A Mendelian View of Sex-Heredity; A Correction

least: a larger category than the species.It is true that we have high precedent for naming genera aftcr persons, as witness the genus Linnma, named for the great master himself by one of his contemporaries.And we have become so accustonled t o Fuchsia and Wistaria that we scarcely ever give thought to their derivation.B u t what shall we say of Montagua, Grantia, Perkinsia, Fitzroya, Kellia, Mitchillina,, Emit hia, Jonesia, etc. ?These were all, no doubt, estimable gentleincn who did their share of the world's worlc; but are thcir names commanding enough (to say nothing of euphony !) to deserve perpetuation i n scientific literature?And if we should take into consideration the question of euphony, what would become of such genera as