THE NOMENCLATURE OF PLANT FAMILIES 73 



including CochloHpermum and Amorruxia (Pflanzenfam. iii. G, 310) 

 or not (Engl. Syll. ud. 7, 2GG). The dates of publication of the 

 various forms of the family name are as follows : — ■ 



BrxACE.E (Kunth) Keichb. Consp. li)U (182S); Warb. in. Engl, 

 et Prantl, PHanzenfani. iii. Abt. 6, 307. 



BixincG Kunth, Malv. 17 (1822) ; H. P. K. Nov. Gen. v. 351 

 (1823). 



Bixinecs DC. Prodr. i. 259 (1821) ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL 

 i. 122. . 



The name Theacece should be adopted for the family more gener- 

 ally known in this country as Ternsfrceiniacecs. The two families 

 TheMcecD and Teriistroemiece were proposed in the same paper in 1813 

 by Mirbel, who separated them from the Aurantiacecc. Theacece 

 included Thea and Camellia, and TernMrodmiecE comprised Tern- 

 strmmia and Freziera. David Don (1825) was the first author to 

 unite the two families, and he chose the name Theacew : this choice 

 cannot be reversed by subsequent authors (Art. 46). It may be 

 mentioned that TernsiroemiecB has "priority of place," but this is 

 not an effective consideration under the International liules. 



TheacE/E (Theacees) Mirb. in Bull. Soc. Philom. iii. 381 (1813) ; 

 D. Don, Prodr. 224 (1825); Szysz. in Engl, et Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iii. Abt. 6, 175. 



Ternstroemiece (^Ternstromiees) Mirb. 1. c. 



Ternstroemiacece R. Br. in Abel, Narr. 378 (1818) ; Benth. et 

 Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 177. 



Camelliaceat Dumort. Anal. Fam. 43, 47 (1829). 



The acceptance of the name AqiiifoliacecB for the family t^'pificd 

 b}^ Ilex seems to be contrary to the Rules. The name a]:)peared in 

 1813, but without description (DC. Theor. Elem. ed. 1, 217), and 

 the publication was therefore invalid. De Candolle in 1825 gave a 

 description of the group under the name Aquifoliacece, but treated it 

 as a tribe of Celastrinecs (DC. Prodr. ii. 11). Under Art, 46, when 

 a tribe becomes a family the earliest name .received by the group in 

 its new position must be regarded as valid, if it is in conformity with 

 the rules, unless there exist any of the obstacles indicated in the 

 articles of section 7. Now the earliest valid name for the grou]? 

 as a family is Ilicinecd Brongn. (1827). Bartling did not raise 

 Aquifoliacece to the rank of a family until three years later. The 

 publication of Ilicece Dumort. (1822) was invalid owing to the 

 absence of a description. Those Avho accept for purposes of prioritv 

 other suffixes than -acecB should use the name Ilicacece ; those who 

 adopt the first name ending in -acece will of course uphold Aqiii- 

 foliacece. 



Ilicace.^ (Brongn.) LoAve, Fl. Madeira, ii. 11 (1868). 



Ilicece Dumort. Comm. Bot. 59 (1822), sine descr. ; Anal Fam 

 21, 27 (1829), descr. 



IlicinecB Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. x. 329 (1827); Benth et 

 Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 355. 



Aquifoliacece Bartl. Ord. 228, 376 (1830) ; Kronfeld in Engl, et 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. Abt. 5, 183. 



