204 Bibliographical Notices. 



gris distincta sunt, quae quidam Hilum esse, sed falsissime, putarunt ; 

 puncta enim hsec nihil aliud sunt quara cicatrices pediculi fracti, qui 

 pisa leguminibus infixit ; juxta hsec vero tuberculum prominet, instar 

 rostri, in Cicere et Staphylodendro permagnum, quod vera est cica- 

 tricula, in qua omnes nbrse primordiales plantse proventurse latent. 

 Malpigius in semine Caryophylli totam arborem Caryophylli sub mi- 

 nuta forma cum caule, foliis, radice &c. inesse ostendit. Nulli mi- 

 rum videatur, hsec semina a me ova appellari ; octoginta enim ante 

 me annos celeberrimus Harveus idem nomen dedit, cum generatio- 

 nem sequivocam refutando palam exclamaret : Omnia ex ovo. 



Ova plantarum in terra excluduntur, eodem modo quo ova avium 

 sub alis, quadrupedum in utero, et piscium in aqua. 



§ XXVIII. 



Planta primum ex ovo suo progerminans duo exserit folia, Cotyle- 

 dones nominata, ex analogia quae inter ilia et placentas animalium, 

 seu cotyledones, vaccarum et similium, locum obtinet. Hse duse co- 

 tyledones, antea inter membranas ovi occultse, basin ejus constitu- 

 erunt, et munere eodem heic funguntur quo vitellum in ovis avium, 

 quod in placentam foetus tenelli abit. Postquam tenerse illse cotyle- 

 dones apud embryonem parvum vicem impleverunt placentarum, de- 

 cidunt simul atque ipse e terra se alere possit, quemadmodum pla- 

 centae animalium flaccescunt, cum foetus se ipsum alere inceperit. 



§ XXIX. 



Hsec sunt quae breviter et sine ulla librorum evolutione, summa 

 cum festinatione communicata volui de Sexu Plantarum, qui etiam 

 particula qusedam est Botanices, seu Scientise Divinse, sic dictse, 

 quippe quae exponit ea quae Deus inter omnes res creatas tam mag- 

 nifice fecit. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 



March 1844. — Zoology. — Memoir on the Gasteropoda Phleben- 

 terata, with notices of the genera Zephyrina, Actceon, Actceonia, Am- 

 phorina, Pelta, and Chalidis (with four admirable plates), by M. de 

 Quatrefages. For remarks by Mr. Alder and Mr. Hancock, in cer- 

 tain parts of this elaborate paper, see the 'Annals' for August 

 1844. — A translation of Mr. Newport's paper on Pteronarcys regalis, 

 from the 'Annals,' no. 81. — A translation of the abstract of Pro- 

 fessor Owen's paper on the Dinornis, from the * Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society.' — A note on the Chameleon's tongue, by M. 

 Rusconi. — A translation of Messrs. Alder and Hancock's account of 

 the genus Venilia (Proctonotus), from the ' Annals ' for March 1844. 

 — Extract of a letter from M. Matteucci to M. Dumas, on some new 

 experiments in Animal Electricity. 



Botany. — M. Boissier, Plantae Aucherianae (Umbelliferce), con- 

 tinued. — On the structure and fructification of some genera of 

 Floridete, by Dr. Montagne (with two plates). — M. C. Naudin on 



