to be provincial in the case of generic entities, as would 
seem to be indicated by the paragraph above, it is no 
less so in the case of the treatment of some of the species. 
One case will illustrate this point. On page 85 a new 
name, Aultza Wilsoni Acuna is given; a name based on 
Epidendrum variegatum Hooker, not Swartz. Distribu¬ 
tion in Cuba is given but no external range is indicated. 
Now the species upon which Acufia’s name is based was 
Brazilian in origin therefore the new name, historically, 
applies to a Brazilian plant. If one turns to Ames, Hub¬ 
bard and Schweinfurth’s work, which covers the species 
of continental North America, he will find at least four 
specific names, under Epidendrum crassilabium Poeppig 
&c Endlicher, that have precedence over the name pro¬ 
posed by Acuna. 
Mr. Acuna has proposed five new species in his cat¬ 
alogue, Habenaria palustris , Corymborchis cubensts, 
Malaxis Brittonii, Spathiger Roigii, and Cattleyopsis 
guanensis. These proposals lack any attempt at Latin 
diagnoses and hence may not be considered as validly 
published in accordance with present rules of botanical 
nomenclature. 
It should be noted, in passing, that through some 
slip of the pen the title page is dated “Junio 1988 . 
The actual date of publication is possibly about June 5, 
1939. 
The body of the text of the catalogue is in rather 
pleasing and convenient form. Perhaps a little more at¬ 
tention to proof reading would have eliminated many 
typographical errors and inconsistencies in citations and 
have made the catalogue more authoritative. 
