1915] SHERFF—BIDENS 313 
Gr., /.c.) that very definitely characterizes the cited specimens,° 
must be used for this species. 
‘ Bidens aurea, comb. nov.—Coreopsis aurea Ait., Hort. Kew. 3: 
252. 1789; Bidens coronata auct., non L.—In a former article 
Fic, 2.—Type of Bidens quadriaristata DC. var. dentata Nutt., in Herb. Brit. Mus. 
(Bor. Gaz. 56: 495. 1913), it was stated that Britton and not 
FISCHER was the one to transfer Coreopsis coronata L. to Bidens. 
An inspection, furthermore, of BriTTon’s article cited (Bull. Torr. 
® At least the Scouler specimens. I have not seen the Douglas specimens. 
