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WESTERN SPECIES, NEW AND OLD.--VI. 



Beck\vlthia juniperina (Jones) 



Ranunculus Andersonii var. tenellus Wats. Bot. King Rep* 



7.//. I. f. 8-10. 1 87 1. 

 Ranunculus juniperinus Jones, Proc. Cal. Acad. II. 5: 616. 



1895- 

 Jones has very properly supplied this plant with a tenable 



name, but the long delay in recognizing its distinctness from 

 the plant originally called Ranunculus Andersonii seems due to 

 the fact that it has been rarely collected. The original was 

 from "Pilot Rock Point, Salt Lake, Utah." 



In Pittonia, 3: 128-130, Professor Greene points out that 

 Cheiranthus^ not Erysimum^ is the proper name for this genus 

 of plants, and his reasons seem conclusive to me. However, 

 Erysimum is still retained as the proper name by most botan- 

 ists, although no one, I believe, has shown that Professor Greene 

 is in the wrong. Until such proof is furnished, I shall con- 

 tinue the use of Cheiranthus. The forthcoming third edition 

 of the "Catalogue of North American Plants" necessitates the 

 change of combination for the sake of uniformity 



Cheiranthus ali>estris (Cockerell) 



Erysimum asperum f. aipestre Cockerell, Bull. Torr. Club, 



18: 168. 1891. 

 Erysimum aipestre Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 38: 277. 



1901. 



Cheiranthus oblanceolatus (Rydb.) 



Erysimum oblanceolattim Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 31: 

 557- 1904- 



Cheiranthus radicatus (Rydb.) 



Erysimum radicatum Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 31: 558. 

 1904. 



