Royal Society. 277 



31 — 33. S. rugosa est S. Smithiana, Koch. 



34. S. rugosa ? var. stij)ularis = S. holosericea, Willd. Mihi gratis- 

 sima est ; plantam foemineam antea nondum vidi. 



35. S. ferruginea, And., folia — S. holosericea, Willd., valde similis, 



sed incompleta. 



36. S. ferruginea var. = Quoad folia et amenta valde affinis S. 



Smithianae, Koch, sed tamen distincta videtur. Ab icone in 

 Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2665, praeter squamas rotundatas non di- 

 stinguenda. 



37. S. acuminata = An revera S. acuminata, Sm. } quae ad sectio- 

 nem S. viminalis pertinet.'' Amenta desunt. An forsan varietas 

 S. cinereae ? 



38 — 42. Omnes formse et varietates S. cinerese, L. 



43. Salix — an S. aquatica? Longe diversa, est sine dubio forma 

 S. laurinae, Sm., confer amenta. Eandem plantam ex hort. bot. 

 Berolinensi, et ex Silesia possideo. 



44. S. oleifolia, Sm. } =Pro var. S. cinereae, L., habeo, sed amenta 

 non vidi. 



45. S. aurita, L. = Forma sylvatica apud nos frequens. 



46. 47. S. aurita, L. ! 



48, 49. S. reticulata et S. herbacea. 



W. SOxVDER. 



Hamburg, March 19, 1844. 



Mr. Van Voorst has just published a very useful " Catalogue of 

 British Vertebi ated Animals, the names derived from Bell's British 

 Quadrupeds and Reptiles and Yarrell's British Birds and Fishes : so 

 printed as to be available for Labels." The label consists of the 

 English and Latin names and a reference to the volume and page of 

 the excellent works above-mentioned. 



Preparing for Publication. 



A History of Infusoria, Living and Fossil: arranged according to 

 " Die Infusionsthierchen " of C. G. Ehrenberg. By Andrew 

 Pritchard, M.R.I. 



Microscopic Illustrations of Living Objects, with Researches concerning 

 the Methods of Cotistructing Microscopes, and Instructions for using 

 them. To which is added, a Supplement on the Verification of Mi- 

 croscopic Phenomena, and an Exact Method of Testing Microscopes. 

 By C. R. Goring, M.D. By Andrew Pritchard, M.R.I. Third 

 Edition. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL. SOCIETY. 



March 21, 1844. — " A description of certain Belemnites, pre- 

 served, with a great proportion of their soft parts, in the Oxford clay 

 at Christian Malford, Wilts." By Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., &c., 



