104 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
but, in his heading (Journ. Bot. 1905, p. 818), “ Keleria splendens as 
a British Plant,” he has too bluntly proceeded to brusquer les choses : 
that which he goes on to describe not being the. Mediterranean 
species which had been so called for eighty years. I have lately 
learned that, according to the rules adopted last year at the Vienna 
as K. tuberosa Pers. of 1805 is antedated by Atra vallesiana All. of 
[We feel bound in justice to say that we must share any blame 
that may attach to Mr. D 
That, as his paper shows, 
plant, and we both took as absolute the statement on p. 216 of last 
year’s Journal that the Vienna Conference had decided that ‘in 
changing the genus name of a plant, the earliest specific name 
tai ; 
first placed in its accepted genus,” is preferable. But the great 
object is to arrive at finality in the matter; and the retention of the 
ot specific name, under the restrictions indicated, will ensure 
this 
The following is the text of the rule adopted at Vienna :— 
‘Art. 58. Lorsqu’un sous-genre, une section ou une sous- 
section passe au méme titre dans un autre genre, le nom doit étre 
changé s’il existe déj dans le genre un groupe valable de méme 
ordre sous ce nom. 
‘* Lorsqu’une espéce est portée d’un genre dans un autre, son 
épithéte spécifique doit étre changée si elle existe déja pour une des 
espéces valables du genre, ( 
mples: Le Spartium biflorum Desf. (ann. 1798-1800), 
transporté par Spach en 1849 q 
parce qu’il existait depuis longtemps un Cytisus biflorus L’Hérit. 
(ann. 1789), espéce valable pour l’auteur.’” 
Ep. Joury. Bor.] 
