The generic name Stevensonia was first published 
by James Duncan in 1868 (Cat. Roy. Bot. Gard. Mauri- 
tius). It isanomen nudum. Furthermore we are not 
able to agree with Prof. Bailey that Van Houtte in Fl. 
des Serres 15 (May 20, 1865) 177, t. 1595-1596 pub- 
lished or even intended to publish a generic description 
under Stevensonia. The fact that Phoenicophorium was 
used as the page heading and as the title entry in the 
Table des matiéres on the back cover of the Livraison 
with Stevensonia grandifolia Dune. in italics and clearly 
in synonymy convince us that Van Houtte was con- 
sidering the species as a Phoenicophorium. Moreover 
the date of publication of the ‘‘Onziéme livraison du 
tome XV” is clearly given on the cover of the copy in 
the Gray Herbarium, which is bound with the covers in 
place, as **Paru le 20 Mai 1865”°. 
We are therefore unable to accept Stevensonia 
Dune. as the generic name. 
The species cultivated in the garden is: 
Phoenicophorium Borsigianum ((C. Koch) 
Stuntz in Invent. Seeds & Pls. Introd. no. 81 (1914) 88 
(Bur. Pl. Indust.). 
A strocaryum aureo-pictum Hort. apud Verschaffelt, 
Cat. Ill. no. 12, mise. page 5 (fide Van Houtte in 
Kl. des Serres 15 (1865) 177, in synon.) — Ver- 
schaffelt, Cat. Hl. no. 74 (1864) 12, nomen. 
Astrocaryum Borsigianum C. Koch in Wochenschr. 
Giirt. u. Pflanzenk. 2 (Dee. 22, 1859) 401 —C. Koch 
apud Regel in Gartenfl. 10 (1861) 29. 
Areca Sechellarum Hort. apud C. Koch in Wochen- 
schr. Giirt. u. Pflanzenk. 2 (1859) 401, mention. 
A strocaryum Borsigu Hort. apud C. Koch in Woch- 
enschr. Giirt. u. Pflanzenk. 2 (1859) 402, mention. 
Astrocaryum aureo-punctatum Lemaire in Il. Hort. 
6 (Dec. 1859) in nota sub t. 229, nomen. 
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