A NEW CHINESE AMOMUM, 58 
of Thysanotus, as defined in Fl. Austral. vii. faa must ~ be 
styled Chlamysporum; their specific names remain 
present, the terminations only being orcad teat cif pa Sh 
r. will become C. multiflorum, T. triandrus, C. triandrum, and 
admirably disposes of it: ‘The attempt to uphold « certain names 
because we are used to them must result in ultimate failure; it is 
“n attempt to compromise with truth, a course that can end only 
a heavier penalty at some fate time.” * This is ae igs 
Gas acted upon by Bar n Mueller in his ‘Census of 
Australian Plants’ (1882), A, fg is this aie must ultimately 
prevail. It is to be regrenen that the authors of the ‘Genera’ 
of one more generally recived and their example has been ae 
by many. Thus Mr.C.B.C ke (Fl. Brit. 1 India, iv. 337) connives 
at the suppression of D. Dans s "Ty ichosporum in favour of clea 
thus of Jack, with the remark, “ Afschynanthus Jack was published 
Jan., 1823; but Trichosporum D. Don, being gaat July, 1822, 
has the right of priority ; AEschynanthus, “however, havin, ng been 
ce for half a century, it would not be axpationk to relinquish 
8s, eight ‘of hake a are published for the first time. No better 
opportunity could have been found for restoring the proper generic 
ae may be trusted to set all this eae in his esos opus, 
which is steadily progressing ; but he will not thank those who thus 
add to his labour by the introduction of needless synonyms. 
A NEW CHINESE AMOMUM. 
By H. F. Hance, Ph.D., ener &e. 
supra sabe itidis albido-atro rene vittatis subtus * pallidionibus 
Venis saturatioribus crebris percursis squamulisque consitis 33-6 
poll, longis 23-3} poll. latis Asie 4-1} pollicari, vaginis ad. 
4 poll. longis pe elevato-reticulatis, scapis petiolam paulo — 
Superantibus fusco-rubentibus pubaratis, inflorescentia laxiuscula 
* Journ. Bot. 1881, 76. 
