106 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
Telopea, R.Br., 1810 (our Waratah), is Hylogyne, of 
Salisbury, 1809. 
Wiksstroemia, of Endlicher, 1833, usually spelt erroneously 
Leptospermum laevigata var. ? minus F.y.M., in B.FL., iii., 
by Smith in 1797. 
Zoisia, of Willdenow (1801), usually spelt Zoysia is Oster- 
as Wicketroenias is Capura, of Linn., 1771. 
damia, of Necker (1791).This latter name is still used for this 
common coastal grass by American agrostologists, notwithstand- 
ing the agreement of botanists at the Vienna Congress. 
Tragus, of Haller (1768), is Nazia Adamson, 1763. ‘This 
is a common grass in the interior, commonly known as “Bogan 
Flea Grass.” 
~The above are a few of the generie names which would 
have to be changed, but for the agreement made irrespective of 
lates of priority. 
Another generic name which is worthy of mention is 
firythraea, of Necker (1790), which is Centauwrium, of Hill 
(1756). The Congress held at Brussels, in 1910, included the 
oame Hrythraca in the list of Nomina conservanda, yet we find 
that Druce (2nd Suppl. Bot. Soc. & Exchange Club Report 
(1916) 612) has overlooked this fact, and recommends quite a 
number of new combinations. 
The plan of fixing the earliest specific name given is an 
excellent basis for stability as regards the species. If an author, 
through ignorance of bibliography or any other cause, creates 
a new specific name for a species previously described in the 
same genus, the first name is preserved and the new name enters 
into the synonyms. It is owing to this rule, that a number of 
specific names used by Bentham and Mueller, are to be upset by 
future workers. Thus we may poem the following as a few 
examples :— 
Angophora lanceolata, Cav., of Australian works, should be 
Angophora costata (Gaertn.). This new combination has al- 
teady been effected by Druce, J.c., as the specific name costata 
was published in 1788 or nine years earlier than the specific 
name lanceolata, of Cavanilles. 
Micromyrtus microphylla, Benth., should be Micramyrtus 
ciliata (Sm.), Druce, as the specific name ciliata was published 
_  Leptospermum abnorme F.y.M. This should be Leptosper- 
mum brachyandrum (¥F.v.M.) as the latter specific name was 
least five years priority over the name abnorme, which was 
not published until 1866 in Bentham’s Flora Australiensis. 
