THE KEW SEED-LIST. 158 
is meant by “I. Douglasiana Herb., . de Santa Cruz.” But 
glancing through the book we note pees inaccuracies. The mode 
adopted to ara heer eles species and varieties is to indent the 
latter and prefix a 
- ae officinalis L., Eur. As. 
a 
— Var.” 
According to the Kew list, then, the ee names in, the 
following selection are entitled to specific ra 
“ Delphinium Maackianum Rgl.  « ee ia With. 
Monsieur Viola — semperflorens. 
or Werleigh’s re 
moschatum D. C 
Nahamah Hort. ‘“‘ Nicotiana rk tobacco. 
nudicaule Torr. et a tobacco. 
Gre Maryland tobacco.” 
The little Astervlinum, or more properly Asterolinon,—at ari 
80 its founders wrote its name,—appears first as “ Asterolin 
Linum-splendidum L. et T.” and then as “A. stellatum Link,” 
its proper title being Asterolinon stellatum Hoffm. & Link. “ Linaria 
rediviva L.” has clearly strayed away he hoe in Crucifere to its 
Present position in Scrophularinee. Such names as ‘Anirrhin 
“Stramniomium,” “ Li — hia,” “ Noien* “6 chelidonoides,” 
abound: these are from oppo = pages (Pp. 40, a from 
od 
(= =e se] strigosa DC.).” This, we think, would be 
interpreted by mo ople to mean that the latter was the correct 
name, but in the hots iis st the reverse is —— intended; and 
we find no entry under a we do not see what is gained by 
the printing of the synonymy. This mode— Sehiak is at least novel 
pte 
further elucidations are introduced as “ Xan um gymn 
aren Bth. et Hk., Mexico (= Gutierrezia a uyabaapanntis, 
a). 
We should strongly advise an es of Kew, Z he has not 
i f seed-list 
. su 
extraordinary,” as a pormreion: ie ie styled it, ary as call in, if 
i on sale. The grou undwork of the list 
be said of the copy hehoaditts 
