478 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JUNE 
Besides the /lora of the Southern United States, Dr. Chapman’s 
publications in the journals were few. They comprise the following 
papers, all of which appeared in the BoranicaL GazETTE: 
n enumeration of some plants, chiefly from the semi-tropical regions of 
Florida, which are either new, or which have not hitherto been recorded as 
belonging to the flora of the southern states. Bor. Gaz. 3:2, 9,17. 1878. 
Torreya taxifolia,a reminiscence. Bot. GAz.10: 254. 1885. 
In volume 11: 132. 1886, he published a brief note in reference to the 
preparation of herbarium specimens. 
Dr. Chapman has endeared himself to all who applied to him 
for information by the readiness with which he generously responded. 
The cordial welcome extended to his visitors, his courteous bearing, 
the genial warmth of heart and mind will ever be kept in grateful 
remembrance by those who enjoyed his personal acquaintance.— 
CHARLES Monr, Mobile, Ala. 
WHAT IS PRUNUS INSITITIA? 
THIS species? seems to have been a puzzle ever since Linnzus pub- 
lished it. It has been a stumbling block to all American botanists 
who have not been able gracefully to avoid it. For a long time I have 
been trying to find Prunus insititia, until recently I decided to give 
the matter a thorough overhauling. It seems to me that it is time to 
lay this species name to its final rest, and the following remarks are 
offered in the hope of contributing to that result. 
The term zzsttitia has been translated grafted, and it has been said 
that Linnzus meant to characterize under this name the grafted gar- 
den plums as distinct from the seedling forms of Prunus domestica 
3 Prunus insititia Linn. eee a Acad. 4: 273. 1755. The original account, as 
given by Linnzus, is as follow 
PRUNUS (znsztitia) spinosa, foliis ovatis subtus villosis, pedunculis geminis. 
Pruna sylvestria precocia, Bauh. P - 44. 
Prunus sylvestris aps Raj. tie 1528. 
Habitat in Anglia, Germani 
Descr. Arbor ‘euiea iieae Bruni domestic, Rami fusco-rubri, leves; ramuli 
nonnulli spina terminati. Stipulze lineares, ciliate, acutz, basi bifidee, nec ut in 
domestica simplices et indivisze. Folia ovata, supra glabra, nec ut in domestica sub- 
villosa, subtus villosa. Gemme flriferc promunt pedunculos duos, ut in domestica. 
Calyces glabri, nec villosi ut in domestica 
