for vindicating the use of the name Veronica Tournefortii, 

 Gmelin, instead of V. Buxbaumii. F. W. Schmidt used V. 

 Tournefortii in. 1791, but it is a synonym of V. pectinata ; 

 therefore V. Tournefortii^ Gmel., 1805, is available, and pre- 

 cedes V. Buxbaumii, Ten. They also reject Mr. Robinson's re- 

 versal of the names of Oxalis slricta and O. corniculata. Dr. 

 Janchen tells me that the Orchis montana, Schmidt, 1794, was 

 only a large form of Habenaria bifolia and not the plant 

 familiar to us as H. cldorantha, Bab. Since there is an earlier 

 H. chlorantJia than that of Babington it would appear that 

 we must use H. virescens (Zollik) for that species, since 

 Zollik's specific name virescens dates from Gaudin's " Flora 

 Helvetica" (1829) and is therefore earlier than H. chloroleuca, 

 Ridley. The Continental authorities chiefly use Platanthera 

 for the generic name instead of Habenaria. The wider 

 question of the advisability of following the Vienna " Actes " 

 when they depart from the Rule of Priority must not be 

 touched on here, although it demands most serious attention, 

 and I for one cannot assent to such an unfair and illogical 

 practice. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Mr. Norman B. Kinnear. Our friend and valued contributor, 

 Mr. Norman B. Kinnear, has been offered, and has accepted, the 

 Keepership of the Museum of the Bombay Natural History Society, 



