The earliest actual publication of the combinations 
which we have been able to find is in Walpers, Repert. 
Bot. Syst. 1 (1842) 679. 
Maranta gibba Smith in Rees Cycl. 22 (1819)no. 2. 
Maranta divaricata Roscoe, Mondr. Pls. (1828) t. 7. 
K. Schumann in Engler, Pflanzenreich LV. 48 (Heft 
11) (1902) 126 cites M. gibba Sm. in Rees in synonymy 
under M. divaricata Rose. It is evident that Schumann 
had no knowledge of the date of issue of volume 22 of 
Rees Cyclopedia as he fails to cite the year. It contains 
the earliest name of the species. 
PHOENICOPHORIUM JH. Wendland in Ul. 
Hort. 12 (Feb. 1865) Mise. 5 and (May 1865) t. 433. 
Stevensonia Dunean, Cat. Roy. Bot. Gard. Mauri- 
tius (1868), xomen — L. H. Bailey, Gentes Herb. 2 
(19380) 192. 
Stephensonia Hort. apud Van Houtte in FI. des 
Serres 15 (May 20, 1865) 177, in synon. 
We are unable to agree with the deductions of 
Prof. L. H. Bailey in Gentes Herbarum 2 (1930) 192 
and,— in agreement with H. C. Skeels (in Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Cl. 58 (1981) 49),— we cannot accept his reasoning 
that the generic name Phoenicophorium should be out- 
lawed. ‘There is no provision in the International Rules 
that we feel could be construed to cover the case. 
The genus Phoenicophorium was proposed and well 
described by H. Wendland in [llustration Horticole 12 
(Feb. 1865) Mise. 5 and later illustrated by him in the 
same periodical (May 1865) t. 433. Apparently Prof. 
Bailey has overlooked the date of publication of the 
Miscellanées when he states, “‘A portrait of the palm 
appeared in L’ Illustration Horticole bearing date April 
1865,...’’ The footnote date on page 5 of the Mis- 
cellanées is Février 1865 and we can find no reason why 
this date should not be accepted. 
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