20 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
ALETRIS PAUCIFLORA (Klotsch) Franchet, var. khasiana (Hook. 
f.), comb. nov. A.khasiana Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 265 (1892). 
A. lanuginosa Bur. & Franchet, var. khasiana (Hook. f.) Franchet, 
Journ. de Bot. x. 202 (1896). 
I think there is no doubt as to the identity of A. pauciflora and 
A. lanuginosa. Since the former is the earlier name the new 
varietal combination given above becomes necessary. The variety 
differs in the pyramidal gradually acute rather than ovate-oblong, 
abruptly rostrate capsule. 
Luzuriaga polyphylla (Hook.), comb. nov. Callixene polyphylla 
ate Ic. vii. t. 674 (1844). L. erecta Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 280 
J : 
It is not clear why Kunth, in describing this plant under Luzur- 
aga, failed to adopt Hooker’s name which seems quite applicable. 
However this may be, the latter name being the older, must, of 
course, take precedence. 
Il. A REVISION OF MIRABILIS, SUBGENUS 
HESPERONIA 
Mirasiuis L., subgenus Hesperonia (Standley) Jepson, Fi. of 
Calif. pt. iv. 457 (1914). Hesperonia Standley, Contrib. U.S. Nat. 
Herb. xii. 360 (1909). 
The treatment by Standley, N.A. Fl. xxi. 233-237 (1918), of 
those species of Mirabilis referable to the subgenus Hesperoni@ 
seems to me, in many regards, unsatisfactory, but nevertheless 
there is a distinctly useful purpose served in the bringing together 
of a rather difficult synonymy and in the indication of certain 
characters that may be used in defining the several components 
of the group. Then there is the treatment by Jepson, I. C.; of the 
Californian species. Here the variability of M. californica es 
recognized but there is error in the application of certain ae 
As Jepson has hinted, |. c. 459, one encounters a genuine 
culty in attempting to discriminate between the species because 
the form first described is so meagerly known. This 1s #- ° i 
(Benth.) Curran and seemingly only two or three collections ha 
been made. One of these is represented in the Gray geste gi 
—an ample specimen secured by Brandegee, Jan. 18, pst? 5 
Magdalena Island, the vicinity of the type-locality. This etd 
essentially glabrous. Even the most glabrate forms of 0 

