not grow and "I do not know whether it be a distinct species, 

 or onh- an accidental \ariet>-." 



Both the illustration In- ("ornut and the illustration by 

 Morison represent a plant with slender pedicels and ha\'inp; an 

 ovoid raceme and o\oid or ellips(Md berries. The onlv definite 

 points to go on with Miller are his phrase "raccmo o\ato" and 

 his reference to Morison's figure. In other words, C'ornut, 

 Morison, Linnaeus and Miller all seem to have been dealing 

 solely with Actaea rubra f. neglecta. Not a bit of evidence has 

 appeared that the\- had the plant with thick pedicels and an 

 oblong raceme appearing in our manuals as Actaea alba. 



We must then apply names. This is not an easy matter. 

 One can follow the historical development of our knowledge of 

 this species and say that as Actaea alba was the first binomial 

 applied to our bane-berry with slender pedicels, it should be 

 known by that name, and that the ordinary red-fruited plant 

 should be known as a form. On the other hand, one can follow 

 nature and say that the red-fruited plant is undoubtedh^ the 

 specific type, and that the first name applied to it {Actaea 

 rubra) should be adopted, although published after Actaea alba. 

 In this case one would treat the plant of Linnaeus and of Miller 

 as a form of Actaea rubra. My own preference is for the second 

 course here indicated. 



For the white-fruited plant with thick pedicels and an 

 oblong raceme there is available the very appropriate name 

 Actaea pachypoda Ell. (Sketch Bot. 2:15. 182 L) 



New York, 



New Plants from Oregon 

 Morton E. Peck 



In working over the collections that have been accumulating 

 for many years in the herbarium of Willamette University, a 

 number of apparently undescribed forms have come to the 

 writer's attention that call for recognition. The following is a 

 partial list of these. The type specimens will be deposited in 

 the University of Oregon herbarium. 



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