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tliis principle, if it may be so styled, have to rename all the species of 

 the latter under the former name. This would afford a grand oppor- 

 tunity for the makers of "new combinations," among whom we 

 regret to see Mr. Farwell must be numbered : no fewer than 27 such 

 names are indicated as "X. Comb." as a sequel to his adoption 

 of HilFs alleged genus. This haste to invent new names — which some 

 uncharitabl}^ suggest is prompted by a desire to immortalize one's 

 own— is surely to be deprecated. 



III. The Gexeric Navies ix L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 



I may take this occasion for cilling attention to a point of 

 nomenclature which is insufficiently provided for by the Vienna Code. 

 Art. 19 says : " It is agreed to associate genera, the names of which 

 appear in [Species Phmfarum, ed. 1] with the descriptions given of 

 them in the Genera Plantarum, ed. 5 (1754)." This makes no pro- 

 vision for the names added in ed. 2 of the Species (1762), which 

 must in like manner be associated with ed. 6 of the Genera (1764), 

 as indeed is indicated by Linnaeus himself in the preface : *' Genera 

 nonnulia novay nonnuUa immuiafa adhibui ; quse in nova editione 

 Generum plantarum propediem sistere animus est." An example of 

 the cases where such provision is necessary will be found in Pcederoia, 

 of which two species are indicated in Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 20, the first 

 description of the genus occurring in Gen. PI. ed. 6, p. 12. This is 

 not parallel to the case of JSFolana prostrata (Linn. f. Dec. t. 2) 

 and to others of the kind here, although no generic character is given. 

 The description contains full generic characters ; the describers of later 

 species, recognizing the genus, give characters which separate these 

 from the one described with the genus. The converse method is 

 followed by Miller (^Ahridrjemenf ed. 6), who describes the genus 

 JVaJkeria {=^JS'oJana) but names no species. It may be noted here 

 that the name Nolana is cited by the Kew Index from " Linn. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 2, 202 (1762)." Here there is no description, but a reference is 

 given to " Linn. dec. i. t. 2," with a note " Plantie figuram et descrip- 

 tionem dedit Filius in Decuria plant. 1762." In the Decas, however, 

 the younger Linnaeus attributes the name to his father : " Cum abso- 

 lute haec planta novum constitueret genus, eam Parens Carissimus 

 I^olanam nominavit, a Nola s. campanula derivatum." The preface to 

 the Species is dated 1 Sept. 1762; that to the Decas bears no date, 

 though the title page gives 1762. Whether the name should be cited 

 as " L." or " L. ex L. f." is therefore doubtful, but in any case 

 Linnaeus seems responsible for the name. 



SOMERSET PLAXT-XOTES FOR 1916. 

 By the Rev. Edward S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S. 



Although the number of our local field-workers and the extent 

 of their excursions were rightly reduced by the state of public aflaii-s., 

 last season in the County was by no means without botanical results. 

 Mr. X. G. Hadden did successful exploring around Porlock ; 



