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tlie latter as a usurper, even as they ought to oppose the 

 re-animation of the ghosts which are called Castalia^ Biida 



and Ttssa. 



Since changes are prejudicial to clearness of language and 

 consequently are contrary to the spirit of the law which 

 rules nomenclature, it is important to preserve faithfully, old 

 and generally accepted practices when they are not mani- 

 festly at fault My opinion in this respect is the more im- 

 partial that I am partisan to useful reforms, as my previous 

 writings prove. / 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. 

 Signature 22 of the A. A. A. S. Botanical Club's official 



list of Northeastern American plants, has just reached us. 

 The inexcusable blunder of printing " Aarduus " for 

 Carduus ten times on p, 344 would be merely laughable 

 were it found anywhere but in a scientific work. All have a 

 right to expect greater pains in producing what is intended 

 to be an "official" check list, a complete and accurate 

 book of reference to be in constant use by Eastern botanists. 

 We suppose that a correction of this and other errors will 

 appear at the end of the book, but we fear such a correction 

 will not suffice to keep Aarduus Hillii (Canby) Porter, from 

 being treated as a name by those botanists who would main- 

 tain Scoria instead of Hicoria. The very fact that such 

 botanical writers are to be found should alone make us more 

 careful to avoid misprints. — J. B, D. 



- Several parts of the "Systematic Botany of North 

 America" are announced for 1895. Vol. IX., Part 1, Hepa- 

 ticse by L. M. Underwood will appear in January. Other 

 parts to follow are: Vol. V., Parts 1 and 2, Pyrenomycetes, 

 by J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhart; Vol. X., Part 1, 

 Typhacese, Sparganiacese, Naiadaceae, JuncaginacesB, Alis- 



