THE NINTH EDITION OF THE LONDON CATALOGUE 41 



which we know as C. punctata. Sisymbrium pannonicum, 

 Jacq., is antedated by 5. Sinapistrum, Crantz. In the 

 Catalogue we have Mentha gracilis, Smith, with a variety 

 cardiaca, Baker. In the " Index Kewensis," the name M. 

 gracilis is restricted to Robert Brown's Australian species, 

 which is not found in Britain. The better arrangement 

 would be to write M. cardiaca, Baker, with var. gracilis 

 (Smith), if the latter be not really a distinct species. Mentha 

 aquatica, Linn., 1753, is earlier than M. hirsuta, Hudson, 

 1762. Agrostis alba, L., 1753, is earlier than Hudson. 

 Orobanche elatior, Sutton, is replaced in the " Kew Index " 

 by the name of O. major, Linn. Many Continental authori- 

 ties adopt this name. The oldest name, which is used in 

 the " Kew Index " for the 0. major of the Catalogue (which 

 is the Broom-rape of the Cytisusz.i\& other Leguminous plants), 

 is O. Rapum-genistce, Thuill. A. Braun is an earlier authority 

 for Lolium linicolum than Sonder. In the " Kew Index " this 

 plant is put under L. multifloruni, not L. perenne, a much 

 more natural arrangement. The better plan to follow would 

 be to write 



L. multiflorum, Lamk. 



var. aristatum (Schum.) 



var. italicum (A. Br.) 



var. linicolum (A. Br.) 



The variety sinnatifolia, DC., 1824, of Cakile should prob- 

 ably supersede the var. integrifolia, Koch, 1837. Older 

 names, i.e. var. minor and major, for the varieties of Montia 

 fontana will be found in Allione's " Fl. Pedem.," 1785. An 

 older name for the variety of Hypericum humifusum is, accord- 

 ing to Mr. N. E. Brown, var. magnum, Batard. Genista tinc- 

 toria, var. Jiumifnsa (Dicks.), was reduced to var. prostrata by 

 Professor Babington in 1843. Lotus corniculatns, var. incamis, 

 S. F. Gray, 1821, is probably identical with the var. villosus, 

 Seringe. Lat]iyrns montanus, var. tennifolius, Reichb., is more 

 correctly the var. linifolius, Ascherson. Rnbus Id<zus, var. 

 anomalus, appears to be the earlier varietal name for the 

 plant which we once knew as R. Leesii, and which appears 

 in the Catalogue as var. obtnsifolius, Willd. ; but Willdenow 

 described it as a species. The genus Trinia appears to be 



