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The second paper is by J. Beete Jukes, and A. Wyley, Esqrs., On the 

 Structure of the North-Eastern Part of the County of Wicklow; the 

 third, by T. D. Triphook, Esq., On the Geology of the neighbourhood of 

 Skull, in the County of Cork, accompanied by a geological section, from 

 the eastern end of Long Island to western boundary of Mount Gabriel 

 Wood ; the fourth, by the Rev. Professor Haughton, On Fossils from the 

 Carboniferous Limestone. We have here an account of five fossils — 

 figures of two of which are lithographed — viz., Tragos semicirculare 

 (M'Coy), Atrypa hastata (Sow.), Orthoceras unguis (Phil.), and 0. fusi- 

 forme (Sow.). From numerous sections of this fossil, Mr. Haughton 

 has ascertained that it is provided with a beaded siphuncle, differing 

 in no respect from that of 0. unguis ; it also possesses the curved outline 

 of the latter ; from these circumstances, he is strongly inclined to adopt 

 the opinion that it should be considered the same fossil. Producta 

 gigantea (Sow.) ; from an examination of a great number of specimens 

 of these fossils, in situ, at Vaynol Wood and Bryn Adda, Caernarvon, Mr. 

 Haughton is satisfied that this fossil should be considered the same as 

 P. Scotica (Sow.) ; the striation near the beak is the same ; and it is only 

 in large specimens, and at a considerable distance from the beak, that 

 the longitudinal digitiform ribs, characteristic of the P. gigantea, make 

 their appearance. We have then the report from the council, which 

 contains a list of the donations, members, &c. ; and, lastly, the president's 

 annual address. 



The Ferns of Great Britain; Illustrated by John E. Sowerby; the 

 Descriptions, Synonyms, &c, by Charles Johnson. London: J. E. 

 Sowerby, 3, Mead-place, Lambeth. 1854. Part I. Price, partly co- 

 loured, Is. 6d.; fully coloured, 3s, 8d. Six Plates. Eight pages. 



We think we can best introduce this work to the notice of our readers by 

 quoting, in part, the Prospectus which accompanies it : — 



" The increased attention that has, of late years, been directed to this 

 beautiful and interesting tribe of plants, and the absence of any coloured 

 figures on the subject, have induced the publication of the present work. 

 When completed, it will contain figures and descriptions of forty-six species 

 and varieties of Ferns found in the British Isles. The descriptions will be, 

 in every instance, carefully revised and adapted to the present advanced 

 state of Cryptogamic Botany. The figures will be all accurately drawn 

 and engraved from the respective plants; and thus many errors in identity 

 and general detail, which had unavoidably occurred in ' The English 



