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Plantar urn, ed. 1, is similarly based on a reference to Hortus 

 Glijfortianus, namely, Ca2)imris, no. 3, p. 204 ; and the expression 

 "foiiis . . . perspatia confertis" clearly indicates C.frondosa Jacq. 

 (Enum. PL Carib. 24), the name generally borne by this plant. 

 The Asiatic plant referred to in Hortus Cliffortiamis as ft, 

 from which Linnaeus took the trivial name, is another species, 

 but Linnffius incorporated this and the references under it as 

 synonyms of G. haducca in the first edition of the Species Plan- 

 tarum, and in the second edition added synonyms from Plumier & 

 Browne, which again are different species. 



(3) Breynia indica L. Sp. PI. 503 is renamed Gapparis Breynia 

 in the Sy sterna (ed. 10, 1759) and in the second edition of the Species 

 Plantarum, but according to the rules of nomenclature, the original 

 trivial name must be restored, and the species must be cited as 

 Gapparis indica. 



(4) G. ferruginea L. Syst. ed. 10, 1071. Linnseus's diagnosis is 

 probably based on Browne's specimen, which in his own herbarium 

 is named " ferruginea " in Solander's hand. He cites Brown. 

 Jam. t. 27, f. 2, which in the second edition of Browne's work (in 

 which names have been added on the plates) is rightly named 

 Ganella alba, and there is a sheet of this species from Browne in 

 the Linnean herbarium, which Linnseus has erroneously referred 

 to "Baducca" (c/. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 720). In Amcenitates, v. 398, 

 Linnaeus gives a fuller description of C. ferruginea, and in Species 

 Plantarum, ed. 2, 721, 2, omits reference to Browne, t. 27, f. 2, 

 but cites as a synonym " Crataeva fruticosa, &c.. Brown. Jam. 247, 

 t. 28, f. 1," which is undoubtedly the true G. ferruginea, and is 

 thus named in Browne's second edition. In the text of his work 

 Browne appends his tab. 27, fig. 2, to the description of "Breynia 

 (3). Fruticosa, &c.," which is doubtless the same as " Crataeva (3). 

 Fruticosa, &c., t. 28, f. 1," and bears the same common name, 

 " Mustard Shrub with a willow leaf" ; it is therefore a synonym 

 of G. ferruginea, and in his copy of Browne's work Linn»us 

 has written the name Gapparis ferruginea against both these 

 descriptions. 



The names to be adopted for the Jamaican species and the 

 synonymy are as follow: — 

 1. C. CYNOPHALLOPHOEA L. Sp. PI. 504 (1753), Hort. CHff. 



204 (1737), Syst. ed. 10, 1071 (1759) (excl. syn. Plum.), 



and Sp. PL ed. 2, 721 (1762) (excl. syn. Plum., Pluk. & 



Sloan.). 

 G. siliquosa L. Syst. ed. 10, 1071 (1759) (excl. syn. Pluk.). 

 C. jamaicensis Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 23 (1760), Sel. Stirp. 



Amer. 160, t. 101, and Ed. Pict. 78, t. 150. 

 C. torulosa Sw. Prodr. 81 (1788), and Fl. Ind. Occ. 932. 

 G. Breynia Sw. Obs. 210 (1791) (non L. nee Jacq.). 

 C. emarginata A. Eich. in Sagra Cub. x. 28, t. 9 (1845). 

 Breynia 1. Fruticosa, foiiis ohlongis obtusis. Tab. 27, f. 1. 



Browne Hist. Jam. 246 (1756) (excl. syn.). 

 Breynia 2. Arborescens, foiiis ovatis utrinque acuminatis, 



siliqua torosa longissima, Browne loc. cit. (excl. syn.). 



