UNDERWOOD: REVIEW OF THE GENERA OF FERNS 251 
1756 
Hill, in his British Herbal, recognized a series of genera, one of 
which Professor Greene has recently accepted, and he restored 
the name Lunaria, based on what is now Botrychium lunaria, but 
which was unfortunately adopted by Linnaeus fora genus of flower- 
ing plants, and used Phyllitis for Asplenium Scolopendrium ; while 
most of Hill's plants are figured and clearly recognizable, it still re- 
mains a patent fact that his generic groups are arranged to correspond 
to the usage of the apothecary shops and not named in the Linnaean 
sense, and certainly such generic (?) names as Lonchitis-aspera, 
Capillus- Veneris and Adiantum-nigrum cannot be accepted as | prop- 
erly published genera. 
1757 
Ludwig (Inst. Hist. Phys. Reg. Veg. 142), in his synoptic 
tables adopted the genus PAyllitis based on Tournefort's “ Lingua 
Cervina,' which appears to be the earliest botanical use of this 
name as applied to our ‘“‘ Hart'stongue" fern. No other novelties 
appeared in this little-known work ; many later writers of the last 
century adopted the same generic name which must replace the 
later Scolopendrium. 
I 
Scopoli (in the original edition of Flora Carniolica 168), 
established the genus Struthiopteris based on Osmunda spicant L., 
which many years later was placed in Lomaria, tho many still 
refer it to Blechnum. The genus was well described, giving full 
synonymy, and was accepted by many subsequent writers like 
Haller, Wiggers, Weiss and others, until Willdenow usurped the 
name for a different plant and established Zomaria in its place. 
There is every reason why a restoration should be made. The 
specific combination apparently first appeared in Scopoli's second 
edition. 
1764 
Gleditsch (Syst. Pl.) established the genera Cincinalis (290) 
and Pyxidaria (291), neither of which is based on any species and 
must therefore be relegated to the domain of nonentities. The 
former is usually referred to -Pteris, altho it was characterized as 
having '*Invol nullum," and the latter is cvidently a direct 
synonym of Trichomanes. 
