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not for me to decide here. Fav the description of Micheli 
which must be taken to mean what it says, the two species are 
certainly species of Stemonitis proper in the modern sense, and 
therefore Clathroidastrum is the oldest name for the group of 
plants hitherto put under Stemonitis proper and the latter name 
should be relegated to synonymy unless the name Stemonitis, Lud- 
wig, 1760, be accepted. We give here the names in order of priority 
that would be affected by the acceptance of Clathroidastrum and 
unless the name be objected to on the grounds that it offends 
seriously against the Linnaean rules of nomenclature it has priority 
in its favor. We refrain from transferring the specific names for 
reasons laid down by Linneaeus in his Philosophia Botanica, re- 
garding names in ozdes and astrum. Following is the list of 
American species affected. 
Clathroidastrum, Micheli, 1729. 
Clathroidastrum, Adanson, 1763. 
Stemonitis, Gleditsch, 1753, in part. 
Stemonitis, Ludwig, 1760, in part. 
Stemonttis, (Gleditsch) Rostafinski, 1873. 
(1) Stemonitis fusca, Roth. 
Siemonttis confluens, Cooke and Ellis, 1876. 
(3) Stewonttis nigrescens, Rex. 1891. 
(4) Stemonitis maxima, Schweinitz, 1834. 
(5) Stemonitis virginiensis, Rex, 1891. 
(6) Stemonttis Morgani, Peck, 1889. 
Stemonitis spendens, (Rostafinski), Lister, 1894. 
(7) Stemonitis fenstrata, (Rex) MacBride, 1899. 
(8) Stemonitis Webberi, Rex. 1891. 
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(10) Stemonitis Smithii, MacBride, 1893. 
Stemonitis microspora, (Lister), Morgan, 1894. 
(11) Stemonitis carolinensis, MacBride, 1893. 
Stemonttis tenerrima, (B. and C.) Morgan, 1894. 
(12? Stemonitis pallida, Wingate, 1897. 
Department of Botany . 
University of Notre Dame 
