LINXEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 9 



Reference was made to another and as yet undescribed form 

 from the coast sands of Britain, as well as to a northern plant, 

 but these await further investigation. 



Mr. Druce stated that he h:is as yet been unable to find any 

 description or figure of his plant in British or European works. 



Mr. Druce then read a note on Article 45 of the Vienna Eules, 

 contending that the change of Limonium to Statici was eirliei* 

 nnnecessary, or, if persisted in, might open the door to other 

 changes in nomenclature. His point was that the Liunean genu-* 

 Stadce was made up of the two Tournefortian genera Statice and 

 Limonium; that in his 'Genera Plantaruui' Linna3us alludes to 

 and gives descriptions of both these under Statice, placing first 

 the Sea Thrifts under Statice. Miller and Hill correctly chose 

 Limonium to represent the Sea Lavenders, leaving Statice, Linn., 

 to denote the Sea Thrifts. A list of genera, in which the retained 

 name represents a minority of plants in the genus, had been 

 drawn up, hut many of these were correct on the same evidence 

 as that of the example given. 



He fiu'ther suggested that, in order to clear up sooie apparent 

 ambiguity in Art. 45, the words " has no retrospective action " 

 miglit be added to it. 



Mr. Deuce's third paper paper gave a list of the names of 

 genera defined by Miller, Abridgement of the ' Gardener's Dic- 

 tionary ' of 1754, which (as wholl}^ Tournefortian) were not 

 included in the 'Index Kewensis ' : thus Miller may liave to be 

 cited for many of those genera, instead of later authors such as 

 Adanson, Moench, Gilibert, etc. 



To tliis was appended a note concerning John Hill's ' British 

 Herbal ' of 175^, with its accidental binomials, which in some 

 cases preceded those cited from Garsault's ' Materia Medica ' of 

 17(3S, which have been inserted in the fourth supplement to the 

 ' Index Kewensis.' 



These short papers produced a brisk discussion, the following 

 speakers engaging in it : Mr. James Britten, Dr. C. E. Moss, 

 Mr. Pugsley (visitor), Mr. C. E. Salmon, Mr. F. N. AYilliams, 

 Dr. A. B. Eendle, the General Secretary, and Mr. A. J. "Wilmott, 

 Mr. Druce replying on certain points. 



February 5th, 1914. 

 Prof. E. B. PoTJLTOx, r.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 15th January, 1914, 

 were read and confirmed. 



