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post-Linnzan name applicable to these plants, Linnzeus hav- 
ing regarded them as species of Fumaria. The pre-Linnzan 
name was Cafwoides, but this was taken up by Rupp, (Flora Jen. 
Ed. 2,268 (1745) ), for the South African plant subsequently de- 
scribed by Linnzeus as Fumaria vesicaria and on which the genus 
Cysticapnos of Gzertner is based. 
If we are to follow the opinion of Bentham and Hooker, as ex- 
pressed in Gen. Pl. i. 56, that the South African species is con- 
generic with those of the northern hemisphere, then Cafxotdes, 
Rupp., should be applied to them all; but this plant appears to 
me to have sufficient characters to rank asa valid genus. I am quite 
aware that the adjective termination o7des for genera, has been 
objected to by many authors, but it is in frequent use in zoology, 
and was freely used by pre-Linnzan botanists (Cyferoides, Tourn. 
=Carex, L., for example), and is no more adjective than Gloriosa 
L., or /mpatiens, L., which are in common use. Scopoli’s name 
Neckeria will prevent Neckera, Hedw. Fund. Hist. Muse. ii. 93 
(1782), being used for the genus of Mosses, which has, however, 
received the name /araphysanthus, Spruce, while Neckeria, 
Gmel. Syst. ii. 16 (1791) is the same as Pollichia. 
Neckeria has been adopted for Corydalis by Mr. N. E. Brown: 
of Kew, in his forthcoming supplement to the English Botany, 
and to him I am indebted for the reference to Rupp’s work. 
BIKUKULLA, Adans. Fam. PI. ii. 23 (1763). 
Diclytra, Borckh. in Roem. Arch. i. Pars. 2, 46 (1797). 
Cucularia, Raf. Med. Rep. (II) v. 352 (1808). 
Dicentra, Bernh. Linnea, viii. 468 (183 3). 
Eucapnos, Bernh. loc. cit. (1833). 
The adoption of Adanson’s name for the plants which have 
recently been generally known as Dicentras, will happily solve 
the question as to the misspelling of Borckhausen’s Diclytra. 
There can be no doubt of what Adanson meant, his description 
_ being clear, and his reference to Plukenet’s Plate 90, fig. 3, being 
consulted shows this to be a pretty good representation of our D?- 
centra Canadensis. Adanson’s name is based on Bicuculata, March. 
Mem. Acad. Paris, 1733, t. 20. 
