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as it is the Chenopodium fruticosum, L., 1753. The question, 

 however, arises as to the validity of the generic name. The 

 genus Lerchea was founded by Haller in " Hort. Getting., " in 

 i 743, and the name is used in the edition of that work dated 

 1 75 3> which was probably printed before the "Species Plan- 

 tarum " of that year, and if so was ante-binomial. It also has 

 the disadvantage of differing by a single letter only from 

 Lechea, L., 1753. As I have already observed in these pages, 

 Dondia of Adanson appears to be the preferable name for this 

 genus ; and it has been adopted by Britton and Brown in the 

 " Illustrated Flora of the Northern States and Canada." The 

 species stand as Dondia maritima and var. procumbens (Syme), 

 and D. fruticosa, Druce, in "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1905, 

 p. 42. 



Polygonum saggittatum, Gilib., "Exercit.," ii. 435; precedes F. 

 esculentum, Moench, "Meth.," 290, and of "Index Kew." 

 = Polygonum fagopyrum, L., 1753. 



Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.} : vice Cephalanthera alba, 

 Simonk., "En. PI. Trans.," 1887 - C. grandiflora, S. F. Gray, 

 "Nat. Arr.," ii. 210 (Serapias grandiflora, L., " Mant.," 1771) 

 : C. pattens, Rich., "Mem. Mus. Par.," iv. 60, 1818, and of 

 "Index Kew." = Serapias Damasonium, Miller, "Card. Diet.," 

 ed. 8, No. 2, 1768, based on "Damasonium alpinum, sive 

 Elleborine, floribus albis," of J. Bauhin, " Hist.," iii. 2, 

 5i6. 



C. longifolia, Fritsch, in " CE. Bot. Zeit," xxxviii. 81, 1888: vice 

 C. ensifolia, Rich., I.e. = Serapias Hellcborine, var. B. longifolia, 

 L-, 1753 : = S. longifolia, Scop., " Fl. Cam.," ii. 202, 1772. 



Habenaria montana (Schmidt, " Fl. Boem.," i. 35, t. 56, as Orchis. 

 teste Richter, not of R. Brown) : vice H. chlorolenca, Ridl., in 

 "Journ. Bot.," xxiii. 219, 1885. In the "Index Kew.," Orchis 

 montana, Schmidt, is given as synonymous with Habenaria 

 nigra ; but I am able to find no corroboration of this reference 

 in other authors, and Durand in "Prod. Fl. Belg.," p. 185, uses 

 Platanthera montana, Richb., " Ic. Fl. Germ.," xiii. 123, 1851, 

 which is based upon Orchis montana, Schmidt. 



Spiranthes spiralis, C. Koch, in " Linnaea," xiii. 290, 1839: vice 

 6". autiiuinalis, Rich., in "Mem. Mus. Par.," iv. 59, 1818 == 

 Orchis spiralis, L., 1753 = Gyrostachys spiralis, Druce, 

 "Fl. Berks.," 468. 



Corallorhiza Neottia, Scop., " Fl. Cam.," ed. 2, ii. 207, 1772: vice 

 C. innata, R. Br., in Aiton's " Hort. Kew.," ed. 2, v. 209, and 

 "Index Kew." : Ophrys corallorhiza, L., 1753. 

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