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progress of vegetable physiology, 381, 

 435, 524; botanical affinities of Oro- 

 banche, 409; composition of vegetable 

 membrane and fibre, 421 ; combination, 

 structure, and contents of the cells of 

 plants, 435; Bacillariae, 448 ; cow tree of 

 South America, 452 ; on the system of 

 circulation in vegetables, 528 ; milk ves- 

 sels of the Euphorbiaceae and Asclepia- 

 deae, 529 ; internal structure of the wood of 

 palms, 553 ; on the conservation of living 

 plants, 566. 



Bowerbank (J. S.), account of a deposit 

 containing land-shells, at Gore Cliff, 

 Isle of Wight, 103. 



Breccia and iodine, 216. 



Breccia, hydriodate of, 216; iodate of, 

 217. 



Brett (R. H.) on the bromo-cyanide and 

 chloro-cyanide of potassium and mer- 

 cury, 340. 



Brewster (Sir D.) on the connection be- 

 tween the phaenomena of the absorption 

 of light and the colours of thin plates, 

 95 ; on the crystalline lenses of animals 

 after death, 97. 



British Association, meeting at Liverpool, 

 396, 474, 551. 



Bromhead (Sir E. F.) on the present 

 state of botanical classification, 48 ; re- 

 marks on his paper on botanical classifi- 

 cation, 137 ; on the origin of the bota- 

 nical alliances, 247. 



Bromo-cyanide of potassium and mercury, 

 340. 



Brooke (II. J.) on the identity of phacolite 

 and levyne with chabasie, 12; on mu- 

 rio-carbonate and muriate of lead, 175; 

 on the crystalline form of pyrosmalite, 

 261. 



Buckland (Dr.) on the keuper sandstone 

 in the upper region of the new red sand- 

 stone formation, 106. 



Bulletin, biographical, 481, 548. 



Buzareingues, on the distribution and mo- 

 tion of the sap in plants, 526. 



Caldcleugh (A.) on the elevation of the 

 strata on the coast of Chib", 98. 



Camphoric aether, 221 ; acid, anhydrous, 

 221. 



Camphovinic acid, 221. 



Carbomethylate of barytes, 143. 



Carbonate of lime, occurrence of, on saxi- 

 frage leaves, 445. 



Carbonic acid in the atmosphere, on the, 

 226. 



Carbovinate of potash, 320. 



Carp, gigantic, 223. 



Cautley (Capt.) on the remains of a qua- 

 drumanous animal found in the Sewaliks, 

 208 ; on a fossil monkey from the ter- 

 tiary strata of the Sewalik Hills, 393. 



Cellular membrane, composition of, 440. 



Chabasie, identity of phacolite and levyne 

 with, 12. 



Chemical philosophy and nomenclature, 



on certain points of, 176. 

 Chemistry and mineralogy, section of, 554. 

 Chili, on the elevation of the strata on the 



coast of, 98, 100. 

 Chloro-cyanide of potassium and mercury, 



342. 

 Chlorosulphurets of lead, copper, bismuth, 



and zinc, 560. 

 Chorion, mode of origin of the, 93. 

 Chromic acid, its action upon silver, and 



combinations with the oxide of silver, 



489. 

 Cinchonia, iodate of, 217; elementary 



composition of, 335. 

 Citric aether, analysis of, 139. 

 Clarke (Rev. W. B.) on the geology of 



Suffolk, 106 ; on the geological structure 



and phenomenon of the Cotentin, and of 



the immediate vicinity of Cherbourg, 



107. 

 Closteriae, mode of increase of, 386 ; form- 

 ation of the fruit in the, 388. 

 Cobalt and nickel incapable of being ren- 

 dered inactive, 547. 

 Codeia and iodine, 220. 

 Codeia and morphia, on a double salt of, 



405. 

 Colours of thin plates, 95. 

 Colvin (Major) on the discovery of a head 



of the Sivatherium, 208. 

 Combinations, organic, theory of, 564. 

 Condensing tube of Liebig, 57. 

 Connell (A.) on the analysis of gadolinite, 



143; on the nature of lampic acid, 512. 

 Cooper (J. T. ) on the colouring matter of 



the ruby glass, 137. 

 Copper, chlorosulphuret of, 560. 

 Cornwall, Royal Geological Society of, 



478. 

 Cotentin, on the geological structure and 



phaenomena of the northern part of the, 



107. 

 Coumarine, composition of, 162. 

 Cow tree of South America, on the, 452, 



530. 

 Crystalline reflexion and refraction, on the 



laws of, 134. 

 Crystals, occurrence of, in plants, 443 ; on 



the optical theory of, 461, 537. 

 Crustacea, on the development of, 552. 

 Cuba, on the geology of Holguin in, 17 , 



coral rock of, 31. 

 Cunningham (J.) on an improved mode of 



constructing magnets, 196. 

 Cusconin, preparation of, 335. 

 Cutch, on the geology of, 107. 

 Cuvier (M. F.) on the Jerboas and Ger- 



billas, 394. 

 Dalton (Dr. J.) on the constitution of the 



atmosphere, 195; on the sulphurets of 



lime, 195; notice relative to the theory 



of the winds, 390. 

 Daniell (J. F.), further observations on 



voltaic combinations, 89. 



