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Rafinesque to convict the latter either of deliberate falsehood or 

 of eccentricity bordering on madness. 



Tiimion Raf. for Torreya Arn. In order to make this change 

 Mr. Greene would displace Synandra of the Labiates, by an 

 earlier Torreya of Rafinesque, and thus render Arnott's Torreya 

 unavailable for the Coniferous genus. 



Razoumofskya Hoff. for Arceuthobium Bieb. L,et us hope 

 that research may find a less hideous name available for our pine 

 mistletoes. 



Unifolium for Smilacina Desf. In order to have the pleasure 

 of using this name for our very leafy Smilacinas we are to 

 reduce them to Maianthemum and then take an older name for 

 for that genus. Otto Kuntze would have us adopt Necker's 

 Tovaria. There are certain botanical works which though 

 dealing with systematic botany are usually ignored. Necker's 

 " Klementa " might with very good reason be added to the list. 

 He begins by dividing all known plants into fifty-four " Natural 

 Genera" and groups the genera of other botanists under 

 each " Genus " as species. The only indication as to whether his 

 " species " are original or otherwise is given near the end of the 

 third volume by his index of "Species Naturales Botanicis 

 ignotae, quibus nomina Neckeriana accommodantur," in the 400 

 or so names of which there may be found plenty of material for 

 unsettling genera. 



The new species proposed by Mr. Greene have, in most cases 

 when critically examined, failed to receive the approval of com- 

 petent botanists, and they appear to suffer in direct proportion to 

 the examiner's familiarity with the Californian Flora. 



Dr. Gray died before Mr. Greene was fairly launched in his 

 species-making and before the collecting of variations had made 

 more than a beginning, nevertheless he, in the supplements to 

 his Synoptical Flora, reduced the following species : 



Pentachceta aphaiitochcBta Lessingia ncmaclada 



Pentachceta paleacea Corethrogyne detonsa 



Bigelovia rupestris Erigeron ang ustatus 



Bigelovia tridentata Helianthella Nevadensis 



Lessiiigia Parryi Madia Rammii 



Lessingia adenophora Hemizonia Lobbii 



