li CONTENTS. 



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 X. Characters of some New or little known Genera of Plants. 

 By Robert Wight, Esq., M. D., F. L. S., Hon. 



E. I. C. S., and G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq., A. M., 



F. R. S. E. and L. S. Communicated by the Author, 297 

 XI. Ancient Geological Changes in England. By Dr 



FiTTON, ----- 300 



XII. Tables shewing the Temperature and Pressure of the 

 Atmosphere, at Clunie Manse, in Perthshire, for 

 Eight Years. By the Rev. William Macritchie. 

 Communicated by the Author, - - - 306 



XIII. A new Solution of that case of Spherical Trigonometry, 



in which it is proposed, from Two Sides and their 

 contained Angle, to determine the Third Side. By 

 Edward Sang, Teacher of Mathematics, Commu- 

 nicated by the Author, - - - - 311 



XIV. Remarks on Electrical Decompositions. By William 



HiGGiNS, F. G. S. and J. W. Draper. Communi- 

 cated by the Authors, - - - - 314 



XV. Observations made during the Summer of 1832, on the 



Temperature and Vegetation of the Scottish High- 

 land Mountains, in connection with their Height 

 above the Sea. By Hewitt C. Watson, Esq. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - - 317 

 XVI. Geological Remarks upon the Neighbourhood of the 



Caspian Sea. By M. Eichwald of Wilna, - 324 



XVII. Sketches of South European Nature — Italy. By Pro- 

 fessor Hausmann, - - - - 326 

 XVIII. Meteorological Observations made on the summit of the 



Faulhorn in Switzerland. By Professor L. F. Kamtz, 335 

 XIX. Remarks on Borda's Geometrical Measurement of the 

 Height of the Peak of Teneriffe. By Mr William 

 Galbraith, a. M. Communicated by the Author^ 337 

 XX. Eloge of Baron George Cuvier, delivered in the Cham- 

 ber of Peers on the 17th December 1832. By Baron 

 Pasqijier, President of the Chamber of Peers, 339 



XXL Meteorological Table, extracted from the Register kept 

 at Kinfauns Castle, North Britain, Lat. 56° 53' 30". 

 Above the level of the sea 150 feet. By the Right 

 Hon. Lord Gray, - - - . 359 



