472 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [DECEMBER 
are told that Jonn Hitw’s work (British Herbal, 1756) remained 
unquoted even in the Index ‘Kewensis because he had not adopted : 
the binomial system. The only other name possibly available for 
the Epipactis of Adanson is Limonias, a name to be rejected 
primarily according to 1 w, because it is a name published without 
species, and secondarily in harmony with common sense, because it 
might result in confusion, ow ng to Limonia, a valid genus in the 
Rutaceae, and Limonium, a genus in the Plumbaginaceae. There 
seems to be no alternative, therefore, except to select a new name, 
and in recognition of the splendid work by Oakes Ames in the 
Orchidaceae, we have chosen the following, to which all the species 
listed by DruceE are transferred. 
Amesia, n. n.— Epipactis Adans. Fam. 2:70. 1763, not Epipactis 
(Haller) Boehm. in Ludw. Definit. Gen. Pl. 1760, nor Epipactis 
Zinn, Cat. Pl. Hort. Acad. 85. 1757; Helleborine Hill and Limonias 
Ehrh. (see preceding paragraph). 
Amesia africana, n. comb.—Epipactis africana Rendle, Jour. 
Bot. 33:25, 189s. 
Amesia atropurpurea, n. comb.—Epipactis atropurpurea Ral. 
Car. 87. 1810. 
Amesia babianifolia, n. comb.—Epipactis babianifolia Roxb. 
Hort. Bengal. 63. 1814. 
Amesia consimilis, n. comb.— Epipactis consimilis Wallich, Cat. 
no. 7403. 
Amesia gigantea, n. comb.— Epipactis gigantea Dougl. in Hook. 
Fl. Bor. Am. 2:202. 1830. 
Amesia latifolia, n. comb.—Epipactis latifolia All. Fl. Pedem. 
23151; Sieb. in Sv. Vet. Akad. Nya Handl. 232. 1800. 
Amesia microphylla, n. comb.—Epipactis microphylla Sieb. 
loc. cit. 
Amesia orbicularis, n. comb.—Epipactis orbicularis C. Richt. 
Vehr. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 37:190. 1887. 
Amesia palustris, n. comb.— Helleborine palustris Schrank, Fil. 
Monac. 2:190. 1814. 
Amesia papillosa, n. comb.—Epipactis papillosa Franch. and 
Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2:519. 1879. 
Amesia pycnostachys, n. comb.— Epipactis pycnostachys C. 
Koch, Linnaea 22:289. 1849. 
