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OSTEOSPERMUM L. Sp. PL 923. 1753 



O. Uvedalia L. is quite obviously the type of Ostco- 

 spermum L., both in the treatment by Linnaeus and by 

 Miller (Gard. Diet. 4th Abr. Ed. 1754). The Old World species 

 heretofore left in Osteospermum should be placed in 

 Monilifera Adans. (1763), or in Gibraria Cass. (1817). 



Rather- recently Small and Carter (Fl. Lancaster Co. Pa. 302. 

 1913) have revived the generic name Polymniastrum 

 Lam. for O. Uvedalia L., although it is antedated by 

 A 1 y m n i a Necker. Polymnia L. as a genus can be 

 retained only if P. canadensis is regarded as generically 

 distinct from O . Uvedalia, as is done by Small and 

 Carter. The writer prefers to retain them both under 

 Osteospermum. 



Osteospermum canadense (L.) comb, now 

 Polymnia canadensis L. Sp. PL 926. 1753 



CRATAEGUS L. 



The following changes in the names of certain thorns have 

 been submitted by W. W. Eggleston, who has prepared a com- 

 plete account of the New York State species, for the proposed 

 list of New York State plants. 



Crataegus Crus galli x succulenta EggL, hyb. nom. nov. 



To this hybrid name should be referred C. persimilis 

 Sarg., C. helderbergensis Sarg., C. robusta Sarg., 

 and C. cerasina Sarg. 



It is known from Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Hemlock 

 lake, and at Thompson's lake, Albany county. 



Crataegus punctata x succulenta EggL, hyb. nom. nov. 

 C. menandiana Sarg. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 105, p. 69. 1906 

 Collected at Menands, Albany county, Peck. 



Crataegus straminea Beadle, var. Bissellii (Sarg.) EggL, 

 comb. nov. 



C. Bissellii Sarg., Rhodora, 5 : 65. 1903 



C. apposita Sarg., var. Bissellii EggL, Rhodora, 10: 76. 1908 



Known from North Greenbush, Staatsburg, Ithaca, Coleman's 



Station and Moore's Mills, near New York City and at Rochester. 



