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not yet completed, it seems advisable to record the changes in 

 nomenclature which have so far been made. 



Mr. Baker says: "There is a considerable number of fine Ameri- 

 can bulbous Liliacetu, nearly allied to one another, many of which 

 have been introduced into European gardens, which have been 

 classified so differently by recent authors, that their nomenclature is 

 in a state of great confusion. . . . In 1886, Mr. James Britten, 

 in the Journal of Botany, pointed out that Hookera of Salisbury is 

 an earlier name than Brodia3a of Smith. According to Kuntze, 

 Salisbury's name was published in March, 1808, and Smith's paper 

 was read in April, 1808. Kuntze, in his Revisio Generum, enumer- 

 ates under Hookera all the species described under Brodiaja and 

 Milla by Dr. Watson and myself, with the exception of M. uw/flora. 

 In 1886, in the Bidletm of the California Academy, Dr. Greene 

 published a valuable paper, in which all the North American 

 species are carefully described, and several new ones added." 



The following North American species are enumerated by Mr. 

 Baker. The references to figures are to those supplied in illustra- 

 tion of Mr. Baker's article. 



B. GRANDiFLORA, Smith. HooJccra coronaria, Salisb. (Op- 

 al 213, fig. 36.) 



B. CALiFORNiCA, Liudl. HooJcera adfornica, Greene. (Op. 

 cit. 215, fig. 37.) 



B. MINOR, S. "Wats. Hookera minor, Greene. 



B. TERRESTRis, Kell. Hoolcera terrestris, Britten, and of Greene. 



B. sTELLARis, S. Wats. Hookeva stelhiris, Greene. 



B. LEPTANDRA, Baker. (Oj). cit. 213, fig. 88.) Hoolrra lep- 

 tandra, Greene. 



B. ROSEA, Baker. (Op. cit. 214, fig. 39.) HooJcera rosea, 

 Greene. 



B. FiLiFOLiA, S. Wats. Hookera Jilifolia, Greene. 



B. Orcuttii, Baker, 1. c, fig. 40. Hookera Orcuttii, Greene. 



B. MULTiFLORA, Benth. B. parviflora, Torr. & Gray. 



B. coNGESTA, Smith. Dichelodemma congesia, Kunth. (Op. 

 cit. 213, fig. 41.) 



B. PULCHELLA, Greene. Hookera ptdcheUa, Salisb. 



B. CAPiTATA, Benth. Milla capitata, Baker. Dichelostemma 

 capitata, Wood. 



