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Prof. Greene, (BULLETIN, xvii. 14), it was called G. inerinis by 

 Crantz, (Inst. Rei. Herb. i. 219 (1766), and this name was sub- 

 sequently used for the tree by Miller and K. Koch ; but Linnaeus 

 published a G. incnnis in Syst. Nat. Ed. 10 (1759), as cited in 

 Richter's Codex, p. 1012, and repeated it in Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1059 

 (1763). Although this G. ///^/v/z/jr of Linnaeus was, apparently, 

 a composite species made up of one from Java ancj the North 

 American G. triacantJios, the reference to the Javanese tree 

 by him stands first, and the species is said to come from Java. 

 Hence we are not justified in using the same binomial published 

 seven years later for a different plant. 



Spir^a rubra. (Hill). 



Ubnaria rubra, Hill, Hort. Kew 214, t. 7 (1769). 

 Spinea lobata, Gronov. in Jacq. Hort. Vind. i. 38, t. 88, 

 (1770). 



Hill's figure and description clearly indicate that he had this 

 plant in mind rather than Gilkiiia stipulata (Muhl.) Max. Act. 

 Hort. Petr. vi. 228 {G. stipnlacca, Nutt), as has been suggested. 



Gaini Canadcns.c, Jacq. Hort. Vind. ii. 82, t. 175 (1772). 

 G. Caroliniaiiuiii, Walt. Fl. Car. 150 (1788). 

 G. (xlbnm, Gmel. Syst. ii. 861 (1791). 



Jacquin's plate leaves no doubt as to what he intended. There 

 is a fragment of G. Caroliuiannni, Walt, in Walter's Herbarium 

 at the British Museum, which is apparently the same. G. Can- 

 adcnsc, Murray, Comm. Soc. Goett. v. 33, t. 4, f B. (1775J, is 

 from figure and description clearly G. strict/an, Ait. Hort. Kew. 

 ii. 217 (1789), of which there is a type preserved in the general 

 herbarium at the British Museum. 



Var. FLAVUM (Porter) ; G. album, var. flaviim, Porter, Bull. 

 Torn Club, xvii. 21 (1890). 



Saxifraga Gcnin,\.. Sp. PI. i. 40 1 (1753)- 



There is a specimen of this species in Durand's Herbarium at 

 Paris, collected by the Rev. Mr. Steinhaur, in Newfoundland. 

 It is erroneously labeled by Durand S. spicata, Don. This ap- 

 pears to be the first indication of its occurrence in America. 



Pariiassia graiuiifoUa, DC, Prodr. i. 320 (1824). 



P. Caroliniaiia, Michx. var. /i.. Hook. Jour. Bot. i. 194 

 (1834); T. and G. Fl. N. A. i. 149. 



