410 Druce: What is Convallaria odorata Mill.? 



this — C. odorata, Broad-leaved Solomon's Seal with a larger 

 sweet flower. 



Recently I have examined Miller's authentic specimen in the 

 National Herbarium and to my great surprise find that Mr. 

 Britten has made a serious error in naming it P, multifloruui. The 

 specimen, which has the angular stems, the large flowers and 

 glabrous filaments, is unmistakably Convallaria Polygonatiim L., 

 Polygonatian officinale All. 



To those who follow the Vienna Rules, which claim priority 

 for the earliest specific name except when it involves the duplica- 

 tion of a name, the name I first suggested has priority, /. e,^ 

 Polygonatiim odovatum (Miller) Druce. 



An attempt has been made to supersede Polygonatuni Adans. 

 by Salonionia Heister ex Fabric. Enum. PI. Hort. Helmstad., 

 Ed. 2. 38. 1763 ; indeed this is given in large type in the third 

 Supplement to the Index Kewensis 158, but there is no need for 

 this smcQ Polygonatian dates not from Adanson 1763 (Fam. des 



756 (British Herbal) 



Oxford, England. 



