62 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 
L., a closely related genus, but not having seen the original 
publication of Hedyosmus, I am unable to state upon what 
grounds. Another name referable to the type Cunila mariana 
L., is Mappia Heist.; Adans. (Fam. Pl. 2: 198. 1763), which 
under the American code of nomenclature becomes the correct 
name for this group of the Mint family. Mappia Jacq. 1797, 
has generally been recognized as a valid genus of the family 
Olacaceae, and for it will have to be substituted the name 
Leretia Vell. (FI). Flum. 99; 3: t. 2. 1825). L. affinis Miers, L. 
ampla Miers, and L. cordata Vell, to which may be added 
L. angustifolia (Griseb.) comb. nov. (Mappia angustifolia 
Grieseb.) and L. racemosa (Jacq.) comb. nov. (Mappia race- 
mosa Jacq. 
The plant of the Mint family heretofore known as Cunila 
mariana L., may take the name Mappia origanoides (L.) 
comb. nov. (Satureia origanoides L.) 
CAPNORCHIS (Boerh.) Miller: 
This name is-usually credited to Borckhausen (Roemer’s 
Arch. 1: 46. 1797), and Bicuculla Adanson (1763), has been 
taken up in several recent publications because it had priority 
over Capnorchis Borckhausen (1797). Dr. B. L. Robinson 
(Syn. Fl. 1: 94.1895) remarks: “Much would have been saved 
if Bernhardi had taken up the name Capnorchis.” Miller’s 
adoption Capnorchis in 1754 will be especially welcome to 
those who object to Adanson’s name. Most of the species 
of the genus have at one time or another been taken up in 
Capnorchis, viz: 
Capnorchis Cucullaria (L.) Planch. 
Capnorchis eximia (Ker.) Planch. 
Capnorchis formosa (Dryand.) Planch. 
Capnorchis chrysantha (H. & A.) Planch. 
Capnorchis canadensis (Goldie) Kuntze. 
Capnorchis uniflora (Kellogg) Kuntze. 
Capnorchis orchroleuca (Engelm.) Greene. 
Capnorchis pauciflora (Wats.) Greene. 
Capnorchis occidentalis (Rydb.) comb. nov. (Bicuculla 
occidentalis Rydb.) 
