492 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 
III. SOME NEW COMBINATIONS REQUIRED BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL RULES. 
By C. A. WEATHERBY. 
Waite employed at the Gray Herbarium during the summer of 
1911 I was engaged in determinative work and in the re-arrangement 
and incidental revision of certain groups, notably the Nyctaginaceae. 
In the course of these activities it was found impossible to name certain 
species in accordance with the provisions of the International Rules of 
Botanical Nomenclature without employing new combinations. I 
have been requested to put these names on published record and they 
may be stated as follows: 
NYCTAGINACEAE. 
Oxybaphus ciliatifolius, n. nom. Ozybaphus aggregatus Torr. 
Bot. Mex. Bound. 168 (1859), not Vahl, Enum. ii. 41 (1805). Allionva 
ciliata Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xii. 345 (1909), not Oxyba- 
phus ciliatus Phil. ex Meigen in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. 231 (1893). 
Oxybaphus comatus (Small), n. comb. Oxybaphus nyctagineus, 
var. pilosus Gray in Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 174 (1859). Allionia 
comata Small, Fl. Southeast. U. S. 407 (1903). ; 
Oxybaphus Brandegei (Standley), n. comb. Allionia Brandeget 
Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xii. 346 (1909). 
Oxybaphus rotatus (Standley), n. comb. Allionia rotata Stand- 
ley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xii. 347 (1909). ; 
Oxybaphus giganteus (Standley), n. comb. Allionia gigantea 
Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xii. 348 (1909) - : 
Oxybaphus pratensis (Standley), n. comb. Allionia pratensis 
Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xii. 351 (1909). : 
Oxybaphus Carletoni (Standley), n. comb. Allionia Carletont 
Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xii. 355 (1909). 
Oxybaphus exaltatus (Standley),n. comb. Allionva exaltata 
Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xii. 355 (1909). 
Oxybaphus cardiophyllus (Standley), n. comb. Oxybaphus 
Cervantesii of authors, in part, not Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 1, t. 84. 
(1823). Allionia cardiophylla Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. xu'- 
405 (1911). 
