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Athysaniis ptisillus Greene should be (Hook.) Greene. 



Cytisus scoparius Link should be (L.) Link. 



Circaea pacifica Arch, [sic] should be Aschers. & Magn. 



Valerianella samolifolia Haeck. should be (DC.) A. Gray. 



Chrysopsis villosa Nutt. should be (Pursh) Nutt. 

 Such miscellaneous inaccuracies as "Fallarone Is." for Faral- 

 lone: "L. Her." for L'Her. and "D. C." for DC. are also encoun- 

 tered. The species Mo?itia parviflora appears tsvice, and M. 

 parvifolia as a consequence wholly disappears. After Epipactis, 

 "R.BR." is written where the common name is usually given. 

 Elsewhere authors of genera have not been cited. 



A praiseworthy attempt has been made to indicate the deriva- 

 tion of generic names; but 141 genera are left unexplained, and 

 in the case of others such absurd blunders as Peramium from 

 ''per, through, amium, love, in allusion to medicinal properties" 

 (no such word as "amium" exists in the Latin language), Hu- 

 mulus, "dim. of humus, the ground, because sometimes pros- 

 trate" (the root is Teutonic, and has no relation to the Latin 

 hunnts) and Mahastnim from " Malva and aster, a star" (when 

 it is simply the contemptuous diminutive) are perpetuated, 

 evidently all borrowed from Frj-e and Rigg's Northwest Flora, 

 which as a masterpiece of etymological inaccuracy can hardly 

 be surpassed. Nuttall and Pursh are hardly to be regarded as 

 "English" botanists, when their period of greatest scientific 

 activit}^ was spent in the United States. 



In spite of these regrettable defects of form, however, the 

 impression left by Professor Henry's book is, that it is a praise- 

 worthy and valuable effort to contribute to the fuller knowledge 

 of the Northwest flora, and that the work has been surprisingly 

 well done considering that the author makes no claims to being 

 a professional botanist. It is only by such local studies that a 

 full understanding of the fascinating but difficult fiora of the 

 Northwest can ever be reached; and it is to be hoped that at 

 some future time Professor Henry may shake off the limitations 

 imposed by a school text, and revise his manual in strictly sci- 

 entific form. 



Salem, Oregon 



