1888. | BOTANICAL GAZETTE, 303 
allowed his love of country, so we are to infer, to blind him tothe evident 
fact that where a real difference exists between a specimen in the Curtis 
herbarium and one in the Berkeley herbarium, it is the latter only 
which is to be regorded as the type. This is so obviously true that we 
fear that Mr. Cooke was under some misapprehension when writing 
his warning. But while the simple statement seems to be beyon 
controversy, differences may still arise as to the interpretation of the 
Berkeley & Curtis types. Because a cursory examination appears to 
make out the type specimen in the Berkeley collection to be different 
from the corresponding specimen in the Curtis set, it does not neces- 
sarily follow that it is really so. It is quite possible that errors might 
have arisen in the original study, and that the specimen in the Curtis 
herbarium, although different, might yet be a better representative 
of the real species than the type specimen itself. There is often internal 
evidence to show that certain specimens in Herb. Curtis, although in 
some characters different, are still undoubtedly the same as those in Herb. 
Berkeley. For instance, if a leaf with a Puccinia has been cut in two and 
half sent to Rev. Berkeley and half placed in the Herb. Curtis, the de- 
scription in many respects corresponding to the Curtis plant, but not in — 
others, we are not to infer that there were two distinct things, but rather — 
that the Curtis plant is genuine, and a study of it can show facts not gle 
viously brought out. There is so much need of -cautious work in deter- : 
mining the species and settling the nomenclature of our fungi that itcan 
not be amiss to point out this possible source of misunderstanding. 
CURRENT LITERATURE. 
Minor Notices. 
. 1 
Tur FLoRA of the Santa Barbara Islands is the subject weer Tee 
Mr. T.S. Brandegee. The author investigated the two largest! : ei iB was 
Cruz and Santa Rosa, and in the paper before ch dts ee 5 the neigh- 
found. A comparison is made between this flora and ; : 0 
boring Santa Inez mountains on the mainland. he San Diego 
: i are, besides 
flora, leaving some ten or twelve endemic species. ee 
these, some nine or ten species not found on the main ; com 
mon to other coast islands. ~ - 
Barbara Islands. Reprint from Proc. 
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