Harper: Some plants from Georgia 241 



Walter 



very closely Curtiss's no. 2269 from the vicinity of Aspalaga, 

 Florida, according to Mr. Baker). The narrow-leaved form is in 

 all probability what Rafinesque described as A. tenni folia (New 

 Fl. N. Am. 4:58. 1836). Wood's A. ciliata filifolia (Class-Book 

 589. 1 861) though inadequately described, is doubtless intended 



for the same thing. 



tifoli 



which has always been considered synonymous with A. ciliata 

 Walt., might apply equally well to the narrow-leaved variety also. 

 A. ciliata is represented in my collections by no. 1 166 , in fruit, 

 from dry pine-barrens in Mitchell County, Aug. 7, 1901, and the 

 narrow-leaved form from the following counties : Dooly (no. 377, 

 in fruit), Bulloch (no. p/5, in fruit), and Laurens (no. 2ij8 f in 

 flower). The latter has also been collected along the Flint River 

 near Albany by Dr. Small in May, 1895, and in Leon County, 

 Florida, by Mr. Nash in September of the same year (no. 2346). 

 Its total range is as yet unknown. 



Anonymos caroliniensis Walt. Fl. Car. 91. 1788 



Batschia carolincnsis (Walt.) Gmel. Syst. 2: 315. 1791. 



Lithospermiim carolinianum Lam. Tab. I : 396. 1 791. 



L. hirtum (Muhl.) Lehm. Asperif. 305. 1818 (and most 19th 



century authors). 



MacMillan, Met. Minn. 438. 1892. 



L. Gmelini (Michx.) Hitchcock, Spring Fl. Manh. ^o. 1894 



(and most subsequent authors). 



Mr. Mackenzie * has recently pointed out that Lamarck's 

 Litliospcrmum carolinianum is a synonym of L. Gmelini, instead 

 of a conflicting homonym as was thought to be the case a few 

 years ago. But the identity of Lamarck's plant is not of funda- 

 mental importance in the present case, since the specific name 

 dates back to Walter, three years earlier, as was noted by Mac- 

 Millan in 1892, but apparently by no one else who has mentioned 

 this plant since his time. (Several other synonyms for it can be 



found in MacMillan' s work.) 



A careful scrutiny of the above synonymy will disclose several 

 problems which do not seem to be provided for in any set of rules 



♦Bull. Torrey Club 32: 501. 1905. 



