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name brevifolia has priority as a specific name, and is so well 
established that it seems needless to create a synonym. The law | 
_ of priority in nomenclature should not demand such a change— _ 
the restoration of a varietal name over a well established specific — 
name, and it is very doubtful if such a change tends toward sta-. 
bility. The writer prefers a conservative course, with only such 
changes as may be positively justified. 
Dr. Wm. Trelease, in the third report of the Missouri Botanical | 
Garden, page 136 [1892], gives the bibliography up to that date, 
with plates 5 and 49. In the report for 1893, pages 193-194, © 
ly re-— 
Dr. Trelease gives extensive notes on the species, especia 
garding its pollination, accompanied by plates 6-9, which beau- 
tifully illustrate the habit of the species, while plate 21 shows the 
fruit and figures concerning the pollination. 
_In North American Fauna, No. 7, pages 353-358 [1893], Dr. “ 
C. Hart Merriam gives extended observations, especially on its : 
distribution. 
After the above citations tee remains to be said concerning 
this curious tree. 
- The Fritillarius of Southern California are very attractive, 
said ti mike an acelisat pdinbinttion as arbor vines. 
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