22 PLANT NAMES 



example, Hooker described a certain Rhododendron 

 which he found in the Himalaya region, and named 

 it Aucklandii, after the Indian Viceroy at the time. 

 It was afterwards ascertained that the species had 

 been already described by someone else, and named 

 after the Anglo-Indian plant explorer R. Griffith' 

 ianum, and so, according to the rule, that is the 

 correct name. Another example is Crinodendron 

 Hookeri or Hookerianum, which has been changed 

 to Tricuspidaria hexapetala, and I think more 

 recently to T. lanceolata. 



But this process of changing the name of a plant, 

 necessary as it sometimes is, is very troublesome 

 and annoying to gardeners. Ozothamnus and Ben- 

 thamia, for instance, received those names because 

 it was beheved that they were distinct genera. It 

 was afterwards found that they were but species of 

 Heltchrysum and Cornus. 



