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^SCHYNANTHUS. 



Calyx ventricoso-tubulosus, 5 fidus. Corolla limbo subir- 

 re^Iari. Statnina 4 antherifera, exserta, saepius rudimento 

 qumti, Capsula longissima, siliqusefomiis, bivalvis, pseudo 

 4-locularis, seminibus numerosis (aristatis). Suffrutices debiles, 

 foliis camosisyjlorifms coccineis. 



The capsules of this genus nearly resemble those of Didymo- 

 carpnSf and exhibit with great distinctness the peculiar character 

 of this family. The seeds are attached to the whole of the 

 inner surface of the lobes, and are singular in being awned. The 

 exsert stamina and crimson flowers are further deviations from 

 the usual habit of its congeners. 



1. JEschynanthus Volubilis, 



A. caule volubih, calycibus glabris. Found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Bencoolen. 



2. JEschynarithus Radicans. 



A. caule radicante, calycibus villosis. Simbar burong. 

 Malay. Found in the forests of the interior of Sumatra 

 growing on the trunks of old trees, with its root sometimes on 

 the ground, sometimes on the tree. 



This paper is illustrated with an engraving, showing the parts 

 of fructification and the fruit of Cyrtandra macrophylla, Did y mo- 

 carpus criuita, and JEschynanthus volubilis. 



III. Remarks on the Identity of certain general Laws which 

 have been lately observed to regulate the iiatural Distribution of 

 Insects and Fungi, By W. S. Mac Leay, Esq. MA. FLS. 



This singularly interesting and important paper will appear in 

 the next number of the Annals, 



IV, Some Particulars of the Natural History of Fishes found 

 in Cornwall, By Mr. Joiiathan Couch. Communicated by Sir 

 James Edward Smith, MD. FRS. Pres. LS. 



Mr. Couch, it appears, had intended to submit to the public 

 attention, in a distinct work, the results of his icthyologicai 

 researches in Cornwall, but that design having hitherto been 

 frustrated, he has communicated the present sketch to the Lin- 

 nean Society. We proceed to give the names of the fishes 

 which are mentioned in it, with some of the more curious observa- 

 tions on certain species. 



Apodal Fishes: Munena Anguilla, Eel; — "The eel 

 may be considered as a migratory fish. The young ones 

 as soon as they are produced (which in the sphere of my ob- 

 servation is always within the reach of the tide) begin to 

 advance up the river; and to accomphsh this object, overcome 

 difficulties of an extraordinary kind. I have seen them, at the 

 fall of a river, dive below the moss, that hung from above into 

 the water, and ivoiin themselves upward through the fibres by the 

 side of the stream, resting at intervals as if to recover strength ; 



