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Myrtaceae. Hab : Java (Sp. PI.); Ins. Pacif. (Ind. Kew.); China austr., 

 Java, Sumatra, Moluccas, DC. Prod, iii., 283. 



Belmontia exacoides (L. Sp. PI. 332, 1763) as Gentiana : comb, 

 nov., vice B. cor data E. Meyer. G-entianaceae. Afr. austr. In Fl. 

 Capensis iv. (1), 1057, 1909, Belmontiais merged into Sebaca, and this 

 species stands (p. 1074) as S. exacoides. 



Berkhkya atractyloides (L. Sp. PL 1161, 1763, Amoen. 

 Acad. 6) as Carlina : comb, nov., vice B. carlinoides Willdenow 

 Sp. PL iii., 2275. Compositae. Afr. austr. The Linnean trivial is 

 not cited in Fl. Capensis. Willdenow cites Gorteria herbacea L. 

 Suppl. 381, 1781, for it, but there is no reference there to the plant 

 of the Amoenitates. 



Biarum orientale (L. Sp. PL 1373, 1763) as Calla : comb, nov., 

 vice B. Bovei Blume, teste Ind. Kew. Aroidaceae. Oriens. (De- 

 caisne, Ann. Sc. Nat. iv., 346, 1835, makes no allusion to the Linnean 

 plant). (Otto Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 742, uses Homaid[a] Adans. 

 instead of Biarum Schott). 



Boerhavia [Boerhaavia] chinensis (L. Sp. PL 33, 1753) as 

 Valeriana : comb, nov., vice B. repanda Willdenow. Nyctaginaceae. 

 China. See DC. Prod. 



Bonnaya antipoda (L. Sp. PL 635, 1753) as Ruellia : comb, 

 nov., vice B. veronieaefolia Sprengel Syst. i., 41, 1825, teste Ind. 

 Kew. Scrophulariaceae. India. Not cited in DC. or Fl. Ind. 

 Sprengel gives no citation of the Linnean plant, nor does Retzius, 

 (Obs. iv., 8), under Gratiola. 



Cadaba fruticosa (L. Sp. PL 671, 1753) as Cleome : comb, nov., 

 vice C. indica Lamarck, under which, in Fl. Brit. Ind. i., 172, the 

 Linnean name is cited. Capparidaceae. India. 



Calliandra inermis (L. Sp. PL 1509, 1763) as Gleditsia (excl. 

 Duhamel's Syn.) : comb, nov., vice C. Houstoni Benth., in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. ii. 139, 1840 = Acacia Houstoni Willd. Sp. PL iii., 

 1062, where G. inermis is cited. Leguminosae. Mexico. 



Capparis indica (L. Sp. PL 503, 1753) as Breynia : comb, nov., 

 vice C. Breynia L. Syst. x., 1071, 1759. B. indica is cited for it, 

 DC. Prod, i., 252. Capparidaceae. Amer. austr. 



Celsia Osbeckii (L. Sp. PL 179, 1753) as Verbascum : com. nov., 

 vice C. bugulifolia Jaub. & Spach. Scrophulariaceae. Orient. (Ind. 

 Kew.). Boissier (Fl. Orient, iv., 351) says of the Linnean plant "ex 

 parte quoad plantam orientalem." 



