effect now. 



Very fortunately a copy of the very rare Stickman's dissertation 

 exists in the Smithsonian library, so it was possible to check the refer- 

 ence by Wight, On page 12 is listed "57 Casaarina litorea" with no 

 Linnean equivalent. Since the reference is to the Rumphian Casuarina 

 and since Linnaeus corrected the spelling to Casuarina in the Amoenitates 

 4:123, 143, 1759, the spelling with aa may be regarded as a typographic 

 or orthographic error subject to correction. There is in the dissertation 

 go mention- of any other specific epithet than litorea , which is taken 

 di rv c t ly f rom Rumph i us . 



In the Amoenitates, in the revised version of the dissertation, under 

 the title of Herbarium Amboinense, on page /^-^ , the name appears as 

 Casuarina litorea, However., appended to the Herbarium Amboinense is what 

 is titled Flora Amboinensis , which is an arrangement of many of the species 

 from the dissertation according to Linnaeus sexual system. An appendix 

 (p, 143) to this contains a short list called "Singulares , " These were 

 obviously piants that did not fit easily into the system, They are : 



