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the original Konig, and contended that the strict application 
of the law of priority should exclude all alterations of gen- 
eric names. In reply it was admitted that the work of the 
committee was not altogether free from mistakes, but that in 
the judgment of a majority of the members, typographical or 
other obvious errors in orthography (as Scoria for Hicoria) 
should be corrected. A mistaken impression has prevailed 
in some quarters that the Check List is to be regarded as 
infallible; it is, however, merely an illustration of the 
practical application of a stable and systematic code of 
nomenclature, requiring much careful revision and the labor 
of numerous specialists to bring it to the highest degree of 
utility. Mr. M. A. Carleton urged that no further steps be 
taken until an international congress could be brought to 
consider the whole subject of botanical nomenclature. It 
was observed, however, that the first attempt to bring order 
out of chaos in the matter of plant names originated in 
France only, and that British botanists were as reluctant 
then as now to participate in any movement of reform. In 
this connection Professor Britton’s notes on the last edition 
of the London Catalogue of British Plants, given before 
Section G on Friday morning, are of great interest. In this 
Catalogue a number of older generic names have been adopted, 
most of which are identical with those accepted by the 
authors of the Check List; thus, Castalia replaces Nym- 
phaea, Nymphaea supplants Nuphar, Senebiera becomes 
Coronopus, and so on. There are thus only 18 different 
generic names, with about 440 in common. 1n view of the 
fact that Engler and Prantl, in “Die Naturlichen Pflanzen- 
familien ” adopt in most cases these same names, the circum- 
stance affords a striking object lesson to those who would 
have us believe that the movement in favor of the law of 
priority is local in both scope and origin. 
Discussion at the meeting was terminated by the intro- 
duction of a resolution by Dr. Britton as follows: 
Resolved: That in view of the opinions expressed both at 
home and abroad, the matter be referred to the Committee 
