THE PLANTS OF SALISBURY'S " PRODROMUS " 59 



MSS. and drawings" in the Department of Botany is entirely 

 occupied by AmaryllidacecB, among which are many sketches and 

 notes on the genus. The copy of the Prodromus in the Depart- 

 ment contains a few corrections in SaHsbury's hand. 



The following notes mostly refer either to names which have 

 been overlooked by monographers, or which take precedence of 

 those adopted by authors ; in the former case Salisbury's descrip- 

 tion of the species is transcribed for the convenience of those who 

 do not possess the book, the arrangement of which is followed. 



POA PULCHELLA (p. 21). 



" p. foliorum laminis supra retrorsum scabris : stipulis brevis- 

 simis ciliatis : panicula spiciformi densissima : spiculis 9-12 floris: 

 glumis obtusis, interiore minore carinis 2-ciliatis. 



" Sponte nascentem prope Tranquebar, legit Job. Ger. Koenig." 

 This is not taken up in the Flora of British India. 



Gladiolus pulchellus (p. 39). 



" G. foliis valde tortis : limbo tubo | longiore, paulo supra 

 medium 6-fido ; laciniis patentibus, spatulaeformibus, 3 superioribus 

 parum approximatis : stigmatibus 2-fidis. Corolla dilute rubra." 



Wachendorfia pallida and W. lugubris (p. 45) are practically 

 undescribed. 



Plantago falcifolia (p. 47) is referred to in Ind. Kew., no 

 doubt correctly, to P. caniosa Lam. lUustr. i. 341 — a name which 

 it may possibly antedate, as the date of Lamarck's publication has 

 not been ascertained (see Journ. Bot., 1906, 319) : an earlier name 

 than SaHsbury's, however, is P. hirsuta Thunb. (Fl. Cap. 29, 1794). 

 Salisbury's description is based on a specimen collected at the 

 Cape by Masson, from whom we have specimens of P. carnosa. 

 Salisbury's name is not taken up in the Flora Caioensis. 



Banksia tenuipolia (p. 50) is an accepted synonym of Hakea 

 acicularis E. Br. The name was applied by Du Mont de Courset 

 [Le Botaniste Cultivateur, v. 107, 1805) to a cultivated plant, of 

 which he does not describe the flowers ; another equally imperfect 

 description is given of H. longiflora. Bentham (op. cit., 495) who 

 quotes the species from Eoem. & Schulth. Syst. iii. 425 (1818), 

 speaks of these as " garden plants described only as to their foliage, 

 and quite insufficiently for recognition." Both are retained in 

 Index Keiuensis, the latter being cited from the second edition of 

 De Courset's work ; both, however, stand side by side in the first 

 edition : H. tenuifolia is misprinted H. temiiflora in Ind. Kew, 

 Under these circumstances it would seem that Salisbury's trivial 

 name should be restored, and the plant will be called 

 Hakea tenuifolia (Sahsb.) comb. nov. 



Banksia tenuifolia Sahsb. Prodr. 50 (1796). 



Conchium aciculare Vent. Jard. Malm. (1804), t. 111. 



* This collection would repay greater attention than it has hitherto 

 received ; the descriptions in Salisbury's very small but legible hand are often 

 very full, and his drawings are numerous and careful. Besides the nine bound 

 volumes, there are also in the Department a number of unbound MSS. which 

 might be worth consultation. 



