iNDEX KEWENSIS. 815 
I am at a loss to understand why this finds a place i in the Index, 
which is one of genera and species, not of hybrids and garden ~ 
: u urs | ods r 
et Rosalinda sont nés dans la belle petite ville de Brighton (Sassen), 
célébre par ses bains et ses péchers,” her birth being due to t 
sxentiahe of ‘‘M. Parsons, eee au dit Brighton,’* whose eh 
t kso “ 
has acted with regard to nam ‘‘why some be abolished and 
some retained.” ‘Th per in this Journal already mentioned 
supplies much of this information; but the botanist who is not 
s that Acerates = = Gomphoca rpus. So, on the faith of the Gener 
Plantaram, cadeiel IM r. J sicko follows, i it does; but so equally ihe 
Anantherix Nutt., shia Gray restores in ne same @ paper.t Yet 
Mr. Jackson does not say of this, ‘‘= Gomphocarpus”’: no, he says, 
‘‘ — dsclepiodora A. Gray.” But Acerates and Anantheria are restored 
by Gray on one and the same page; and are equally sunk under 
Gomphocarpus by Hooker and Bentham! ‘The reason for this I do 
not peo for it does not appear that the following of the Genera | 
explains it. But I suppose it is such following that explains why a 
generic name is in many cases adopted which is sexes si the 
oldest, for Mr. Jackson sinks that as a synonym, and adds, ‘* nomen 
rius.” The well-known laxity of the Genera with sor to date 
of Nositoelatiire causes some regret that so excellent an opportunity 
of putting things right should have been let sli 
It is, however, certainly to be regretted that where the ar 
of the Genera does not stand in the way, Mr. Jackson should not 
have restored the correct name. He keeps up pees ora A, Gray 
(1876), citing as synonyms Anantherix Nutt. (1818) and +“ Anthan- 
otis Rafin. Fl. Ludov. 52, 149 (1817) nomen prius.”’ It is true 7 
Jackson unites them, and vat maintains a name publi aa in 1876 
for a genus which has two earlier specific names ! 
* IT cannot resist the rr ep to cite M. Van Houtte’ 8 amusing note on 
Oriana :—“ Si lon 1 ~ eman nous 
supposer q wil s’Agit ici de qu sian prénom anglais Spadenieg name) — nous 
n’ayons pas rat 8 i sy que de la signification d’autres noms familiers en usage 
chez eux, tels que Bab, Beck, Bess, Cis, Dy, Dolly, Harriot, Ib, Kate, hg On efit 
bien pu nous éviter des récherches A cet eek ; on aime a savoir ce qu’un nom 
répresente e et nous devons ces renseignements 4 ceux d’entre nos abonnés qui y 
+ Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 66. 
