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that even then the name may stand, for it is quoted by Fabricius 

 in his first edition (1759), p. 28, as a synonym under " Eapistrum 

 arvense folio auriculato T." as " Spharocarjms Heister." In any 

 case, it must be cited as a synonym. 



As an example of a name which concerns both British and 

 American botanists, I will cite Salomonia (Heister ex Fabricius, 

 L c. ed. 1, 20, 1759), which not only supersedes Polygonatum of 

 Adanson (1763), but displaces Salomonia of Loureiro (1790), for 

 which a new name will have to be found. The synonymy quoted 

 by Fabricius (in part identical with that of Linn^us) precludes any 

 possibility of doubt as to what plant is intended, and Salomonia 

 Polygonatum is the type of the genus. 



I do not propose to go further into an investigation of Fabricius's 

 work, but I have said enough to show that it has been generally 

 overlooked. To some the discovery will form an argument in 

 favour of the adoption of the " fifty years' limit " advocated by the 

 Berlin botanists : others will revel in the abundant possibilities it 

 affords for the creation of new combinations — to each of which may 

 be added " mihi," after the style with which we have recently been 

 made familiar. j^^^^ BmT^^^. 



SHOET NOTES. 



Carex pulicaris on chalk. — A recent record of Car ex 'puHcaris 

 in Bedfordshire has been a desideratum. On July 16th I found 

 a quantity in fine condition on a dry chalk bank at Streatley, mixed 

 up with Carex prfBCox, Pingidcula vulgaris, Parnassia ijaliistris, Ono- 

 brychis sativa, Hippocrepis caniosa, and the usual chalk plants. 

 Pinguicula vulgaris was recorded by Mr. J. Pollard (Journ. Bot. 

 1875, 211) in a similar site at Pegsdon, some four miles east of 

 Streatley. Pinguicula and Parnassia have already been recorded at 

 Streatley; but Carex pulicaris is an addition. It would appear that 

 these three bog plants are survivals of a bog which has long since 

 been washed away down the valley. The only other recent record 

 of Pinguicula in Beds was in a bog resting on chalk marl at 

 Totternhoe ; this bog has lately been drained and cultivated. The 

 Streatley and Pegsdon sites are at a very much higher level than 

 the chalk marl, with no spring and no stagnant surface water. — 

 C. Crouch. 



PoLYPORus uMBELLATus Fries. — I wish to place on record another 

 locality for this rare and interesting fungus, hitherto only recorded 

 from Epping Forest. A few days ago I received a specimen gathered 

 from a wood at Inval, near Haslemere. This species is allied to 

 P. intybaceus, and differs in the numerous much-branched pileoli 

 being circular and depressed ; in P. intybaceus they are dimidiate. 



E. W. SWANTON. 



Dedication of Jacksonia Raf. — In this Journal for 1886, p. 139, 

 I quoted Pfeifter as the authority for supposing that in this genus 

 Bafinesque intended to commemorate the English botanist George 



