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siiortI':r X(yri-:s 



Lksi'kdkza vki.l riNA HicKNKLi- A IloMONYM. — Iiistaiiccsare 

 not rare in which a homonym is pubh'shcd so soon after the first 

 use of the name that the r)ccurrLnce can scarcely be laid to 

 negHgence on the jxirt of its author in selecting a valid name. 

 The following case appears to be one of such instances. 



^ Lespedeza Bicknellii nom. nov. 



Lcspcdcza vtiutiita Bicknell, Torreya i : 102. 28 S 1901. Krit- 



ton, Manual 1048. O 1901 ; ed. 2, 1068. 1905. 



Not Lcspcdcza vclutiua Dunn ; Hook-er, Icones Plantarum 7 : 

 pi. 2JOO. F 1901. A native of China. 



The type of L. vcluliiia Bicknell and therefore of L. Bicknellii 



is, "from Woodlavvn, N. Y. \\\. P. Bicknell], August 28, 1898, 



flowers; September 25, 189S, fruit: in the herbarium of the 



,New York Botanical Garden." H. D. Hou.se. 



Washington, D. C. 



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