October 10, 1975 



Dr. Iferner Greuter 



Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques 



Case postalc 



Q 1-1211 Geneve 21, Switzerland 



** e: Alopecuro - ve ronica L. (Aiaoen. Acad. 

 Dear Werner: 4: 143. 1759). 



It is apparent that your comment on p. 463 (Committee proceedings) 

 was influential in the Committee's final opinion tliat Mop ecuro-veronica 

 is invalid. Ifcst taxonomists will be glad to refer to the publication 

 in Taxon tiiat this worthless name was still-born. I hope, however, you 

 will be willing to consider my ranarks (see enclosed copy o£ my letter 

 to Rogers McVaugh of 3 Februar/ 1975). 



You will note that the H *;ingulares ?l are not so much an addition to 

 the thesis "Herbarium Amboinense" as they are the left-over elements 

 Linnaeus could not put in his systematic arrangeiaent entitled "Flora 

 Amlx>inensis. ,! They are elements for which he could not count stamens 

 (Mqnandria or not) or pistils Qfonogynia or not) . 



You should also note that the entire "Flora Amboinensis" is a sup- 

 plement to the tliesis "Herbariura Mboinense." The fact that the name 

 was not accepted (still in italics) in the thesis portion is not as 

 significant as the fact that they are accepted (in Roman type) in the 

 "Flora Amboinensis." 



I would appreciate your reconsideration of valid publication in 

 tliis publication, not so much for Alop ecur o-veronica , as for Casuarina 

 and Canarium. These considerations affect I.N.G. and people interested 

 in stabilization of naraes. 



With best regards, 



Dan H. Nicolson 

 Curator 



Department of Botany 



cc: F.R. Fosberg 



SI Botany Library 



