8 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



No. 70, November : (George'Bentham) On the North Brazilian Euphorbiacece, 

 in the collection of Mr. Spruce ; (Richard Spruce) Extract of a letter relating to 

 Vegetable Oils ; (George Bentham) On Henriquezia verticillata, a new genus of 

 Bignoniacese, from the Rio Negro in North Brazil ; (J. S. Roe) Report of a Jour- 

 nal of Discovery into the Interior of Western Australia, between 8th September, 

 1848, and 3rd February, 1849 continued from page 247. Botanical Information 

 (James Edward Winterbottom, Esq.) Note on Cyperus polystachyus. A specimen 

 of this curious plant was lately received at the Kew Botanic Gardens, from its only 

 European locality viz., the mouth of the crater of the extinct volcano of the Island 

 of Ischia, where it flourishes with steam continually issuing around it, at 150 degs. 

 Fahrenheit. It is essentially a tropical plant, being a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope and East Indies ; and to account for its finding its way to this isolated spot, 

 Professor Tenore offers the following bold theory : " That the successive repro- 

 ductions of this plant have "resisted the force of ages, and enabled it to perpetuate 

 itself through all those atmospherical catastrophes which have attended the climate 

 of Europe ; because its seeds have been developed in that high temperature, which 

 the half- extinguished volcanoes still preserve in the bowels of the Island of Ischia." 

 Notices of New Books. 



No. 71, December: (John Macgilivray, Naturalist of H. M.S. Herald') Letter 

 from, dated Sydney, March 3, 1854. Our readers may be aware that H.M.S. 

 Herald is on a voyage for the purpose of making a scientific survey of certain 

 islands in the South Pacific. This letter gives us a short sketch of the visits paid 

 to Lord Howe Island, Isle of Paris, and others. (George Bentham) On the North 

 Brazilian Euphorbiaceaj, in the collection of Mr. Spruce ; (J. S. Roe, Surveyor- 

 General) Report of a Journey into the interior of Western Australia, between the 

 8th of September, 1848, and 3rd of February, 1849 ; (J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.R.S., 

 and T. Thompson, *M.D.) On Maddenia and Diplarche, New Genera of Hi- 

 malayan Plants, with plates 11 and 12 ; (Berthold Seeman, Ph. D.) Note on the 

 Genera Streptostigma, Regel, and Streptostigma, Thwaites. Title-page and Index 

 for vol. vi., 1854. 



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No. 44, October : (James Scrymgeour) On the Domestic Cat; (S. Stowe) A 

 Glance at the Feathered Residents in, and Visitants to, the Grounds of Terrick 

 House ; with a few remarks, from personal observation, upon their habits and 

 peculiarities; (H. Moss, M.D.) On the Gray Heron ; (J. B. Clarke) Ornitholo- 

 gical Notes ; (T. Edwards) Occurrence and Capture of a few rare Birds and 

 Fishes, at Fraserbrough, Aberdeenshire; (George Stockby) Notice of some Insects 

 occurring in Hainault Forest ; (J. W. Watson) Airy Holme Wood as a Locality 

 for Land Shells ; (W.) Contributions to the Ichthyology of Banffshire ; and Notes 

 on the Star-fishes found in the Moray Frith, at Macduff, near Banff. Miscel- 

 laneous Notices Notes on Eggs ; Attack of a Magpie's Nest by Crows ; Note on 

 a Sandpiper; Occurrence of the Nightingale near Barnsley; The Dotterel at 

 Brighton ; Occurrence of Pied Rooks ; The Mountain Finch ; The Skylark ; 

 Note on a Willow Wren ; Is it a Ghost ? The Greater Spotted Woodpecker ; The 



