8 THE NOMENCLATURE OF NYMPHiEA, ETC. 



on classical grounds ; and shows a just appreciation of the claims 

 of Salisbury in connection with the establishment of the genus. 

 11 Smith n'a en qu' a lui donner le nom aujourd'hui gen^ralement 

 adopte. ... On doifc blamer Smith d'avoir, probablement par 

 esprit d'antagonisme contre Tingenieux Salisbury, bouleverse a 

 plaisir la nomenclature proposee par ce dernier botaniste. II est 

 trop tard sans doute," he continues, though here I cannot follow 

 him, n pour revenir sur cette injustice qui fat en meme temps une 

 maladresse : les termes resteront comme ils sont, & cause que 

 l'usage les a consacres, mais on saura du moins de quel cote se 

 trouvaient le droit et laraison." 



In Engl. Bot. t. 2292, published June 1, 1811, Smith established 

 Nuphar minima as a species, and says : 



M We take advantage of it to establish in our work the genus 

 Nuphar, first adopted from Dioscorides, in Prodr. Fl. Grsec. v. i. 

 861, which embraces the yellow kinds of water-lily, and is clearly 

 distinguished by the above characters from the true Nymphma 

 of that ancient author, to which the white and rose-coloured 

 kinds belong, as will appear in the new edition of the valuable 

 1 Hortus Kewensis.' Mr. Salisbury determined that the nectary of 

 these last is a globe in the centre of the stigmas, while that of 

 Nuphar is at the back of the petals." 



The arbitrary action of Smith cannot, of course, be defended, 

 although, as has been shown, Goodenough must take a large share 

 of the responsibility ; and another tardy act of reparation will result 

 in the following restitution of Salisbury's names. It is certainly 

 inconvenient, for the time being, that we should have to style 

 Nymphma what we have been accustomed to call Nuphar, while the 

 plants we know as Nymphma will become Gastalia ; but this must 

 take place sooner or later, and it may as well be sooner. 



The two genera will stand thus : 



Castalia Salisb. Ann. Bot. ii. = Nymphma, Linn., in part; Smith, 

 71. (1805) ; ■ Paradisus,' 1. 14 Prodr. Fl. Grac. i. 860 



(1805). (1808-9 ?). 



Nympelea Linn., in part ; Salisb. = Nuphar Sm. Prodr. Fl. Grasc. i. 

 Ann. Bot. ii. 71 (1805). 361 (1808-9?). 



Salisbury's two contributions above quoted seem to have 

 appeared almost simultaneously ; but that in the ' Annals ' takes 

 precedence, as is shown by his reference to the « Paradisus.' 



The following h the correct nomenclature so far as the species 

 enumerated by Salisbury are concerned. The transference of the 

 remaining species of Nuphar to Nymphma (Linn., Salisb.) and of 

 those of Nymphaa (Linn., Smith) to Castalia is easy ; but I do not 

 think it desirable that it should be made by one who has not worked 

 at the genus. 



NYMPH-SJA Linn., Salisb. *= Nuphar Smith (1808-9 ?). 



Nymph*: a lutea Linn. ( A T . umbU = Nuphar hitea Sm. 

 licalis Salisb.). 



