104 CELLAIIIID.E. 



Genus CELLARIA^ Lamouroux (part.). 



Der. from cella, a cell. 



Oellaria (part.), Solander : Lamoxiroux, Bull. Soc. Philoui. 1812 : 



D'Orbigny : Smitt. 

 Salicornaria, CuTier, Eegne An. 1817 : Johnst. : Busk, &c. 

 Fakcimia, Fleming, Brit. An. 1828. 

 Salicornia, Schweigger, 1819. 



Generic Character. — Zoarium jointed at intervals, 

 the internodes connected by flexible horny tubes. Zocecia 

 depressed in front, and surrounded by a raised border, 

 disposed in quincunx. Avicularia immersed, irregularly 

 distributed, situated above a cell or occupying the place of 

 one. OcECiA immersed. 



I WILL give as briefly as I can my reasons for reverting 

 to Solander's name Cellaria, as applied by Lamouroux, 

 and displacing Cuvier^s Salicornay'ia, which has obtained 

 so much currency through the classical works of John- 

 ston and Busk. A glance at the synonymy of Cellaria 

 flstulosa must convince any one of the importance of main- 

 taining with rigor the law of priority in scientific nomen- 

 clature. The earliest name, accompanied by a sufficient 

 diagnosis, has an indefeasible claim to adoption ; and to 

 set it aside for any secondary reasons seems to me to be a 

 serious ofi'ence against scientific order. 



The facts in the present case are as follows : — Cellaria 

 was introduced by Solander, in his edition of Ellis^s post- 

 humous work (1786), as the designation of a miscellaneous 

 assemblage of forms, a purely artificial group, which only 

 existed to be dismembered. 



In 1812, Lamouroux adopted it as the name of a 

 genus, of which he expressly constituted Cellaria sali- 

 cornia {=C. flstulosa) the type. He says, "^J'ai conserve 

 le nom de Cellaire au groupe dont les polypiers avaient 



