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shorter crown than in S. caroliniana: ovary cylindric, about 

 5 mm. long at anthesis: styles of the same length. Type speci- 

 men, in Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden from 

 Albertsville, Alabama, //, April 22, 1899. 



Dr. Wherry reports that when this and S. caroliniana are 

 grown side by side at Washington, D, C, in soils of the reactions 

 favored by each respectively (minimalkaline and subacid), S. 

 caroliniana begins to bloom in late April, and the new species 

 about two weeks later. 



A herbarium specimen of this new species was sent by Dr. 

 S. F. Blake to the British Museum, with the request that it be 

 compared with the type specimen of Walter's S. caroliniana. 

 This was done, and the reply stated definitely that the two were 

 clearly different, as W'alter's plant has the calyx distinctly 

 (though sparsely) glandular. 



Silene Wherry i is represented: In the herbarium of The New 

 York Botanical Garden and of the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences of Philadelphia by two specimens from Alabama and one 

 from Kentucky: In the United States National Herbarium 

 there are three from Alabama. In the Gray Herbarium there 

 are two inferior ones from Kentucky. Had this species been 

 better represented in the latter herbarium, it would no doubt 

 have been recognized as new by Professor B. L. Robinson when 

 he monographed Silene for the Synoptical Flora. 



The New York Botanical Garden. 



LAMARCK'S NEW NAMES IN THE FRENCH 

 EDITION OF PALLAS 



T. D. A. COCKERELL 



I have just obtained a copy of the French edition of the Voy- 

 ages of Pallas, in eight volumes, of which the eighth (published 

 in 1794) consists of descriptions of plants and animals. This 

 volume is edited by Lamarck who adds numerous comments 

 and bibliographical references, as well as short diagnoses in 

 Latin. In a number of cases he differs from the nomenclature 

 of Pallas and sometimes proposes entirely new names. All 

 the new names of animals are carefully cited by Sherborn in 

 Index x'\nimalium, but the plant names have not fared so well 



