104 CELLARIID.E. 



Genus CELLARIA, Lamouroux (part.). 



Dcr. from cella, a cell. 



CELLARIA (part.), Solander : Lamouroux, Bull. Soc. Fkiloui. 1812: 



D'Orbigny: Smitt. 



SALICORNARIA, Cuvier, Begne An. 1817 : Johnst. : Busk, &c. 

 FARCIMIA, Fleming, Brit. An. 1828. 

 SALICORNIA, Schweigger, 1819. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. ZOARIUM jointed at intervals, 

 the internodes connected by flexible horny tubes. ZO<ECIA 

 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. OfficiA 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 Salicornaria, which has obtained 

 so much currency through the classical works of John- 

 ston and Busk. A glance at the synonymy of Cellaria 

 fistulosa 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 offence 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. fistulosa} the type. He says, "J'ai conserve* 

 le nom de Cellairc au groupe dont les polypiers avaient 



