1884] Botany. 71 
have five indigenous species, namely, Z. canadensis L., the oldest 
name of the Z. elongata Muhl., &c.; L. integrifolia Bigelow (a 
better and perhaps as old a name as Z. sagittifolia E\l., which is 
not quite certain); Z. Aivsuta Muhl. and Nutt. (as old and quite 
as good a name as L. sanguinea Bigelow); L, graminifolia, a 
southern species of wide extension westward; Z. /udoviciana 
DC., a species which ranges from Dakota to Texas, and is marked 
by its larger heads and more imbricated and large-bracted invo- 
lucre.” 
new species of honeysuckle (Lonicera sullivantii) is de- 
scribed. It occurs from Central Ohio to Illinois, Wisconsin and 
Winnipeg, and also in Tennessee, etc. It has hitherto been con- 
sidered a form or variety of Z. fava, from which it is now for the 
first time separated. If we understand it aright, Z. sullivantii is 
the northern species, while Z. fava is strictly a southern specics. 
In this connection it may also be stated that hereafter the small 
honeysuckle (Lonicera parviflora of the manuals) is to be known 
as Z. glauca Hill, and that the var. douglasii is to be erased. 
A SUGGESTION IN REGARD TO THE PUBLICATION OF NEW SPE- 
CIES.—Some, months ago one of the foremost of our American 
botanists suggested the propriety of demanding in case of publi- 
cation of descriptions of new species in scientific journals, that 
Specimens should in every case accompany the descriptions. The 
_ Suggestion is well worth considering in these days when nearly 
every discoverer is inclined to make free use of his right to de- 
Scribe what he has found. There can be little doubt that it is 
wise to permit and encourage such work on the part of our best 
collectors. The stimulation it gives to the whole work in the 
field of systematic botany is no small part of the good which re- 
sults. But a serious inconvenience often arises as a consequence 
of such a mode of publication. It is, in the first place, difficult 
to find the descriptions on account of the well-known inaccuracy 
of most of the journal indexes, and in the second place it too 
often happens that the specimens upon which the descriptions 
were based, soon become inaccessible. These difficulties might 
be more or less completely remedied by our scientific journals 
adopting any of the following plans: 
I. Every description to be accompanied by the statement that 
type specimens were deposited in this or that established her- 
barium. i 
,.2: Every description to, be accompanied by specimens to be 
distributed by the editor of the journal giving such publication. 
- No description to be given until specimens are deposited in 
the National Herbarium. 
€ last is essentially the recommendation made in the No- 
vember number of the London Yournal of Botany. _It would 
Simplify matters very much if in every case the deposited speci- 
