2 LINN/US’S ‘FLORA ANGLICA’ 
British flora, the species- -name is introduced only with the first 
variety, €. g.:— 
Medicago ee arab. Primula 8 
caulis. . . 
acaulis, rther cade is found in the fact that in ger 
Draken, ed. 2, ahiak was later than the Flora ee (1754), 
these names occupy the same rank as in ed. 1, 2.e. appear as 
varieties. It is absurd to suppose that Linnzeus in 1754 raised to 
the rank of species plants which a year before he had considered 
varieties, to which rank he again reduced them in 1762; yet on no 
other supposition can these names be regarded as of specific rank, 
An interesting confirmation is found in the method of citation 
under Trifolium of the species of the section Melilotus: thus in 
the Flora Anglica Linneus has 
Trifolium Melilotus offic. 
Ormthopodioid. 
ap as in the previously aca cases, he omits the repetition of 
middle word; the citation in full is Zrifoliwm Melilotus 
rattan odio an ea assume that no one would quote this as 
1 oat noida 
olowm sedi may a added to Pryor’s list, making four 
—the others being 7’. squamosum (maritimum Huds.), Vicia 
ase and Hypericum vies tei nd on the same page (105) 
of Amoen. Acad. iv. (1759). Of these only one—the Vicia—is 
quoted from this, the first place of publication, in 
Kewensis; the Hypericum and Trifolium medium are attributed to 
Hudson, and 1. squamosum is altogether omitte 
In the fo ollowing reprint it has been found po ossible to combine 
the two editions. The body of the text is the list as it appeared 
independently in 1754; the additions or aor in square 
brackets [ ] indicate the differences presi mad he 
1759 reprint in the Amenitates—one or two salt slterstions will 
also be found in the introductory Sipe eacens Names in curve 
brackets ( ) occur only i in the first edition; these are practically 
of 
‘confined to the ‘“ Dubia,’”’ many o which were in the second 
edition velepabed: to their — sapere in the list. The refer- 
ences in the “ Dubia”’ (‘‘Obseu — second near are to the 
Platihiiaa Petiver, Plukenet, and "Dillon us. The names prin nted in 
italics are of plants which were not SAoun cur in Sweden. 
It has not been thought necessary to add the cree of the 
names in eure day nomenclature; most of these will be obvious 
transcription of the P lora.—Ep. Joury. Bot 
