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we should still use Statice in the sense of Armeria Willd., and Limon- 

 ium, versus Statice, as established by Tournefort and revived by 

 Miller and Hill. 



Nomenclaturists who have been so easily led to accept the practice 

 of M. Briquet in regard to Nymphaea have not, it seems, sufficiently 

 realised what the logical effects of such a course demand. Take, for 

 instance, the Linnean genus Convallaria. This consists of eight 

 species, three of which are in the more modern genus Polygonatum, 

 three in Smilacina, one in that wrongly-called Maianthemum, leaving 

 the Lily of the Yalley alone to bear the Linnean name Convallaria. 

 Therefore, as the three species of Polygonatum were first separated 

 from the genus by Miller in 1754 and called by the Tournefortian 

 name, five species of the restricted genus Convallaria were left. C. 

 bifolium was taken out by Adanson in 1763, leaving four species ; 

 therefore, when Necker established his Tovaria in 1790, Moench his 

 Polyyonastrum in 1794, and Desfontaine his Smilacina* as it is now 

 generally although unjustly used, can it be seriously contended that 

 either author should have used the generic name Convallaria to 

 designate the three species, C. racemosa, C. stellutata, and C. trifolia, 

 and given to the Lily of the Valley, which happened to be the solitary 

 species, a new generic name'? Why should we use Convallaria 

 in a new sense and make these new combinations, C. dahurica (Turc), 

 C. flexuosa (Bertol.), C. Forskaliana (Schultes), C. fusca (Wall.), C. 

 japonica (Gray), C. laxiflora (Hemsley), C. oleracea (Hook, f.), C. 

 paniculata (Mart. & Gal.), C. purpurea (Wall.), C. nervulosa 

 (Hemsley), C. ramosa (G. Don), C. Salvini (Hemsley), C. scilloidea 

 (Mart. & Gal.), C. sessilifolia (Nuttall), C. thyrsoidea (Hemsley), C. 

 Faryesii (Diels), C. oliyophylla (Hook, f.), and C. Wallichii (King) *? 

 There can be no doubt as to these being more numerous than the 

 species of true Convallaria, which would have either to be put under 

 Moench's genus Lilium-convallium, or some other name, since only 

 three species are enumerated in Ind. Kew. The List of Nomina 

 Conservanda would require very great extension. 



A similar instance is to be found under Chelidonium L., which 

 consists of four species. Miller in 1754 separated Glaucium from it, 

 but, according to the new interpretation of the laws, illegally, taking 

 out C. corniculatum and C. flavum, leaving behind Chelidonium majus 

 and the plant afterwards named Roemeria hybrida. There are now 



* These three names are synonymous, 



