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ward the original er than the actual application of a specific name. 
te-Li enclature broke down in the attempt to combine spe- 
cific appellation wih description, Here the attempt is to connect it with 
the history of its origin, which, after all, can be rightly told only in the 
synonymy. The natural re;nedy for the supposed evil which this mode 
of citation was to cure is, to consider (as is simply the fact) that the ap- 
pended authority does not indicate the pipes but only the application at 
the time being, of the particular name, and so no one is thus robbed of 
his due. The instructed a very well k knows the bibliography of 
apecies, or where to look for it; the tyro can learn. 
“$C. Specific names Boa always be woritten with a small initial 
letter, even ake derived from persons or places :”—on the round that 
Peeper names written with a capital letter are liable to be mistaken 
“or generic. (But no naturalist would be apt to write the name of a 
species without that of the genus, or its initial, preceding.) Also, “ that 
_ all species are equal, and should therefore be written all alike” The 
question is one of convenience, taste, and usage. As to the first, we do 
not think a strong case is made out. If mere uniformity be the leading 
consideration, it might be well to follow the example of the American 
author who corrected Ranunculus Flammula Linn. and R. Cymbalaria 
Pursh, into R flammulus and R. cymbalarius! As to tasteFand usage, 
sa “sng there would be a vast preponderance against the ‘innovation, 
espects personal names and those substantive names whic 
ta delighted ie gather from the old yi aaeg &e., pe turn to 
specific use, @. es Ranunculus Flammula, R. Lingua, R. Tho a, R. Fi- 
taria, and the like. Adjective names of places te pom eihy pe 
printed with a small initial, e. g., &. lapponicus, ete. DeCandolle writes 
such names with a capital letter; and this best accords with English 
analogy, but has not been universally adopted, and probably will not be. 
F. It is recommended that in subdividing an old genus in fulure, 
the names given to the subdivisions should bana in gender with that of 
the original group. ” The practical objection to this is, that old names 
should be reviy ed for these genera or subgenera, if there be any applica- 
ble ones, which is likely to be the case in “bota any. A. G. 
2, Ain ales Musei Botanici Lugduno- Batavi, edidit F, A. Gui. Mr- 
QWeEL. Univ. Rheno-Trajec. Bot. Prof, Musei Bot. L. B. Director. Tom. 
I, fase. 1-4, pp. 1-128, tab, 1-4, ful. Amsterdam and Utrecht. 1863. 
—Professor Miquel, still retaining his chair at the University of Utrecht, 
has succeeded the late Dr. Blume as Director of the Royal Botanical 
useum at Leyden; and that a a — invaluable materials 
effects of his activity and good judgment, Four numbers of the present 
Work, each of eight folio wine ia ecu and one colored plate, have 
* ei during the year 1863; and the work is peng to be eon- 
ued at the rate of five numbers in a year; the ce 3 florins each. 
The extent, character, and importance of this Sahliention- may be juc 
of from the following brief analysis of the contents of the four numbers 
oR i Miquel himself, a revision 
‘ust we ‘we from the indefatigable Prof. Miquel himsell, a 
of the Araliacee of the Indian Archipelago, with an a nalytical conspec- 
