3)2 Proceedings of the British Association for 1850. 



Section D. — Natural History, including Physiology, Botany, 

 AND Vegetable Physiology. 



Professor A. Voelcker. — On the influence of Salt on Ve- 

 getation. 



Dr Lankester. — On the Epidermal Appendages of the or- 

 der Haloragese. 



J. T. Mackay, LL.D. — On Dracseno Draco. 



Professor Royle, F.R.S. — On the species of Gossypium, and 

 the effects of climate in altering the characters of Cotton. 



Mr George Read. — Observations on Ropy Bread. Com- 

 municated by Dr Lankester. 



Zoology. 



Professor Van der Hoeven. — On the genus Perodicticus of 

 Bennett, and its relation to Stenops. 



Dr H. Lowe. — Report on the Progress of Entomology in 

 Scotland during the last few years. 



Professor Allman. — Report on the present state of our 

 knowledge of the Fresh-water Polyzoa. 



C. W. Peach, Esq. — A list of Zoophytes from the vicinity 

 of Peterhead, with a notice of three new to the British list. 



Professor E. Forbes, J. Gould, and G. Busk, Esqs. — No- 

 tices of the Zoological Researches of the Naturalists under 

 the late Captain Owen Stanley, in H.M. Ship Rattlesnake. 



Geo. Busk, Esq. — On Zoophytes from the shores of Africa. 



Ethnological Sub- Section. 



Rev. Dr Edward Hincks. — Observations on the Language 

 and mode of Writing of the Ancient Assyrians. 



Major-General Briggs. — On the Aboriginal Tribes of In- 

 dia. With illustrative Map and Drawings. 



Physiological Sub- Section. 



Dr Tilt. — On the period of First Menstruation in different 

 Countries. 



Dr M' William, R.N. — On the use of the Bofareira {Rici- 

 nus communis) of the Cape de Verd, as a means of exciting 

 Lactation. 



