president's address. 707 



person of the name of Jones, who may or may not be otherwise 

 id entitled with the plant in any way. 



The following specific names taken from the ' Census ' show 

 that Mueller held different views: — Novse-Hollandise, Novse- 

 Cambrioe, Zeylanica, Africana, Tasmanica, Magellanica, Indica, 

 Malabarica, Malabathricum, Arnhemicus, Tannensis, Carpentarise, 

 Abyssinica, Javanica, Philippinensis, Timorensis, Balonnensis, 

 Neo-Cambrica, Neo-Anglica, Kiamensi^i, Aegyptiaca, Americana, 

 Gangeticum, Truxillensis, Mexicana, Asiatica, Maderaspatana, 

 Celebica, Xova-Zealandiji?, Peruviana, Derwentia, Nepalensis, 

 Curassavicum, Europ£eum, Malaccensis, Halepensis, Tunbridgense, 

 Aethiopicum, Capensis, Vitiense, Arcturi, Americana, Japonicum, 

 Sibirica, Chinensis, Moluccensis, Sumatrana, and even Capri- 

 cornica ! yet antipoda ! 



Australis is not a place, — in this continent it is commonly used 

 for Australia, but it means South, and hence is also used to indi- 

 cate S. Europe, S. America, S. North America, and so on. 

 Mueller established the practice of writing Australis, Austra- 

 lasica, Australiana, 



Berlin Rule 11 says, "it is allowable to dispense with priority 

 when it is a question of names which have arisen through obvious 

 errors of geography on the part of the author, such as Asclejnas 

 syriaca, L. (which comes from the United States)." 



At the same time I do not doubt that this rule does not apply 

 in cases where the specific name is only partl}^ descriptive of the 

 range of the plant. 



Following are the remaining instances of the use of capitals 

 for specific names in the ' Census ' : — 



Litscea Hexanthus, A. L. de Jussieu, 



Cissanipelos Pareira, Linn. 



E7'ysimiim Blennodia, F.v.M. 



Melia Azedarach, Linn. 



Hibiscus Ahehnoschu^, Linn. 



Bossicea Aquifolium, Benth. 



Acacia Sentis, F.v.M. 

 ,, Gnidiutn, Benth. 



