330 REMARKS ON THE 



the originator of the Name, but the real Author of the assem- 

 blage, whether produced as a section or otherwise, and also 

 the writers who afterwards correctly limited the assemblage. 

 Striking injustice has been committed on these points, and 

 is properly complained of by Agardh ; the priority even of 

 Name, is still extensively violated, nor can Linnaeus always 

 escape that censure, in having acted under colour of arbitrary 

 rules, made imperative and retrospective, instead of being 

 recommended for future adoption. The spirit of equity, and 

 the labour of Reichenbach, in matters of Nomenclature, merit 

 all praise. 



In page 46, Perleb gives a useful Table of the Names and 

 Synonymes of Tribes, Families, &c. To such, the rules of 

 priority cannot so conveniently apply, the divisions being 

 properly provisional, and it being possible hereafter to con- 

 struct a Nomenclature on some fixed principle, so as to indi- 

 cate the dignity of the assemblage by its termination, and its 

 place by the name of a genus. These advantages the names 

 of Genera cannot possess, unless some bold speculator shall 

 hereafter reduce to uniformity, the terminations of all genera 

 within the same family. 



At page 52, there is an Index of Genera, referring (from 

 the nature of the work), not to the page, but by number to 

 the Family in which that genus lies. Every Conspectus 

 should contain a double Index, one of the Tribes, with a refer- 

 ence to the page of the work, — the other of the Genera, each 

 followed by the name of the Tribe in which the genus lies. 

 This list of genera would suit every edition and every work, 

 would avoid incredible labour and endless errata, and would 

 directly supply, in most cases, without further search or trou- 

 ble, all that the reader requires. Some additional space 

 might be required, but small type is scarcely objectionable in 

 cases of mere occasional reference. 



Perleb uses the words ^ Class' and ^ Order' (terms correctly 

 applicable to artificial systems), to indicate his Frimary Divi- 

 sions, and the Alliances which they contain. His Classes are 

 neatly named and set out, but do not differ materially from 

 those of his predecessors : — 



Protophyta. — Cellulares Aphyllae. 



Muscos^. — Foliosae. 



FiLiciN^. — Vasculares Endogenee Cryptogamicae. 



Ternarije. — Phanerogamicae. 



MoNocHLAMYDE^as. • ExogensB IncompletEe. 



Thalamanth^. — Monopetalae. 



Calycanth^e. — 



CALYCOPETALiE. — Plciopetalae. 



THALAMOPETALiE. 



