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18. Actea racemosa and Cimicifuga serpentaria, twice mentioned 
in two places. It is my new genus Botrophis, 1828 ; sc bap er 
Esimina, sated ¢ to have no meaning. Wro of 
Indians of gs isia 
. Dionea, Feferwnia, Pedophyllum, &e., stated to be genera 
with solitary species. Wrong: I have seen and described three 
species of each, Dionea corymbosa, sessiliflora, and uniflora; Jeffer- 
sonia Bartoni, odorates and lobata ; Podophyllum peltatum, montanum 
and callicarpum. See Medical Flora, &e. 
21. Erucaria, same as Eruca. It is my Pach 
22. Adlumia. A false etymon given. It was n dadioated 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. ae os and Camelus among quadrupeds ; three 
genera of the same name, nearly. I have called the tea shrub 
Theaphylla (ices divine leaf) : : good se whether a peculiar 
genus, or Camellia to be united to 
24. Lupinaster. Horrible shi Lupinus and Aster. My 
Dactiphyllum, 1817. 
25. Hypericum virginicum, with * ellow flowers.” Wrong: 
always purplish. It is my Z'riadenum purpurascens, 1808; different 
from Elodea. 
6. Marshailia. Marshall was an American botanist, not an 
Englishman. 
7. Cacalia, All the American species of this genus are 
different from the African ones; they form my genus Mesadenia ; 
five florets round a central gland: but Cacalia suaveolens and 
rentformis constitute another genus, Synosma 
28. Rudbeckia purpurea, The description and figure different. 
[Moench has denominated this enus Echinacea, from the i cage 
like appearance of the palew ; but whether his genus be earlier o 
later than those cited by Professor Rafinesque, I must leave to 
others to determine.—J. D. 
29. Fria. Bad name: root of Hrianthus, and ten — genera. 
Would not Erioxantha, meaning yellow wool, be better 
80. Microstylis Pursh, 1815. I called it Achroanthus, “1808. The 
Liparis of Lindley is my "Anistylis , 1825. 
81. Aristolochia. This genus is a large tribe of plants: I have 
— in it the genera or ‘subgenera ee ag Pistolochia, 
32. Buus. We import boxwood into, a and do not export it 
from, America. You mean Armenia, in Asia: misprinted — 
33. pat Nuital, 1818. My Toaylon (bow-wood), 1817: 
Preven and better name. We sie two other genera of Acalars 
m zoology and mineralogy. The fruit is not esculent. Kunth and 
