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Westia Eminii (Taub.), comb. nov. Berlinia Emini Taub. ex 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. pt. C. 199 (1895). 
Westia paniculata (Benth.), comb. nov. Berlinia paniculata 
Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 311 (186 
Westia ete ares Sage ), comb. nov. Berlinia stipulacea 
Benth. Trans. Linn xxv. 310 (1865). 
Westia ae (Welw), comb. nov. Berlinia angolensis 
Welw. ex Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 310 (1865). 
Westia bifoliolata (Harms), comb. nov. Berlinia bifoliolata 
Harms in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxx. 83 (1901). 
Westia ae (Harms), comb. nov. Berlinia Scheffler 
Harms in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxx. 83 (1901). 
Westia nae, (Ha comb. nov. Berlinia tomentosa 
Harms in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. ips 321 (1901). Jsoberlinia tomentosa 
(Harms) Craib & Stapf, Kew Bull. 1912. 93 (1912). 
Harms’ reference, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. liii. 465 (1915), to Isoberlinia 
connotes refutation rather than acceptance of the arguments 
Craib & Stapf advance in behalf of the validity of their segregate 
genus. I am not inclined to recognize Isoberlinia because its 
characters are relative in nature and most of them highly variable. 
emcee macro (Beauv.), comb. nov. se 
macrophylla Beauv. Fl. Ouar. i. 71, t. 42 (1805). Voua 
phylle ‘pees Baill. yoy vi. 178 (1865). M. Palisoli Benth. 
Trans. Linn. Soe. xxv. 308 (1865). 
aa no doubt satisfied taxonomical courtesy by naming 
this plant for the author, Palisot de Beauvois, when he assigned it 
to Macrolobium but unfortunately this pleasing action conflicts 
with the inexorable rule of priority. 
Grirronia Baill. Adans. vi. 188, t. 2 (Oct. 7, 1865). Bandeiraea 
Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 64d (Oct., 1865). 
The latter name was retained by Oliver, |. c., and by Bentham, 
1. c. 1003, although both these authors were aware of the publica- 
tion of Griffonia. After Bentham’s suppression of Baillon’s name, 
Taubert in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. iii. Abt. 3. 147 (1892) was 
the first to give it recognition. Since then it has been accepted by 
Dalla Torre & Harms, Gen. Siph. and by Thonner, in his “ Flower- 
ing Plants of Africa,’’ but none of these authorities states how he 
reached the conclusion that Griffonia is the earlier name and the 
name therefore to be adopted. The facts in regard to this seem 
to be these. We know Griffonia was published Oct. 7, but the date 
of publication of Bandeiraea is not so definite. It seems evident, 
