170 The Botanical Gazette. 
= oe great plains, Coville; The downward water current in plants, 
mith. 
In THE Bull. de ? Herb. Boiss. for February M. John Briquet, who 
has in ‘ghclenanah oe a monograph of the Labiatee, discusses certain ques- 
Di n- 
tains 737. With consid- 
erable elaboration and illustration the status of Rumphius and P, 
while those of P. Browne are found to be perfectly logical. In refer- 
ence to the “once a synonym always a synonym” rule of the Roches 
: Mm 
c uet shows that it was already in the Paris code, thoug 
not so explicitly stated monly disregarded, and that “tout le 
; on the place 
note e author says that pre-Linnzean authors must a ysb t 
in order to understand Linzaus, but it is evidently his opinion tha 
r also. considers 
they should not enter into nomenclature. The autho 
the question of the nomenclature of subdivisions of species 
gards the genuine variety, which he tries to define, as t 
worth receiving a name from systematists, all minor sub 
being matters of systematic attention, but “biologically 
In conclusion, amendments to the Paris code, embodying | 
sented in the present paper. Altogether the paper is 
bution to the already voluminous discussion of nomenclature. 
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