38 The American Naturalist. [January, 
low, greenish yellow, bright yellow, pale salmon, salmon pink, 
coppery pink, chamois, red, bright red, blood red, dark red, 
purplish. 
But few of our modern forms are noticed in the early botanies. 
The following synonymy includes all I have noted, but in 
establishing it it must be noted that many of the figures upon 
which it is founded are quite indistinct. 
I. Bulb flat at bottom; tapering towards stem. 
Cepa. Fuchsius, 1542, 430. 
_Cepa rotunda. Bodæus, 1644, 787. 
Cape sive Cepa rubra et alba. J. Bauhin, 1651, II., 549. 
Geant de Rocca. Vilm., 1883, 387. 
Mammoth Pompei. American Seedsmen. 
Golden Queen. American Seedsmen. 
Paris Silverskin. American Seedsmen. 
Silver White Etna. American Seedsmen. 
The difference at first sight between the crude figure of Fuch- 
sius and the modern varieties is great, but ordinary experience 
indicates that the changes are no greater than can be observed 
under selection. 
II. Bulb round at bottom; tapering towards stem. 
Zwiblen. Roszlin, 1550, 121. 
Cepa. Tragus, 1552, 737. 
Capa. Cam. Epit., 1586, 324. 
Blanc hatif de Valence. Vil., 1883, 378. 
Neapolitan Marzajola. American Seedsmen. 
Round White Silverskin. American Seedsmen. 
White Portugal. American Seedsmen. 
III. Bulb roundish, flattened above and below. 
Cepa. Matth., 1558, 276; Pin., 1561, 215. 
Capa capitata. Matth., 1570, 388. 
Cepe. Lob. Obs., 1576, 73; ic., 1591, 1, 150. 
Cepa rubra. Ger., 1597, 134. 
Cepa rotunda. Dod., 1616, 687. 
Rouge gros-plat d Italie. Vilm., 1883, 387. 
