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On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae
No full textChristenhusz, Maarten J.M., Brockington, Samuel F., Christin, Pascal-Antoine, Sage, Rowan F. (2014): On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae. Phytotaxa 181 (4): 238-242, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.
Samuel Beckett and the Writers of Port-Royal
No full textIt has been observed that ‘the literary influences on Beckett have been far more important than has been acknowledged, and more important indeed, than the philosophical influences’ (Smith 2002: 3). The truth of this statement is evidenced by the description that scholars have given of Samuel Beckett’s relationship to seventeenth century French classicism. To date, critical interest has been limited for the most part to the figure of the philosopher René Descartes on the (fragile) grounds that Beckett was exclusively concerned with the Cartesian imperative of clarity and order, the fundamental dualism between body and mind, and Nominalism.
Together with the assumption that Beckett’s vision was essentially Cartesian, his literary filiation with Pascal was suggested by critics, but only in terms of Beckett’s formal approach to the theatre. In his short article on En attendant Godot in 1953, the playwright Jean Anouilh was among the first reviewers to suggest that Beckett’s drama synthesizes the encounter between ‘classicism’ and a ‘modern’ form of art. It is well known that Beckett retained a lifelong admiration for Pascal – indeed, Pascal was one of his ‘old chestnuts’ (Knowlson 1997: 653). Little attention has been paid, however, to the originality of Pascal’s thought, the specific nature of his prose, and the impact these might have had upon Beckett’s mature work, especially the trilogy and the subsequent short prose. Yet, in the literary and philosophical context of post-war France, Beckett’s filiation with Pascal, their corresponding preoccupations, were evident to his contemporaries, who identified Pascal as an underlying presence in his works
Kewa Christenh. 2014, gen. nov.
No full textKewa Christenh., gen. nov. Type of the genus:— Kewa salsoloides (Burch.) Christenh. (= Pharnaceum salsoloides Burch.). The genus differs from Hypertelis sensu stricto in having succulent, alternate, terete leaves, stipules that are adnate to the sheathing leaf bases, simple umbellate inflorescences on long stalks, the short stigmatic crests topping the ovary, and the absence of a nectary disk. Etymology:— Kewa is named for Kew, a village in Richmond, Surrey, southwest London, where the internationally acclaimed Royal Botanic Gardens are situated. This botanical institute has conducted botanical research worldwide for over 250 years and has earned a global fame in taxonomy, conservation, horticulture and science. We chose to name it in honour of RBG Kew because members of the genus occur in areas (St. Helena, southern Africa, Madagascar) where Kew carried out research, and samples provided by Kew have been instrumental in resolving the relationships discussed here.Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Brockington, Samuel F., Christin, Pascal-Antoine & Sage, Rowan F., 2014, On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae, pp. 238-242 in Phytotaxa 181 (4) on page 240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/514629
Discussion du décret constituant une justice de paix à Limay, lors de la séance du 12 janvier 1791
No full textChristin Charles Gabriel, André Antoine Balthazar d', Goupil de Préfeln Guillaume François, Belzais de Courménil Nicolas Bernard, Choiseul-Praslin Antoine César, comte de, Gossin Pierre François. Discussion du décret constituant une justice de paix à Limay, lors de la séance du 12 janvier 1791. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XXII - Du 3 janvier au 5 février 1791. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1885. pp. 145-146
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Letter to Philippe-Antoine Merlin, 1802 November 12.
No full textLetter to Philippe-Antoine Merlin, concerning a conflict involving charges of plagarism between the author and C. Laucuouque, dated "21 brumaire, an 11." The author's signature is not entirely legible. Accompanying enveloped shows traces of red wax seal
Discussion sur la justification du sieur Polverel, accusateur public près du tribunal de Paris, et sur la suspension provisoire de ses fonctions, lors de la séance du 30 juillet 1791
No full textPolverel Etienne, Christin Charles Gabriel, André Antoine Balthazar d', Darnaudat Louis Jean. Discussion sur la justification du sieur Polverel, accusateur public près du tribunal de Paris, et sur la suspension provisoire de ses fonctions, lors de la séance du 30 juillet 1791. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XXIX - Du 29 juillet au 27 août 1791. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1888. pp. 31-32
Discussion à propos de l'impression du discours sur la régence de M. l'abbé Maury, lors de la séance du 7 avril 1791
No full textChristin Charles Gabriel, Goupil de Préfeln Guillaume François, André Antoine Balthazar d', Tronchet François Denis. Discussion à propos de l'impression du discours sur la régence de M. l'abbé Maury, lors de la séance du 7 avril 1791. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XXIV - Du 10 mars 1791 au 12 avril 1791. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1886. p. 619
Discussion à propos de l'impression du discours sur la régence de M. l'abbé Maury, lors de la séance du 7 avril 1791
No full textChristin Charles Gabriel, Goupil de Préfeln Guillaume François, André Antoine Balthazar d', Tronchet François Denis. Discussion à propos de l'impression du discours sur la régence de M. l'abbé Maury, lors de la séance du 7 avril 1791. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XXIV - Du 10 mars 1791 au 12 avril 1791. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1886. p. 619
Kewaceae Christenh.
No full textKewaceae Christenh., <i>fam. nov.</i> <p> Type of the family:— <i>Kewa</i> Christenh., <i>gen. nov.</i></p> <p>These are annual or perennial herbs that can be slightly woody. Their leaves are alternate or in false whorls, usually more or less fasciculate at the stem tips, succulent, linear and terete. Stipules are present and fused to the base of the blade, sheathing the stem to different degrees. Inflorescences are terminal or apparently axillary, long-stalked (false) umbels. Flowers are bisexual and actinomorphic and have a whorl of five free sepals, of which three or four become petal-like (usually white or pink), but true petals are absent. The five to 15 (rarely fewer) stamens have shortly fused filaments and dorsifixed anthers opening by longitudinal slits. The superior ovary is composed of three to five fused carpels and is topped by short, fleshy stigmatic crests. The fruit is a membranaceous capsule that opens loculicidally. The family includes the single genus Kewa.</p>Published as part of <i>Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Brockington, Samuel F., Christin, Pascal-Antoine & Sage, Rowan F., 2014, On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae, pp. 238-242 in Phytotaxa 181 (4)</i> on page 240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5146298">http://zenodo.org/record/5146298</a>
Macarthuriaceae Christenh.
No full textMacarthuriaceae Christenh., fam. nov. Type of the family:— Macarthuria Hügel ex Endlicher (1837: 11). These are rigid or wiry, rush-like, perennial herbs or subshrubs with green stems. Leaves are alternate, with or without a petiole, lacking stipules. The blades are simple, linear or progressively reduced upwards to scales along the stem. Leaf blades have entire margins and obscure venation. Inflorescences are many-flowered, axillary or terminal compound cymes, or flowers solitary in the leaf axils. Flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual. The five or ten sepals are in two whorls and fused at the base. Petals are five and free, or absent. The eight stamens have filiform filaments that are fused to each other at the base. Anthers are basifixed and opening by lengthwise slits. The superior ovary is composed of three carpels that are fused into a single (or rarely three) locule(s). The three stylodes are fused into a single style at the base, each with an unlobed stigma. Fruits are loculicidal capsules with up to ten seeds. The family differs from Molluginaceae and Microteaceae in having five petals (usually absent in Molluginaceae and Microteaceae), the basifixed anthers (dorsifixed in Molluginaceae and Microteaceae) and the three carpels forming a single locule (one to five carpels each forming a locule in Molluginaceae). They are shrubs that predominately photosynthesize with their rush-like stems; the leaves are often reduced and insignificant.Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Brockington, Samuel F., Christin, Pascal-Antoine & Sage, Rowan F., 2014, On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae, pp. 238-242 in Phytotaxa 181 (4) on page 240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/514629
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