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only about i/s inch long, upwards somewhat thickened. Berry of about 
Vs inch length and breadth. Seeds globular, or when paired in their 
cell almost trigonous, of about 1/10 in length; testa shining, slightly 
wrinkled. Albumen of rather darkish coloration. Embryo less than 
half as long as the albumen, whitish. 
In setting forth the main-distinctions of this plant, I alluded to 
two allied genera, the appellations of which seem restorable. Enargea 
of Banks was 1788 already with fair correctness defined from So¬ 
lan der’s notes by Gaertner (de fructib. I., 283), the etymology 
being also faultless though Gaertner, who usually was so accurate, 
described and figured the embryo as minutely dicotyledoneous,—the 
whole analytic drawing having passed soon subsequently into La- 
marck s Encyclopedie methodique, planche 248. But errors in cha- 
racteristics may be subject to various opinions as regards their extent, 
while the right of priority will always be absolute. The identical 
genus, taken in the limitation by ßentham and J. Hoo ker, was 
promulgated 1789 as Callixene of Commercon by Jus sieu (gen. pl. 41), 
but only 1801 as Luzuriaga by Ruiz and Pa von (flor. Peruv. and 
Chil. III., 65, t. 298); and this explanation of chronology of the genus 
agrees also with the annotations of De Candolle, Pfeiffer and 
Jackson. Indeed Schreber already in 1789 (gener. plant. I., 232), 
J. F. Gmelin in 1791 (system. natur., edit. XIII., 547). and Willde- 
n o w in 1799 (spec. plantar. II., 230) acknowledged fully the claim of 
the genus Enargea. Only three species are admitted by Bentham 
and J. Hooker, which would stand thus as regards their names : 
Enagrea marginata, Banks and Solander (Callixene marginata, 
Commercon; Callixene Magellanica, Raeuschel; Luzuriaga marginata, 
Bentham; Callixene parviflora, J. Hooker; Luzuriaga parviflora, Kunth). 
Enargea radicans (Luzuriaga radicans, Ruiz and Pavon). 
Enargea polyphylla (Callixene polyphylla, Hooker; Luzuriaga 
erecta, Kunth). 
The > other genus, above mentioned as having Claims perhaps for 
restoration is Calcoa of Salisbury (gen. plant, fragm. 67) quoted as 
a synonym of Geitonoplesium by Bentham and J. Hooker (gen. 
pl. III., 768); Salisbury’s treatise under that particular title is not 
mentioned in any bibliography, to which I have access, and seems to 
have sunk hitherto into oblivion.] 
Paläontologie: 
Crie, A l’etude des fruits fossiles de la flore eocene de la Fauce occidentale. 
(Comptes rendus des seances de l’Academie des Sciences de Paris T CIII 
^ 1886. No. 23.) 
Fliehe, Note sur la flore de l’etage rhetien aux environs de Nancy. 8<>. 4pn. 
Nancy (Impr. Berger-Levrault et Cie.) 1887. 
Teratologie nnd Pflanzenkrankheiten: 
Ci olas et Ranlin, Traitement de la vigne par les sels de cuivre contre le 
mildew. (Comptes rendus des seances de l’Academie des Sciences de Paris. 
T. CIII. 1886. No. 22.) 
Savastano, Les maladies de l’Olivier et la tuberculose en particulier. (1 c 
No. 23.) 
Soiauer, Paul, Ueber Gelbfleckigkeit. (Wollny’s Forschungen auf dem 
Gebiete der Agriculturphysik. Bd. IX. 1886. Heft 5. p. 387.) 
Medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik: 
Carnelley, The determination of organic matter in air. (Proceedings of the 
Royal Society of London. No. 247. 1886.) 
Technische nnd Handelsbotanik: 
Bonnet, Valere, Du poivre et de ses falsifications. 8<>. 48 pp. Paris (Impr. 
Moquet) 1886. 
