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M. scorpioid<>s Turcz. = Malvastrum peruvianum, var. 



M. Sherardiana L. = Sida Sherardiana Hook. f. 



M. spicata Cav. = Malvastrum spicatitm A. Gray. 



M. spicata L. = Malvastrum spicatitm A. Gray. 



M. stellata Thunb. = Malvastrum asperrimum Garcke. 



M. stellata Dietr. = Spharalcea angustifolia Spach. 



M. striata E. Mey. = Sphceralcea elegans Don. 



M. stricta E. & Z. = Malvastrum tridactylites Garcke. 



M. stricta Jacq. = Malvastrum strictum Gray & Harv. 



M. subhastata Cav. = Malvastrum tricuspidatum A. Gray. 



M. subtriflora Lag. = Malvastrum subtriflorum Hemsl. 



M. sulphurea Gill. = Sida sulphurea A. Gray. 



M. tenuifolia Hook. & Arn. = Malvastrum tenuifoliiim. 



M. timoricensis DC. = Malvastrum spicatitm A. Gray. 



M. tarapacana Phil. = Malvastrum tarapacamtm. 



M. triangulata Leavenw. = Callirhoe trianyulata A. Gray. 



M. tricuspidata Ait. = Malvastrum tricuspidatum A. Gray. 



M. tridactylites Cav. = Malvastrum tridactylites Garcke. 



M. umbellata Cav. = Meliphlea vitifolia Zucc. 



M. urticafolia H. B. K. = Modiola multifida Moench. 



M. venosa E. & Z. = Spharalcea elegans Don. 



M. violacea Phil. = Spharalcea. 



M. virgata Cav. = Malvastrum virgatum Gray & Harv. 



M. virgata E. & Z. = Malvastrum albens Harv. 



M. viscosa Salisb. = Malvastrum. 



M. vitifolia Cav. = Malvastrum vitifolium Hemsl. 



M. waliherifolia Link = Malvastrum. 



M. WiUkommiana Scheele = Lavatera cretica L. 



(To be continued.) 



PRIORITY OF PLACE IN BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE. 

 By N. L. Beitton, M.D. 



The publication of my note in the October ' Journal of Botany' 

 giving my reasons for taking up the generic name Tissa instead of 

 Buda for the plants referred by recent authors to Lepigonum or 

 Spergularia, and the comments thereon by the learned Editor, have 

 put my position on this question squarely on record. I was sorry 

 to have to take the means I did in order to induce him to print my 

 communication, but I desired that my views should be given place 

 in an English botanical journal, as well as in tbose of America. 

 Mr. Britten, regarding my reasons as trivial, was justified, from 

 his own standpoint, for declining to award them space in the 

 " Journal," and his refusal, at first, to publish them has in no way 

 diminished my regard for him. 



But I do not believe that my reasons will be considered ridiculous 

 by others who approach the topic from a different standpoint, and 

 who have recognised the necessity of adopting methods of procedure 



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