86 -« SLANT ~EUROPEA. 
appeared of the synonyms of the European flora, and this is printed 
in a way which facilitates reference, and indeed leaves nothing to 
be desired. 
_ The RS ee we priority | of publication i is of ome Seeerrer'f 
Ww Ss, we k, 
to be re sateds Hes ys :—* Puncto prioritatis publications —- 
i auldere liceat. Guia um potui enim illam respexi et veter 
nem botanicorum secutus nomen istud quam votustis 
peront cele quod in quovis genere speciei tributum sit; si ver 
hoe nomen dubium est, vel in novo genere jam ad aliam ‘apenien, 
significandam usum, illo nomine usus sum, quod mihi ad sig- 
m 
licere, alii vero, ne a synon. Set Ars augeat vel magis turbet 
cavendum messe.”’ Pre-Linnean names and ‘‘nomina Gandogeriana”’ 
are ignored. 
There is no need for us to enter upon a renewed discussion 
upon a matter on which our view has been declared more than 
once in these pages. We have adhered to the DeCandollean 
s,” and we s i i 
n. 
But this in no way detracts from our sdb ar of the value of 
r. Richter’s work, especially as the follower of the “Laws” can 
sahil select from the ia Bae gael the name which the species 
on. in his opinion, to 
ollowing citation will show Dr. Richter’s nnipne of citing 
erhoneyiis and the general pr san of the boo 
* Cutan: 
Cc. maritima [L.] Bth. & Hook, cam, pl. iii. 2, p. 1188 (1888). 
_ Syn.: Brachypodium maritimum R. S. syst. ii. p. dais 
Festuca dichotoma Forsk. deser. p. 22 (1755 
F. cepacia Forsk. ibid. 
F. mari C. fi. fr. iii. p. 47 (1805). 
F, robusta Mut. fl. fr. iv. p. 118 (1887). 
Poa maritima Pourr. vets toul. iii. p. 825 (1788). 
Sélerodhtoa dichotoma Lk. h. ber. i. p. 150 (1827). 
Scl. maritim a Lk. 1.0. i p. 150 (1 833 
Scleropoa maritima Parl. fi. it. p. 468 (1 48). 
Triticum maritimum L. Sp. pl. ed. ii. p. 198 (1762). 
Regio mediterranea (sensu amplo).” 
It will be noted that the synonyms are arranged alphabetically, 
first a: genera and then by species: any doubt as to priority is at 
once settled by the excellent plan of attaching the date to each. 
or 
[Spr.],” and the following as ‘“ C. divaricata [Dsf.]”’: both, we 
presume, are intended to be cited by future authors as “ C. mem- 
