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signs. The chief terms to denote synthetic characters are: (I) constancy (la Constance, Gesellschaftsstetigheit), depending upon the number of sample areas of the association in which the species occurs; and (2) fidelity or exclusiveness (la fidelity, Gesellschaftstreue), the degree to which the species is confined to the association. Five degrees of these two qualities are recognized. Other terms which have beed more widely used and more commonly understood are also included in this useful list.-GEO. D. FULLER.