482 FRASERS’ CATALOGUES. 
from which Prof. Greene’s reprint is taken, and it is frequently 
quoted by him in his Genera of North oe ican Plants 
The majority of the names in this list are new. Many are mere 
nomina nuda, and as such have no clai rho ‘recognition, save in so 
ot be sufficient for determination. On the i of ‘tne 
names, changes of nomenclature have been made in recent American 
works, and it is of some interest to ae how far in any case such 
a list can be recognized as a publicatio 
The Berlin rules vi orvommtd sseiiges trade catalogues, but the 
American rules do not pronounce upon this point. I venture to 
think that there should be a definite understanding on the matter, 
and that such catalogues should ~~ xclu ope 
In the first place, such lists den one now under consideration 
cannot be obtained through thos poe channels. No bookseller 
as them on sale, nor can they be procured through him ; they are 
ry 
for irhdrahi De xisting nom 
t cannot be said that this ditenty is altogether imaginary, 
or we have in the volume contai ing Walter’s erbarium (now 
** Frasers’ ’—not “ Fr raser’s,” as is done by Prof. Greene and other 
iters. 
Certain names in Frasers’ Catalogue have not been taken up. by 
those who consider such names should be adopted. For example, 
missouriensis Sims (1814) i is coe for an Ginothera (Meares 
peace d by Pursh in the r as rosea But a 
The following notes on One or two of the names in the 1813 
Catalogue may be worth printin 
