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for nomenclature, and the exact designation of this plant will depend 

 somewhat on the rules used. It would be beyond the scope of 

 this paper to discuss these problems fully, but I will briefly indicate 

 some of them for the benefit of those who are more interested in 

 such matters. 



In the first place, Walter had quite a number of Anonymos 

 genera, as is well known, and in several of them he used the spe- 

 cific name caroliniensis. The first Anonymos of course invalidates 

 all the rest, but shall the first one be recognized ? (It happens to 

 be a good genus, and was named Tubiflora by Gmelin and Ely- 

 traria by Vahl. The only species included in it by Walter bore 

 the specific name in question.) Second, does the first Anonymos 

 caroliniensis invalidate all the rest (ours among them) ? Third, 

 shall the original spelling of the specific name be maintained? 

 Fourth, if Anonymos caroliniensis is a homonym, does that affect 

 the validity of Batschia caroliniensis Gmel. and Lithospermnm caro- 

 linianum Lam.? Fifth, which of the two last-mentioned names is 

 older? Sixth, if the third and fourth questions are answered in 

 the negative, shall we call our plant Lithospermum carolinianiini 

 Lam., Z. carolinianiini (Walt.) Lam., or Z. carolinense (Walt.) 

 MacM. ? 



The last problem could be partly circumvented by recognizing 

 Gmelin's genus BatscJiia, which was founded on this species alone, 

 and seems as distinct as many other genera now recognized. 



Verbena carnea Med. ; Schauer in DC. Prodr. n : 545. 1847 



? Phryma caroliniensis Walt. Fl. Car. 166. 1788 ; Gmel. Syst. 2 "• 



921. 1791. 



V. caroliniana Willd. Sp. PI. 1: 119. 1798; Pursh, Fl. Am. 

 Sept. 417. 1814; Nutt. Gen. 2: 40. 1818; Ell. Bot. S. C. 

 & Ga. 2 : 99. 1 82 1. 



V. caroliniana "L."; Michx. Fl. 2: 14. 1803; Wood, Class- 

 Book 537. 1 86 1. 



" V. caroliniana Michx."; Chapm. Fl. So. U. S. 307. i860; 

 Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 336. 1886. 



" V. Carolina L." ; Mohr, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 6 : 693. I9 0J - 



V. carolinensis (Walt.) "Gmel."; Small, Fl. S. E. U. S. 1009. 



