XXXVII.—<i>Descriptions of some new Genera and fifty unrecorded Species of</i> Mammalia

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2nd.That tlie alliaiicc of the Pupacerricee and Brassicuccn.(Cricctfirce) is, in rcspcct of the structure of tlie cnpsulc, inore closc than Iicrctofore supposed j in illustration of wIiicli lve find that tlic two-ccllcd, many-seeded siliquc of Glrcuciunt has its 11crfcct analoguc in that of Brccssica, n-liilst tlic comparat i d y imperfect state of tlic one-cellcd, single-secded siliciile of Isatis in tlic second ordcr, is rcprcscntctl in the first by tlic similarly-constructed capsule of Boccoiiin.3rd.That the enunciation of tlie law which expresses the ncccssary dtcrnation of stigmas with tlisscpimcnts (Lindlcy's Key to Structural Botany,' 6 379.), and with parictal placentas, must be niotlifrcd to embrace the above-described facts, and may be conveniently and correctly expressed thus : T/rat in syncarpoirs capsiiles, parietal placentas, a)id therefore dissepiaieiits, ahoays alternate wilh siniple stigmas formed bg single carpels, hut are opposite to those which areJorniec1 by the unioii of !he arljncent margins of co)itiguoi[s ccirpels.Ihtli, 5 Ahford's nuildings.