1923] REHDER, MICHAUX'S EARLIEST NOTE ON AMERICAN PLANTS 5 



k toutes les parties de PHistoire Naturelle, par les observations 

 et les decouvertes qu'il a faites et qu'il continue de faire dans 

 ses voyages. 



REMARKS ON THE NAMES IN MICHAUX'S NOTE 



1. Carina flava. 



than C. flaccida 



Roscoe (in Trans. Linn. Soc. vm. 339 [1807]), to which it is referred in 

 Index Kewensis. As it is a nomen nudum, Roscoe's name will stand. No 

 Canna is described in Michaux's Flora. 



Michaux 



of which P. campanulata Lamarck is a synonym. 



Michaux 



the flower of which is described as "pallide violacea." Not cited in Index 



Kewensis. 



4. Salvia azurea. This name as published here must be considered a 

 nomen nudum and for the first valid publication of it credit should be 

 given to Vahl (Enum. PI. i. 253 [1805]); Lamarck's publication of the 

 name, though volume vi. of the Encyclopedic M£thodique bears the date 

 1804, is later, as shown by the fact that he quotes Vahl's description; in 

 volume VI. as in other volumes of the Encyclopedic the date of the title 

 page is correct only for the first part of the volume, while the second part 

 was not published until the following year. Vahl's work came out prob- 

 ably early in 1805, if not at the close of 1804, as the preface is dated July, 

 1804. This Sage was first described by Walter in 1788 who identified it 

 erroneously with S. mexicana of Linnaeus and again in 1800 by Ventenat 

 (Descr. PI. Jard. Cels. 50 t. 50) under the name S. acuminata, a name 

 preoccupied by S. acuminata Ruiz & Pa von; Vahl quotes Ventenat's 

 name as S. acuminatissima, an erroneous citation repeated by several 



later authors. 



5. Ilex americana is according to Lamarck's note probably the same as 

 his 7. laxiflora which is a synonym of 7. opaca L. under which it appears 

 in Michaux's Flora (n. 228). Ilex americana is not mentioned in Index 

 Kewensis, but Loesener (Nov. Act. Carol.-Leop. Acad, lxxviii. 152 

 [1901]) cites it as a synonym of 7. opaca. 



6. Ilex Cassine is without doubt Ilex Cassine L. which appears in 



Michaux's Flora as I. Dahoon Walter. 



7. Ilex angustifolia is probably the Ilex which appears in Mi- 

 chaux's Flora as I. myrtifolia Walter and is now generally referred to 

 7. Cassine as var. myrtifolia Sargent. To judge from the description in 

 Michaux's Flora it is not the 7. angustifolia Willdenow (Enum. PI. Berol. i. 

 172 [1809]) which is 7. Cassine var. angustifolia Aiton. 



8. Ilex Cassena vera is 7. Cassena of Michaux's Flora (n. 229) which is 

 7. vomitoria Aiton. 



9. Ilex aestivalis is apparently the same as 7. aestivalis Lamarck (En- 

 cycl. M6th. in. 147 [1789]) which is according to Poiret (Suppl. Encycl. 



