proposed in tlic Procecdin^rs of the Biological Society of Wash- 

 ington appear in the index as binomials. For examples, in these 

 Proceedings, Vol. XVII, p. i i 2, 1 described Tctraneuris lincarifolia 

 Dodgci,?>\.\h'>\i. n(n-. ; in the index, p. 185, it is called Tctraneuris 

 Dodgci. On pj). 175 and 178, Professor A. Nelson described 

 Nenicxia Jtcrbacca iiiclica and Jirigcroii Diacranthus iiiiriis ; in the 

 index, pp. 182 and 183, they are Ncmcxia jnc/ica and Erigiroti 

 inirus. This is not done accidentally ; I learned through corre- 

 spondence with Mr. G. S. Miller at the time of the publication of 

 my article, that it was held that what are usually called sub- 

 species should be expressed by binomials, and it was not without 

 protest that I was allowed to publish T. Dodgci as a trinomial. 

 While I cannot agree with this view, the position is an intelligible 

 one, and the committee has a right to print the names in any 

 manner it sees fit, in a part of the Proceedings for which the 

 several authors have no responsibility. I take it that the bi- 

 nomials printed as stated must be recognized (in the synonymy 

 or otherwise, according to one's opinion), and should be credited 

 to the publication committee, Messrs. Hay, Miller and White, 

 who may be signified by the symbols H. M. W, 



T. D. A. COCKERELL. 

 BouLUER, Colorado. 



REVIEWS 



Flora of Los Angeles and Vicinity* 



The great area of California, its many climates and other pe- 

 culiar enx'ironmental conditions, give rise to many different floras 

 in the different parts of the state, so that local floras are greatly 

 desired. The flora of the whole state has been only superfici- 

 ally examined and at the present time a compendium of the com- 

 plete flora is an impossibility. There yet remain many parts to 

 be explored and many groups of plants are but imperfectly 

 understood. For some years to come collectors and students 

 must work earnestly before such a work can be even planned. 



* Abrams, L. R. Flora of Los Angeles and Vicinity. Svo. I'p. xi -} 474. Stan- 

 ford I'niversity, Cal., Stanford University Press. 5 -Ap 1904. 



