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the leaves narrower in F. Sardagnai — but this is a very variable 

 character in F. algarvicus — and their rigid condition when dry, 

 which, however, as already mentioned, is characteristic of F. 

 algarvicus also. Finally, he refers to the difference in areolation, 

 but this distinction is based on Schimper's comparison of the cells 

 of F m algarvicus with those of F. bryoides, which, as I have stated, 

 is incorrect. There is, therefore, nothing to separate them but 

 the sculpturing of the spores described by Venturi, and without 

 wishing to detract from the value of this character, I do not think, 

 at the best, it is a sufficient one on which to base a specific 

 difference. 



The synonymy would therefore stand thus : 



Fissidens algarvicus Solms, Tentam. Bryol. geograph. Algarvise, 



p. 41 (1868). 

 F. Sardagnai Vent. Kev. Bry. 1883, p. 93. 

 F. inairvus var. algarvicus Husn. Fl. de N. 0. p. 54 (1882). 

 F. pusillus var. algarvicus Boul. Muse. France, p. 529 (1884). 







I desire to express my obligation for assistance to Mr. A. Gepp, 

 Miss A. L. Smith, and Dr. G. Roth. 



CEFHALAyTHERA LONGIFOLIA Fritsch. 



Assuming that the generic names Cephal anther a and Epipactis are 

 to be retained (see p. 105), another name must replace that of C. 

 longifolia Fritsch, which is chosen in the List of British Seed-plants 

 for O. ensi folia. In the Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary (1771) 

 Miller describes, under the ill-chosen name of Serapias latifolium 

 (no. 4), a plant which is undoubtedly C. emifolia ; he alludes to the 

 " spear-shaped leaves," and M the loose spike of white flowers," and 

 localizes it "Hertfordshire," from which county it was first reported 

 by Eales in Gibson's Camden of 1695 (teste Flora Herts). Therefore 

 I contend Cephalanthera latifolia (Miller) must replace C. longifolia 



Fritsch. I have not been able to consult the eighth edition of 

 Miller's Gardeners Dictionary of 1768, where probably the name 

 will also be found, but the Abridgement precedes by a year Scopoli's 

 Flora Camiolica, where he names Serapias longifolia. 



G. Claridge Druce. 



When 



we pointed out to him the grounds on which the name he suggests 

 is untenable, in the hope that we might avert the printing of one 

 more useless synonym. Unfortunately, however, Mr. Druce's well- 

 known (and to our mind regrettable) enthusiasm for new combina- 

 tions had forestalled us, and the name appears in a "list of deside- 

 rata" — surely an improper place for such publication ?— in the 

 Report of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1906, issued in April last. 



This being so, it seems necessary to prevent, as far as possible, its 

 further circulation, by demonstrating its inaccuracy. 



