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to hydnum, but the fructification is in horn like terminal pap- 
illas. Found in different states 
Steudel mentiona only two species of Cerophora, C. clavata 
and C. capitata, and refers both to See hehe though the lat- 
ter is not found in that author’s list 
review, or rather a mere desea ed of the above men- 
tioned diagnosis of Rafinesque's Cerophora of 1808, found its 
way into the Journal de Botánique, Tome II, 1809, p. 176. As 
it seems but ig Rime rendition of the original no further 
note of it is of inter 
In still another Serge. of Rafinesque printed by the author 
at Palermo in 1814,* another reference to the fungus genus 
Cerophora is made. The characters seem somewhat more 
clear, and it is evidently the publication of the genus that 
ame to the notice of Steudel just referred to. It may be of 
interest to give the text completely as the work of Rafinesque 
is very rare. 
(*G. Cerop 
Peride Mene on stipité, simple ou ramifie, vir pape 
superieure en ae des petites cornes ou poin ntes s 
Obs. Ce e di ffere presque de 1 Hydnum ud par sa 
fructification as et de 1 Hericium que par ses pointes 
dures et laches 
Ce oia clavata peride en massue eylindracée en- 
tierement convert de pointes. Dans le N. Jer 
175. Cerophora capitata. Stipité. péride sphérique en- 
tierement convert de pointes. Dans le N. Jersey. 
Mr. Tidestrom’s name Cerothamnus is then the only and 
oldest one for our segregated American wax bayberries, and 
there can not possibly be any quibbling about Rafinesque’s 
name Cerophora of 1838. I shail briefly give a resumé of the 
synonymy of the two genera. 
1. GALE, J. Bauhin, 1650,* also Tour, 1703, Duhamel 1755, t 
and Adanson 1763.8 
* Med. Rep, (1808) 1. c. 
y en E Nomenclator Botanicus, Plant Crypt. (1822), p. 113. 
Rafinesque, C.S. Precis des Decouvertes et Travaux Soto 
entre 180 dod nd. 181 14. Palerme, Royale Typ. Militaire 1814. Aux depe: 
E ato Bn, J., and Cherler, J. H., Historia Plantarum, pars. 2, p. 224, 
| + Tournefort, n P. de, Act. Acad. t. 3, (170 
i E E ¿el du Monceau, Traité des Patti et Arbustes, t. 1, p. 253, 
Ge) Adanson, M., Familles des Plantes, 2nd part, p. 345, (1763). 
