The Special Committee for Phanerogamae and Pteri- 
dophyta appointed by the International Botanical Con- 
gress at Amsterdam has recently published (in Kew Bull. 
(1940) 81) alist of additional Nomina Generica Conserv- 
anda. In connection with this list it is stated (p. 82,101) 
that the Committee recommends the conservation of 
Peumus Mol. (1782), with P. Boldus Mol. as lectotype, 
over Boldu Feuillée ex Adanson (1768). 
Looser (in Lilloa 5 (1940) 167), however, publishes a 
letter from the Special Committee in which the state- 
ment is made that the Committee has ‘‘now decided to 
conserve Cryptocarya R. Br. (1810) over Peumus Molina 
(1782). Acting on this information Looser again calls 
attention to what he considers the correct name for the 
Boldu, Boldea Boldus (Mol.) Looser, presenting addi- 
tional evidence and amplifying his reasons for discarding 
the earlier generic names Ruizia and Boldu. 
In view of the disparity between the two statements 
of the Committee, it seems preferable to follow the offi- 
cial statement published in the Kew Bulletin, until the 
matter can be cleared up, and recognize Peumus Boldus 
Mol. as the correct name for the species involved. 
Pimenta acris (Sw.) Kostel. See Pimenta racemosa 
(Mill.) J. W. Moore 
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J. W.Moore in Bernice 
P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 102 (1988) 83. 
Caryophyllus racemosus Miller Gard. Dict.,ed. 8 (1768) 
no. 5. 
Myrtus caryophyllata Jacquin Obs. Bot. 2 (1767) 1, 
non Linnaeus (1758). 
Myrtus acris Swartz Prodr. Fl. Ind. Oce. 2 (1788) 
909, excl. var. £B. 
Pimenta acris Wosteletsky All. Med. Pharm. FI. 4 
(1885) 1526. 
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