1923 RENDER, MICHAUX'S EARLIEST NOTE ON AMERICAN PLANTS 7 



Flora (i. 254) he cites only mountains near Hudson Bay, which is the region 

 for the true A. polifolia Linnaeus. 



20. Andromeda calyculata is A. calyculata Linnaeus of Michaux's Flora 

 (i. 254) which is now Chamaedaphne calyculata Moench. 



21. Andromeda paniculata is the A. paniculata of Michaux's Flora 

 (i. 254) for which he cites erroneously Linnaeus as the author. It is now 



Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DeCandolle. 



22. Andromeda raccmosa is A. racemosa Linnaeus of Michaux's Flora 



(i. 255) now Leucothoe racemosa Gray. 



24. Andromeda arborea is A. arborea Linnaeus of Michaux's Flora 

 (i. 255), now Oxydendrum arboreum DeCandolle. 



23. Andromeda mariana is A. mariana Linnaeus of Michaux's Flora 



(i. 256), now Lyonia mariana D. Don. 



25. Andromeda wilmingtonia. This name does not appear in Michaux's 

 Flora and is not enumerated in Index Kewensis. Though the description 

 is very short, and partly, as to the description of the shape of the corolla, 

 misleading, there can be hardly a doubt that this plant represents the 

 A. speciosa var. a nitida of Michaux's Flora (i. 256), under which Wil- 

 mington is cited as one of the two localities where Michaux observed the 

 plant. The description of the corolla as cylindric indicates that the flowers 

 of Michaux's specimen had not yet fully opened, and in bud the shape of 

 the corolla is cylindric becoming campanulate when open. Fortunately 

 the question whether the name should be accepted or rejected is of little 

 importance as there exists the older name A. pulverulcnta Bartram (Travels, 

 ii. pi. opp. p. 476 [1791]), now generally referred to Zenobia as Z. pul- 

 verulcnta Pollard. If, however, the name A. pulverulenta Bartram is 

 rejected as a nomen seminudum, A. wilmingtonia will be the next oldest 

 name, or if the green form and the glaucous form are considered distinct 

 species A. wilmingtonia will be the oldest name for the green form. 



26. Andromeda axillaris is the A. axillaris Lamarck of Michaux's Flora 



(i. 253), now Leucothoe axillaris D. Don. 



27. Andromeda nitida is A. nitida Bartram of Michaux's Flora (i. 252), 

 for which the oldest name is A. lucida Lamarck, now Pieris lucida Rehder 

 (Mitteil. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. xxiv. 226 [1915]), where complete synon- 



ymy is given 



fcrruginea is A. jerrugi 



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/' 



for which the oldest name is A. acuminata Aiton, now Leucothoe acuminata 



D.Don. 



30. Robin ia viscosa is R. viscosa of Michaux's Flora (ii. 65). This is 

 the first mention of the name R. viscosa but as it is not accompanied by a 

 description, Ventenat remains the author of the name, as his publication 

 of the name is earlier than Michaux's description in his Flora (n. 65). 



31. Nyssa montana is apparently the N. villosa of Michaux's Flora 

 (ii. 258) under which N. montana Hort. is mentioned as a synonym and 



