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plants from Mt. Shasta to Tehachapi and the whole breadth of 

 the State. The useful part of "Flora Franciscana " — the 

 dates, citations and synonymy have been carefully omitted. 

 The orders as presented by Mr. Greene furnish us some 

 unfamiliar names such as Amarantoidese, Tithymaloideae, 

 Sarmentosse. From Rosacese he separates Pomacese and 

 Drupacese; Cichoriacese from Compositae considering it much 

 nearer Lobeliaceae; and Cuscuteae from Convolvulacese. In the 

 matter of genera he has cut himself loose from all trammels 

 crediting Dioscorides with 38 genera, Theophrastus with 14, 

 Pliny with 32, Vergil, Varro, Dillenius and Micheli, each with 4, 

 Brunfels with 12, Vaillant with 7, Dodoens with 8, Columna 

 with 6, Ivobel with 5, Galen, Tragus, Nicander, Gesner and 

 Dalechamps each with 3, and i or 2 each to Catullus, Valerius 

 Cordus, Cortusi, Ruppius, Chabrseus, Muti.s, Ruellius, Clusius, 

 Camerarius, Matthiolus, Csesalpinus, Tabernaemontanus, etc., etc. 

 The kaleidoscopic changes of generic names must keep his unfortu- 

 nate pupils on the rack. Clematis again takes the place from 

 which he ousted it in Fl. Fr. for Cleviatitis. The yellow-flowered 

 watercress is to be called Rorippa; while the white-flowered 

 species are retained under the old name. Fi'a7ica takes the place 

 of Frankenid; Vibo is substituted for Emex; Hippo castanum for 

 Aisculus; Siliquastrum for Cercis; Oxys for Oxalis; Butneria for 

 Calycanthus; Pseudacacia for Robinia; Medica for Medicago; 

 Opulaster for N'eillia; Therofo?i for Boykhiia; Li7nnope2ice for 

 Hipptwis; Sphondyliiim for Heracleiun; Distegia for Loiiicera 

 involucrata; Ecliptica for Eclipta; Gnaphalodes for Microp2is; 

 Heleniastrum for Heleniiim; Ce7itrophylhim for CarthatJtus; 

 Trioda7tis for Speciila7'ia; Brosscsa for GaidtJieria; Meadia for 

 Dodecatheo7i; Atsi7ia7ithe77iU77i for Trie/jtalis; Pervinca for Vi7ica; 

 Pla7itagi7iella for Li77iosella; Bella7'dia for Bartsia; Gale for 

 Myrica; Li}7iodo7'um for Epipactis; OrchiastruTU for Spirajithes; 

 Bermudia7ia for Sisyri7ichiu77i ; Vagnera for Sr7iilaci7ia; U7iifoliu77i 

 for Maia7ithe77iu77i; Disporimi for Prosartes; etc., etc. 



Prof. Greene apparently in the full belief that only his book 

 will be used hereafter, sedulously refrains from mentioning the 

 well-known equivalents of his adopted genera and we give them 

 for the benefit of any student who may chance to lack a large 



