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Erica penicilliformis (p. 297). This takes precedence of E. caly- 

 culata Wencll. to which it is referred in Fl. Cap. iv. 1. 248. In 

 Ind. Kew. Salisbury's later name 2^^Ji^ciUata is retained and 

 Ijenicilliformis is given as a doubtful synonym ; there can, how- 

 ever, be no doubt as to this. The name would stand : 

 Erica penicilliformis Salisb. Prodr. 297 (1796). 



E. calyculata Wendl. Eric. Ic. fasc. 4, 5 (1798?)*; Fl. 



Cap. iv. 1, 248. 

 E. penicillata Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vh 348. 



Laurus abbreviata (p. 344). 



" L. caule glabro : foliorum laminis obovatis, subbus glaucis: 

 pedunculis foliis multoties brevioribus : corolla 1| lineam longis. 



" Ex South Carolina auct. Jac. Lee." 



This description seems to have escaped the notice of U. S. 

 botanists, who are likely to find that Salisbury's trivial must be 

 retained. 



Leptospermum polygal^folium (p. 350) antedates L. flaves- 

 cens Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 262 (1797) to which Bentham 

 (Fl. Austral, iii. 104) refers it as a synonym. L. australe Salisb. 

 (1. c.) also antedates L. lanigerum Sm., but the latter stands, on 

 account of Philadelijhus laniger Ait. (Hort. Kew. ii. 156 (1789) 

 which, however, is not cited by Bentham 



Metrosideros (pp. 351, 352). Of the seven species of this 

 genus, six, founded on specimens collected by David Burton at 

 Port Jackson, are (very briefly) described as new. 



M. hypericifolia is in Fl. Austral, iii. 131 attributed to Smith 

 (in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 279 (1797), but Salisbury must stand as 

 the authority. M. procera and M. propinqua are doubtfully 

 cited by Bentham as synonyms of Syncarpia laurifoUa Ten. 

 (1839). If this be correct, procera will have to be adopted as the 

 specific name ; if not. Smith's trivial {glomulifera, op. cit. 269) 

 must be substituted for laurifoUa. The decision may be left to 

 future w^orkers at the genus. 



M. APOCYNiFOLiA is antedated by M. costata Gaertn., cited by 

 Cavanilles as a synonym of his Angophora lanceolata adopted by 

 Bentham (op. cit. 184). The name will be 

 Angophora costata (Gaertn.) comb. nov. 



Metrosideros costata Gaertn. Fruct. i, 171 (1788). 



M. apocynifolia Salisb. Prodr. 351 (1796). 



Angophora lanceolata Cav. Ic. iv. 22 (1797). 



M. decora is now referred to Melaleuca, in which genus it will 

 take Salisbury's name : 



Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) comb. nov. 



Metrosideros decora Sahsb. Prodr. 352 (1796). 

 M. genistifoHa Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 277 (1797) : 

 Benth. Fl. Austral, iii. 143. 



M. AROMATiCA is a doubtful plant ; see Fl. Austral, iii. 268. 



* I have not been able to verify this reference, but the publication of the 

 work did not begin until 1798. 



