2i8 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



the names of our British plants. The following paper, 

 which is suggestive rather than authoritative, attempts to 

 give some of the principal instances. It may have the 

 advantage of directing attention to the subject, and will 

 allow the suggested names to be subjected to criticism. 

 In many cases, such as Cladium Mariscus, Lloydia serotina, 

 the names are already familiar. It appears to me un- 

 fortunate that the adopted rule should not have been made 

 absolute, allowing no exceptions, and that it should not also 

 be applied to the varieties. To have one rule for generas, 

 another for species, and another for varieties, does not 

 appear to be likely to lead to a final settlement of this most 

 vexed question. 



In the paper the following changes are owing to the 

 application of the standing law of priority, and are not 

 necessarily the outcome of the Vienna Congress : Adonis 

 annua, Ranunculus fceniculaceus, Dipsacus fullonnm, Oxy coccus 

 quadripetala, Nymphoides orbiculata, Cuscuta vulgaris, Lyciinn 

 cliinense, Mimulus Langsdorfii, Veronica Buxbawnii, Galeopsis 

 dubia, G. speciosa, Mentha verticillata, M. spicata, M. aquatica, 

 Fagopyrum sagittatuin, Sparganium erectum, Damasom^lm 

 Alistna, AnthoxantJium aristatwn, Alopecurus czqnalis, Agrostis 

 tennis, Poa ccesia, Bromus Jwrdeaceus, B. rigens, and Hordeum 

 bidbosum. 



Adonis annua, Z., " Sp. Plant." 1753: vice A. autumnalis, L., 

 "Sp. PI.," 1762. See Britton and Brown's "Illustrated Flora 

 of the Northern States," and Druce's " Flora of Berkshire." 



Ranunculus foeniculaceus, Gilib,, " Fl. Lituan.," v. 264, 1782: vice 

 R. rircinatus, Sibth., " Fl. Oxon.," 175, 1794. The former 

 name is adopted by Rouy and Foucaud in " Flore France," 

 and by Durand in " Flore Belgique." 



Glaucium corniculatum, Curtis, " Fl. Lond.," vi. 32 : instead of G. 

 phozniceum, Crantz, " Stirp. Austr.," i. 133. It was the Cheli- 

 donium corniculatum, L., " Sp. PI.," 1753. G. corniculatum is 

 adopted in " Index Kewensis," but under Chelidonium 

 phaniceum it is referred by a slip to G. pliccniceum. 



Roemeria hybrida, DC., " Syst.," ii. 93, should be retained; it was 

 the Chelidonium hybridum, L., 1753. In the " Index Kewensis " 

 and the last edition of Babington's " Manual " the earlier R. 

 violacea, Medic., in Usteri, "Ann. Bott.," iii. 15, 1792, is 

 chosen. 



