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pitulated. But I carelessly overlooked the patent fact that the 

 late George Gardner had published, in 184G, a Liatris (Leplo- 

 clinium) Braxiliensis, which he supposed to be a relative of Nut- 

 tail's Liatris (Leptoclinium) fruticow, :ind that Bentham, in the 

 Genera Plantarum, in view of the pentangular achenium of the 

 Brazilian plant and other characters, founded a genus upon it, and 

 unhappily gave it the name of Leptoclinium. All this I unac- 

 countably overlooked. Now, although the name Leptoclinium 

 ought properly to belong to the North American plant, a sub- 

 generic name has no rights as against a published generic name. 

 So a new name must be provided for the Florida plant. I had 

 thought at the first of dedicating it to Dr. Garber, but I deferred 

 to the subgeneric name given already by Nuttall; and I now do 

 with alacrity what I ought to have done in the first place. The 

 name and synonymy will stand thus: 



Garberia fruticosa. Liatris fruticosa, Nntt., in Am. Journ. Sci. v. 

 299, and Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1. c. (subgen. Leptoclinium). Leptoclinium 

 fruticosum, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xv. 48, S. Florida, Ware, Garber." 



November 25. 

 The President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the chair. 

 Thirty-eight persons present. 



A paper entitled " Carcinological Notes, No. I.," by J. S. 

 Kingsley, was presented for publication. 



Authority was granted the Mineralogical Section to change the 

 name to the " Mineralogical and Geological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia." 



The following were elected members: Benjamin Sharp, H. Rus- 

 sell Bassler, John C. Dawson, John Wilson, Otto Luthy, and Mrs. 

 Marine' J. Chase. 



Theodore Kjerulf, of Christiania, and J. W. Pike, of Vineland, 

 N. J., were elected correspondents. 



The following papers were ordered to be printed: 



