130 Zoological Society. 



by the free gemmule, of -which the primordial leaves sheath only at 

 the base. Embryological figures illustrate the paper. — Boissier, 

 Plantae Aucherianse (Umbelliferce) . 



Giornale Botanico Italiano. 



A new botanical journal, which promises to be a valuable addition 

 to our sources of information, has been established in Italy by the 

 Botanical Section of the Scientific Congress ; Prof. Parlatore of 

 Florence having undertaken the editorship, under the direction of a 

 committee of the botanists resident in Tuscany. 



It is divided into three portions, under the separate titles of ' Ori- 

 ginal Memoirs,' ' Botanical Literature,' and ' Botanical Intelligence,' 

 each part being separately paged. 



The first two numbers contain : preface, plan of the work, collabo- 

 rators. — Original memoirs : Meneghini on Gaudichaud's theory of the 

 merithallus ; Savi on some Microscopic organs of Plants, especially of 

 Chrysanthema ; Parlatore on the spirit of the last and present centu- 

 ries in regard to natural science ; Parlatore, Monograph of the Fu- 

 marias ; Meneghini and Savi on the appendages of Acacia cornigera ; 

 Savi, Morphological considerations on the leaf of Arduina bispinosa ; 

 Puccinelli, Additamentum ad Synopsin plantarum in agro Lucensi 

 sponte nascentium. 



Literature-. Gussone, Florae Siculae Synopsis, 1842 ; Todaro, Or- 

 chidese Siculse, 1842 ; Puccinelli, Synopsis plantarum in agro Lucensi 

 sponte nascentium, 1842 ; Tarsi, on the Irritability of the Pollen ves- 

 sels of some plants. 



Miscellanea : Parlatore, Intelligence respecting the Italian central 

 Herbarium at Florence, and the consignments received there ; on the 

 Italian meteorological Archiv ; various short notices and intelligence. 



Books Received. 



The Medals of Creation, or First Lessons in Geology and in the Study 

 of Organic Remains. By Dr. G. A. Mantell. 



Essays on Natural History , chiefly Ornithology. By C. Waterton, Esq. 



A History of British Ferns. By Edward Newman. Second edition. 



Elements of Comparative Anatomy. By Rudolph Wagner, M.D. ; 

 edited by Alfred Tulk. Part I. Mammalia; Part II. Birds. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ZOOLOGICAL, SOCIETY. 



Dec. 12, 1843.— William Yarrell, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 

 " Descriptions of new species of Navicella, Neritina, Nerita, and 

 Nalica, in the cabinet of H. Cuming, Esq.," by C. A. Recluz. 



Navicella, Lamarck. 

 1. Navtcella Cookii. Nav. testd ellipticd, antice angustatd, 



