found a novelty that was not appreciated at the time. He turned 

 it over to Banker, and he discovered it to be a new species of "Stec- 

 cherinum" (sic), which was one of Banker's juggles for the dimidiate 

 section of Hydnum. Banker has probably since rejuggled it, for he 

 changes his names every time he writes a paper, and his juggles and 

 rejuggles are not worth bothering over. What most amused me, 



Fig. 769. 



Radulum Ballouii. 



however, is that the plant never was a Hydnum, but a Radulum in 

 the Friesian classification, a genus the existence of which was ap- 

 parently unknown to Banker at the time he discovered this "new 

 species."* Saccardo compiled it as Hydnum Ballouii, but, of course, 

 Saccardo cannot be expected to correctly translate Banker's linguistic 

 inventions when Banker himself did not know the genus to which 

 his plant belonged. 



* "Banker abolished the genus Radulum. Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 29, 1902." Ex- 

 tract from a letter from Ballou. 



Yes. we have heard of these fellows before, who abolished established language, with a breath. 

 hke one flecks off a speck of dust. Otto Kuntze and Professor McGinty are two others of the same 



The genus Radulum was established a hundred years before Banker was born, has been in use 

 continuously ever since proposed, and will be in existence a hundred years after the name-jugglers 

 have been forgotten. Banker will find it about as easy to "abolish" the genus Radulum as he would 

 to "abolish" the city of New York. 



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