6 THE NOMENCLATURE OF NYMPHiEA, ETC. 



Meniscinm salicifolium Wall. Perak rivers, up to 1000 ft. 

 M. cuspidatum Bl. Perak, sea-level. 

 Antrophyum plantagineum Kaulf. Perak, 3000 ft. 

 A. reticidatum Kaulf. Perak, 2000 ft. 

 Vittaria elongata Sw. Perak, 3000 ft. 

 V. lineata Sw. Perak, 3000 ft. 

 Vittaria scolopendrina Thw. Perak, 2000-3000 ft. 

 Tanites blechnoidcs Sw. Perak and Penang, 3000 ft. 

 Drymoglossum piloselloides Presl. Perak, sea-level. 

 Acrostichiim (Stenochlcma) sorbifolium L. Perak, 3000 ft. 

 A. ,, palustre L. Perak, sea-level. (The 



abnormal state, Davallia achilleifolia Wall, is also common). 

 A. (Polybotrya) appendiculatum Willd. Perak, 4000 ft. 

 A. (Gymnopteris) variabile Hk. Perak, 4000 ft. 



A. ,, subrepandum Hk. Perak, 4000 ft. 



A. ,, spicatnm L. Perak, 3000-4000 ft. — Var. lati- 



frons. Perak, 3000-4000 ft. Fronds 2 ft. 6 in. long, and 2£ in. 

 broad ; the fertile apex 7-8 in. 



*A. (Chry sodium) Blumeanum Hk. Perak, 4000 ft. 



A. aureum L. Perak, sea-level. 



A. (Photinopteris) Hgidum Wall. Perak, 3000 ft. 



A. „ drynarioides Hk. Perak, 2000 ft. (on tops of 



highest trees). 



Platycerium biforme Bl. Perak, sea-level. 



Lygoditm scandens Sw. Perak, sea-level. 



L. flexuosum Sw. Perak, 500 ft. 



Angiopteris evecta Hoffm. Perak, sea-level. 



Explanation of Plate 279. — A. Alsophila dubia, a small portion of a pinna, 

 life-size. B 1. Gymnogramme JDayi, life-size. B 2. Venation showing a con- 

 tinuous intramarginai transverse vein. B 3. The intramarginal vein interrupted. 

 B 4. The lineal sori. 



THE NOMENCLATURE OF NYMPH&A, &c. 



By James Britten, F.L.S. 



sound 



ciple — that of priority — and who are anxious that the necessary 

 changes should be made as promptly and as thoroughly as possible, 

 will be interested in the latest discovery made and published by 

 Mr. E. L. Greene in the ^ Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club * 

 for September last. It is to be feared, however, that every one 

 will not thank him for having demonstrated, as he has done, that 

 the names of our two best known genera of Nymphaacece must be 

 readjusted, and that in a manner which will cause some temporary 

 inconvenience. 



4 The discovery, as I have said, is due to Mr. Greene, but as in 

 his paper he states that he has not seen all the books which 

 establish it, and as the evidence which thav a/ftim-d ia pv^ti stronger 



fully in these 



think 



