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as substitutes for technical and unusual words in the “keys’”’ 
was not because technical terms would be a barrier to the 
student, but because they would have been a barrier to the 
authors themselves. 
It seems therefore natural to expect that this same kind 
of so-called “terminology” will be adopted in future works to 
be published by the Smithsonian Institution. As a matter of 
fact one has already been published, namely Flora of Glacier 
National Park, Montana, by Mr. Paul C. Standley.* The 
scope and style of this paper corresponds exactly with the 
preceding; the key is constructed in the same manner, and 
contains similar erroneous statements. Some few of these 
may be mentioned. ‘Fruit conelike, seeds not hairy, Betula- 
ceae;” “Leaflets more than 3, some attached along the sides 
of the petiole, Brassicaceae,” “Leaves with 3 or more digitate 
or pinnate leaflets, Potentilla;” “petals 2 or 5, Onagraceae;’ 
“fruit composed of several cells, these falling apart like the 
sections of an orange, Sphaeralcea;’ ‘“‘the roots bear cylindric 
watery tubers, Circaea ;” “roots coral-like,Carallorhiza ;’’“‘root- 
stocks creeping, Rumex Acetosella;’ “root-stocks long, Cir- 
sium arvense;”’ tenis 5 spurred at the top, Myosurus.” 
Returning to the Flora of the District of Columbia, it is 
said in the introduction that ’’All the species admitted to the 
formal list are based upon specimens in the District Flora 
Herbarium.” “Species reported but which are not supported 
by specimens have been mentioned in notes.” Nevertheless 
Arethusa is not represented except by two 
specimens from Pennsylvania and New Jersey! There are no 
specimens of Kyllinga, and many of the plants stated as being 
common or frequent are only represented by a few specimens. 
On the other hand several species, which have been reported 
by me as new to the District have been ignored completely, 
not speaking of the numerous new localities recorded for some 
of the rare species. For instance in my third list of additions 
to the Flora of Washington, D. C. (1892), I have reported 
Tlex glabra Gray from near Silver Hill, and in the fourth list 
(1896) this species was reported also from the woods between 
Camp Spring and Surattsville. From Scott’s Run, Va., I have 
reported such interesting and rare plants as Aralia quinque- 
* Contrib. U. S. Natl. Mus. Vol. 22. Part 5, Washington, 1921, p. 235-438. 
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