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Nymphaea advena Solander in Ait. Hort. Kew. II., 226. (1789) 



Nwphar advena Ait. f. Hort. Kew. III., 295. (1811) 

 Neckeria aurea (Michx.) PfeifPer Bot. Zeit. XV., 649. (1857) 

 Corydalis aurea Willd, Enum. 740. (1809) 



The genus Neckeria was established by Scopoli in 1777, 

 Corydalis by DeOandolle in 1805. 

 Neckeria aurea occidentalis (Gray.) 



Corydalis aurea occidentalis Gray PI. Fend. 6. (1849) 

 Neckeria micrantlia (Engelm.) MacM. Met. Minn. Vail. 255. 

 (1892) 



Corydalis aurea micrantha Engelm. in Gray Man. Ed. 5, 62. 

 (1868) 



Corydalis micrantha Gray Man. Ed. 6, 61. (1889) 



Neckeria curvisiliqua (Gray). 



Corydalis aurea curvisiliqua Gray, Froc. Am. Phil. 57. (1863) 

 Corydalis curvisiliqua Engelm. Gray Maa Ed. 5, 62. (1868) 



BicucuUa cucullaria (L. ) 



Fumaria cucullaria L. Spec PI. 699. (1753) 

 Dicentr a' cucullaria DC. ISyst. I., 108. (1818) 



BicucuUa Adans. was published in 1763, Dicentra Bernh. in 

 1833. 

 •Biculla canadensis (Goldie). 



Corydalis canadensis Goldie Edin.Phil. Journ.V., 330. (1822) 

 Dicentra canadensis DC. I.e. 

 Lepidium incisum Both Nov. Cat. I., 224 (1797-1806), not L. 

 incisum M.v. Kiebst. El. T. & C. II., 98 (1808), is, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1, 35, the same as 

 Lepidium intermedium Gray PI. Wright, II., 15. (1852) 

 Bursa bursa-pastoris (L. ) 



Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L. Spec. PI. 647. (1753) 

 Capsella bursa-pastoris Moench. Meth. 271. 



This is a good illustration of what a strict following of the rules 

 of the Botanical Club of theA. A. A. S. will lead to. Bursa- 

 pastoris is the oldest specific name. It is agreed gener- 

 ally that the species should not be included in the genus 



