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wished that it might be followed not only with the synonyms 

 but also with the botanical names of the plants and of their 

 genera. 



The species of Thalictrum receive a complete revision ; 

 and the arrangement is certainly now more natural, and 

 nearer the facts than are the names given in the " London 

 Catalogue." 



Anemone nemorosa, L., has two varieties now given, viz. 

 var. rubra and var. ccerulea ; but the authority given (Pritzel, 

 in " Anem. Revis.") is antedated by that of De Candolle in 

 " Fl. France," v. p. 884, (1 805), where they are described 

 as var. ecerulea and var. purpurea. See " (Verhandlungen des 

 Bot. Verein der Prov. Brand.," xxxiii. 1892). The latter I 

 have seen in its most typical form from Staffordshire. 



R. auricomus, L. — Surely the var. apetalus of Wallroth 

 is scarcely worth including as a variety, since the same 

 plant may show the various stages. 



The forms of R. acids have not received sufficient atten- 

 tion. The true R. acris I have seen in Berks and Hants ; 

 but the common buttercup of the Highlands is R. vulgatus. 

 Jord. I still think the var. pumilus, Wahl., worth varietal 

 distinction, as this plant still keeps true in cultivation ; while 

 montane vulgatus reverts to the type in cultivated ground. 



Under Glaucium pJiceniceum, Crantz, and G. flavum, 

 Crantz, the respective synonyms of CJielidonium eorniculatum, 

 L. (" Sp. PI. 506) and C. Glaucium, L. (I.e.) might have been 

 quoted. 



Mr. Brown changes the generic name of Corydalis, D. C, 

 to that of Ncckeria, Scop. ; but Adanson's name of Capnoides 

 (adopted by Medikus, Gartner, and Monch), although a 

 faulty word, has the priority ; moreover, it has already had 

 two species of the De Candollean genus described under it. 

 If Neckeria be chosen some purists will be wanting to change 

 the name of the moss genus Neckera. 



Mr. Brown, however, leaves the invalid genus Nasturtium 

 of Robert Brown, notwithstanding the priority of Scopoli's 

 genus Roripa. 



Sisymbrium altissimum, L. (" Sp. PI." 659). Dr. G. R. 

 Beck in " Flora von Nieder-Osterreich," p. 477, queries this 

 being equal to the plant we have been accustomed to call 



