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THE LONDON CATALOGUE OF BRITISH PLANTS. 



1886. 



NuPHAE Sm. 

 Nymph^a L. 

 CoRYDALis Ventenat, 



Choix des Plantes, xix. (1803). 

 Capsella Medic, 



Pflanzeng. i. 85 (1792). 



Lepigonum Wahlberg, 



Fl. Gothob. 45 (1820). 

 SiLYBUM Vaillant, 



ex Adaus. Fam. des PI. ii. 

 116 (1763). 

 Phyllodoce Salisbury, 



Parad. Lend. t. 36 (1806). 

 Dabcecia D. Don, 



in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. 

 xvii. 160. 

 Mertensia Roth, 



Catalect. i. 34 (1797). 

 Calystegia Brown, 



Prodr. 483 (1810). 



1895. 

 Nymph^a L.* 

 Castalia Salisb.* 

 Neckera Scopoh, 



Introd. 313 (1777). 

 Bursa Weber, 



in Wigg. Prim. Fl. Holsat. 47 

 (1780). 

 BuDA Adanson, 



Fam. des Plantes, ii. 507 (1763). 

 Mariana Hill, 



Veg. Syst. iv. 19 (1762). 



Bryanthus S. G. Gmelin, 

 Fl. Sibir. iv. 133 (1769). 



BoRETTA Necker, 



Elem. Bot. i. 212 (1790). 



= Pneumaria Hill, 



Veg. Syst. vii. 40 (1764). 

 = Volvulus Medic, 



in Staatsw. Vorles. Churpf. 

 Phys.Oek.Ges. 1.202(1791). 

 = Homalocencheus Mieg, 

 Occ. ex Haller, Stirp. Helv. ii. 201 



(1768). 

 = Weing.ertneria Bernliardi, 

 Syst. Verz. Erf. 23 (1800). 



For the changes in specific names rendered necessary by the adop- 

 tion of these genera reference must be made to the Catalogue itself. 

 It may, however, be noted that in two cases [Boretta and Volvulus) 

 the authors of the genera did not formulate a new specific combi- 

 nation, and the authorities cited for the species were the first to do 

 so. The plant familiar to us as Spergularia rupestris has not 

 hitherto been placed under liuda, and Mr. Hanbury's name will 

 have to be cited for the new combination. We are afraid that he 

 must also be held responsible for the ugly and unnecessary Bursa 

 Barsa-pastoris, which he attributes to Weber, who, however, took 

 pastoiis as the specific name, so that Bursa pastons is the correct 

 designation for the plant. 



The changes in specific names are fewer than might have been 

 expected, seeing that since the eighth edition of the Catalogue was 

 published, the appearance of the Index Kewensis has brought together 

 much information bearing upon matters of synonymy and priority. 

 Perhaps the most startling is the substitution of " Carer Hudsonii 

 Ar. Benn." for C. stricta Good. The new name is indicated by 

 Mr. Bennett in this Journal for 1889, p. 28, where it is shown 

 that C. stricta Good, cannot stand. But a reference to Richter's 



Leersia Solander, 



ex Swartz, Prod. Ind. 

 21 (1788). 

 Corynephorus Beauvois, 



Agrost. 90 (1812). 



The reasons for these changes are fully set forth in Journ. Bot, 1888, 6-10. 



