• CONTENTS. v-iJ 



XIX. Description of Peltophyllum, a new Genus of Plants allied to Triuris of 



Miers, with Remarks on their Affinities. By George Gardner, Esq., 

 F.L.S. 8sc page 155 



XX. Contributions to f^egetable Embryology, from Observations on the Origin 



and Development of' the Embryo in Tropaeolam majus. By Herbert 

 GiRAUD, M.D., F.B.S.E. S^c. Communicated by the Secretary. . 161 



XXI. On the Ovulum of Santalum, Osyris, Loranthus and Viscum. By 

 William Griffith, Esq., F.L.S. 8^c. Sgc. 17I 



XXII. On a Species o/'Carex allied to C. saxatilis, Linn. By Francis Boott, 

 M.D., F.L.S. 8sc.8sc 215 



XXIII. Description of the Female Flower and Fruit of Rafflesia Arnoldi, 

 with Remarks on its Affinities ; and an Illustration of the Structure of 

 Hydnora africana. By Robert Brown, Esq., F'.P.L.S. . . . .221 



XXIV. Descriptions of the Nests of two Hymenopterous Insects inhabiting 

 Brazil, and of the Species by which they were constructed. By John 

 CvRTis, Esq., F.L.S. ^c. S^c. 249 



XXV. On the Neottia gemmipara of Smith. By Charles C. Babington, Esq., 

 M.J., F.L.S., F.G.S. 8fc, ^c v'. . . .261 



XXVI. Monograph of the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda ; with Obser- 

 vations on the General Arrangement of the Articulata. By George 

 Newport, Esq., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, President of 

 the Entomological Society, 8(c. Communicated by the Secretary. . 265 



XXVII. On the Root-Parasites referred by Authors to Rhizanthese ; and on 

 various Plants related to them. By William Griffith, Esq., F.L.S. 

 ^c.^c 303 



XXVIII. Monograph of the Class Myv'vdpoda, Order Chilopo&d. jBi/ George 

 Newport, Esq., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, President of 



