PHANEEOGAMIA. 425 



to substitute Agation, owing to its pronunciation, wliicli he con- 

 siders, as pronounced on the Continent, identical with that of 

 Agatliaea, Cass.) A specimen sent from New Caledonia re- 

 quires modification of the generic character. A description is 

 given of the ripe fruit. 



BRONGisriART, Ad. et A. Gris. — Note sur un genre nouveau d'Om- 

 belliferes de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Bull. Soc. Bot. 1861. p. 121. 

 Myodocarpus, of which two species are described. Both are 

 arborescent or shrubby, one species with simple leaves. Vittae 

 are absent, but numerous spherical glandular reservoirs are im- 

 mersed in the pericarp. 



Description de quelques Eleocarpees de la Nouvelle-Cale- 



donie. BuU. Soc. Bot. viii. 198. 



With descriptions of six New Caledonian species of Ulao- 

 carpus and of the new genus Dtiboiizetia, Panch. Characterized 

 by entire petals, 5-locular ovary, and capsular 5-celled fruit, with 

 septicidal dehiscence. 



Note sur le genre Joinvillea de G-audichaud, et sur la famille 



des FlageUariees. Bull. Soc. Bot. viii. p. 264. 



The authors recognise in a plant of the Sandwich Islands, 

 the Joinvillea elegans of Gaudichaud ; the structure of which is 

 described in detail. This genus, with Flagellaria, constitutes the 

 family Elagellarieae, characterized by solitary, suspended, ortho- 

 tropous ovules and embryonary structure analogous to that of 

 Eestiaceae and its allies. The above characters remove it from 

 Juncaceae, to wliich order Flagellaria was doubtfully appended 

 by E. Brown. 



Sur un nouveau genre de Nyctaginees de la Nouvelle-Cale- 



donie. Bull. Soc. Bot. viii. 374. 



Vieillardia, an arborescent plant, remarkable in the order from 

 its straight embryo and the almost complete absence of albumen. 

 Sur quelques cas de transformation des etamines en car- 



pelles. Bull. Soc. Bot. viii 453. 



In Sempervivum, Gheiranthus (the stamens transformed into 

 carpellary leaves), and Polemonium cosruleiim. In the latter plant 

 the petals were represented by free, green foliolae nearly equalling 

 the calyx, between these and the pistil was a circle of carpels re- 

 placing the stamens ; these were united laterally to each other, 

 enveloping the central ovary and forming five flattened cells, each 

 usually enclosing two rows of ovules. By artificial fertilization 

 M. Brongniart obtained fertile seeds from both the central normal 

 ovary and the surrounding metamorphosed stamens. 



BucHEKATi, F. — Morphologische Bemerkungen iiber einige Acerineen. 



Bot. Zeit. 1861, 265, 273, 281. With 1 plate. 

 Bemerkungen uber die AVachsthumsweise der Corydalis 



clmiculata. With figs. Bot. Z. 1861, 321. 



Describing the germination and development of the leaves. 



