246 Retrospective Criticism. 



4. Imperata: the etymon is stated to be unknown. The genus was 

 dedicated by Cyrillo to Imperati, an Italian botanist. 



5. Cissus quinquefolia and Ampelopsis quinquefolia, mentioned twice 

 under these two names : and it is neither, but my Quinaria. See my Mo- 

 nograph on Vines, and my Medical Flora, vol. ii. p. 120 — 180. 



6. Nico'tuzna. Etymon of Tobacco : it is the name of pipe in Hayti lan- 

 guage; and not from Tobago nor Tobasco. See Anglina, 1525; and my 

 Medical Flora, 1830. 



7. Ipomce^a Qudmoclit. False etymon given. Qudmoclil is the Mexican 

 name ; it grows from Florida to Mexico. 



8. Gymnema. " Vaccine ichor," for " milk or vaccine liquor." 

 9 Peta, a substitute for coffee. Sugar ought to be said instead. 



10. Phus aromaticum 1 called Turpinia; but I changed it to Lobadium, 

 on finding another genus Turpima. I did not know it was called Schmaltzz'a 

 (after me or my mother's name) by Desvaux. It is also ikfyrica trifoliata 

 of Linnaeus. 



11. JVarcissus, "from narke" Ovid and all other authors derive Narcis- 

 sus from the name of a man. 



12. Drosera filiformis Raf., 1808. Pursh, in 1814, stole this plant 

 from me. 



13. Smilacina. Bad name. It forms my genera Clintoma and Styrandra. 

 The Dracaena borealis of Aiton is the type of my beautiful genus Clin- 

 ton^ (dedicated to Governor Clinton, philosopher, naturalist, and states- 

 man), with bilocular berries. I have found six species of it : those culti- 

 vated in England are C. multiflora and nutans. 



14. Polygonatum, same as Polygonum. My Sigillaria or A«dllaria. 



15. Virgilia lutea, so called from the yellow wood. You say it has 

 yellow flowers. Michaux's figure has white flowers ; and so had the spe- 

 cies I saw in bloom. Is a yellow-flowered species cultivated in England ? 

 The virgilias of North America and Mexico form my new genus Cladras- 

 tis ; very different from the Virgilics of Africa. 



16. Why is Cydonia adopted, while Morbus and M alus are united to 

 Pyrus ; nay, also, Aronia united, far more removed ? 



17. *Spirae v a corymbosa of Loddiges is mine; published by me in 1814. 

 See Precis des Deconvertes, No. 115. 



18. ^4ctas v a racemosa and Cimicifuga serpentaria, twice mentioned in two 

 places. It is my new genus Botrophis, 1828 ; Macrotys, 1808. 



19. Asimina, stated to have no meaning. Wrong: name of Indians of 

 Louisiana. 



20. Dionae v rt, Jeffersoma, Podophyllum, &c, stated to be genera with 

 solitary species. Wrong: I have seen and described three species of each, 

 r>ionse v « corymbosa, sessiliflora, and uniflora ; Jeffersonza Bartoni, odorata, 

 and lobata; Podophyllum peltatum, montanum, and callicarpum. See 

 Medical Flora, &c. 



'21. Erucaria, same as .Eruca. It is my Pachila. 



22. Adlumia. A false etymon given. It was dedicated by me to Adlum, 

 an American cultivator and writer on vines, a friend of horticulture and 

 botany ; yet living, and making good American wine. 



23. Camellia, Camelina, and Camelus among quadrupeds ; three genera 

 of the same name nearly. I have called the tea shrub Theaphylla (mean- 

 ing divine leaf ) : a good name, whether a peculiar genus, or Camellia to be 

 united to it. 



24. Lupinaster. Horrible name ! iupinus and ^4'ster. My Dacti- 

 phyllum, 1817. 



25. i/ypericum virginicum, with "yellow flowers." Wrong: always 

 purplish. It is my Triadenum purpurascens, 1808 ; different from Elodea. 



26. Marshallza. Marshall was an American botanist, not an Englishman. 



27. Cacalia. All the American species of this genus are different from 



