VOL. XV., No. 92. 



NATURAL 



OCTOBER 189%-^ 



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lu( L I B R A R y |? 



SCIENC 



A MONTHLY REVIEW OF 



SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS 



The Influence of the Nervous System in Organic Evolution 

 By R. F. Licorish, M.D. 



The Fauna of the Sound ..... 



Abstracted by F. A. Bather from the Swedish of Dr. Einar Lonnberg 



Suggestions upon the Origin of the Australian Flora {continued) 

 By Spencer Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



Fresh Facts ....... 



Some New Books ...... 



Obituaries ....... 



John Cordeaux. 



News ........ 



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CONTENTS 



Notes and Comments ....... 



The Scientific Spirit — More Pleurococcus — Asexual Nuclear Fusions — In- 

 heritance of Malformations — The Nucleolus in Heredity — Inheritance of 

 Longevity — A Verbose Vitalist — Morphology of the Sting in Hymenoptera 

 — Factors in the Growth of Muscle — Water- Plants as Land-Winners — The 

 Progress of a Great Work — The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory — The Morning 

 of Science — Eruption of Mauna Loa — The Poison of Darnel — Coppinia — 

 Scientific Explanations — An Unsolved Problem. 



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