Mr. R. Pamell on the Motella cimbria. 39 described by Richard, and above in Dr. Wight's species, be-longs to a complete but imperfectly observed female flower, I cannot draw the conclusion at which Endlicher has arrived, that Langsdorffia belongs to the same section of the order as Helosis and Scybalium, both with two styles and a bilocular ovary : it appears to me to be more intimately related to Ba-lanophora, and this relation is confirmed by the female flowers of B. indica being placed on glandular partial receptacles, as in Balanophora fungosa of Forster. From Balanophora, how-ever, Langsdorffia is readily recognised, by the males and fe-males being on different, not on the same receptacles, and by the ovaria being stalked, so that the ovary, considered along with the stalk and style, may almost be called fusiform. If, Endlicher, as I incline to think, has described his genus Cy-nopsole from imperfect materials, and if Blume's Balanophora elongata, and Wight's Langsdorffia indica be referable to it, and if the original Langsdorffia janeirensis is really destitute of the glands that are intermingled with the female flowers of the other,Cynopsole may still be kept up for the eastern species. I may here remark that the ovary and style represented by Forster agree tolerably well with those observed in Dr. Wight's plant ; that Forster, as appears from his manuscripts quoted by Richard, was doubtful if what he saw was an ovarium, or that it was one-celled, and that he had seen neither pericarp nor seed ; from which it may be inferred that the female flowers observed were in appearance equally imperfect with those of Langsdorffia. It appears, however, from Blume's ge-neric character (en. pi. Jav. i. p. 86) that he had at last ascer-tained them to be perfect, and that the fruit is crustaceous and one-seeded. V. — On a new Species of British Fish (Motella cimbria). By Richard Parnell, M.D., F.R.S.E. [With a Plate.] Motella cimbria*, the Four-bearded Rockling. Specific characters. — Snout with three barbules, and one on the chin. Plate III. * Gadus cimbrius, Linnaeus.
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