Harper : Some plants from Georgia 243 



(Not V Carolina L. Sp. PL ed. 2. 29. 1762, nor V. caroliniana 

 Gmel. Syst. 2 : 42. 1791, both of which are based on V. caro- 

 • linensis Dill. Hort. Elth. 407. pi. 301. f. 388. 1732.) 

 Stylodon scab rum Raf. Neog. 2. 1825. 



A study of the synonymy of this characteristic southeastern 

 coastal plain plant has revealed a surprising amount of careless- 

 ness in citation of names, as has been the case with several other 

 species having a similarly restricted range. The Verbena Carolina 

 of Linnaeus was based on a plate and description by Dillenius, 

 which cannot be referred to our plant, and a brief description by 

 Ray, which may belong to the plant in question, as suggested by 

 Gray, though the evidence is insufficient. The first valid name 



under Verbena seems to be V. cornea, as above indicated, though 

 Rafinesque 22 years earlier had made this same plant the type of 



a new genus, Stylodon. I am by no means convinced that Rafin- 



esque's genus is not a good one, so I will not cumber synonymy 



by transferring his specific name to Verbena. 



Clinopodium georgianum nom. nov. 



Thymus carolinianus "(Walt.)" Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 9. 1803. 

 Calamintha caroliniana (Michx.) Nutt Gen. 2 : 39. 18 18; Sweet, 



Hort. Brit. 315. 1826. 

 C caroliniana "Sweet" ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12: 229. 1848 ; 



Chapm. Fl. So. U. S. 317. i860; Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 360. 



1886; Jackson, Ind. Kevv. 1: 375. 1895. 

 C. caroliniana " Swartz " ; Wood, Class-Book 548. 1861. 

 Melittis caroliniana Spreng. Syst. 2 : 700 (in part). 1825. 

 Melissa caroliniana (Michx.) Benth. Lab. 388. 1834. 

 " Clinopodium carolinianum Mill." ; Jackson, Ind. Kew. I : 565 



(as syn.). 1895. 



C. carolinianum (Michx.) Heller, Cat. N. Am. PI. 7. 1898; 



Small, Fl. S. E. U. S. 1043. *9°3- (Not of Mill. Gard. Diet, 

 ed. 8. 1768.) 

 C. carolinianum "(Walt) Kuntze " ; Mohr, Contr. U. S. Nat. 



Herb. 6 : 700. 1901. 

 Thymus grandiflorus Sims, Curt. Bot. Mag. 25 : //. 997. 1807. 

 Calamintha grandiflora (Sims) Pursh, FL Am. Sept 414. 18 14; 



Ell. Bot S. C. & Ga. 2 : 93. 182 1. 



