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GENERAL INDEX OF VOLS. I 12 OF THE I AA .OWOJ 



Mutisii, vii. 500 ; pericarp and nuts 

 of the Palo de Vaca, vii. 501 ; Indian 

 GentianejB, viii. 75 ; two species of the 

 genus Pinus, viii. 255 ; on the Ne- 

 phrodium rigidum, viii. 255 ; varieties 

 of Erica ciliaris and Tetralix, viii. 256 ; 

 on several new British and European 

 plants, viii. 345 ; on a species of Agave, 

 viii. 346 ; Cooper's botanical rambles, 

 viii. 411; action of light upon plants, 

 and of plants upon the atmosphere, 

 viii. 415; on the ovula of Santalum 

 album, viii. 423 ; W. Sherard and Dil- 

 lenius, viii. 424 ; Botanical Society of 

 Edinburgh, viii. 440; on the green 

 colour of plants, viii. 469; on germi- 

 nation, viii. 491; ix. 17, 371, 372; 

 classification of vegetables, x. 37, 108 ; 

 a grass (Spartina glabra) new to the 

 British Flora, x. 71; on the Esula major 

 Germanica of Lobel, x. 71 ; on the 

 tree from which the Indians prepare the 

 poison called wooraly or ourary, x. 72 ; 

 Aphyteia, H} dnora, and Cynomorium 

 coccineum, x. 73 ; descriptions of two 

 species of Coniferae, x. 73 ; notice of 

 M. Jussieu, X. 153; descriptions of 

 Polygonum and Fagopyrum, x. 223 ; 

 Polygonum dumetorum and Epipactis 

 purpurata, x. 225 ; manna of Mount 

 Sinai, dragon's blood tree and aloe 

 plant of Socotra, x. 226 ; on the ab- 

 sorbent powers of the roots of trees, x. 

 4S8 ; on the hymenium of fungi, x. 

 492 ; ascent of the sap, x. 494 ; on 

 structure in the ashes of plants, xi. 13, 

 413 ; on botanical classification, xi. 48, 

 137 ; Anatifa vitrea, of the Irish coast, 

 xi. 135; progressof phytochemistry in 

 reference to the physiology of plants, 

 xi. 156; origin of botanical alliances, 

 xi. 247 ; progress of vegetable physi- 

 ology, xi. 381, 435, 524; botanical 

 affinities of Orobanche, xi. 409; com- 

 position of vegetable membrane and 

 fibre, xi. 421 ; combination, structure, 

 and contents of the cells of plants, xi, 

 435 ; Baciilariae, xi. 448 ; cow tree of 

 South America, xi. 452; on the system 

 of circulation in vegetables, xi. 528 ; 

 milk vessels of the Euphorbiaceae and 

 Asclepiadeae, xi. 529 ; internal struc- 

 ture of the wood c f palms, xi. 553 ; on 

 the conservation of living plants, xi. 

 566 ; on the structure and growth of 

 the more perfect plants, xii. 53 ; on the 

 stem of plants, xii. 62 ; Cucubalus bac- 

 cifer found in the Isle of Dogs, xii. 93 ; 

 fossil ferns, xii. 95 ; Laminaria digitata, 

 xii. 96 ; on the genus Chara, xii. 97 ; 

 development of the organization in 

 phaenogamous plants, xii. 1 72, 24 1 , 292 ; 



" Flora of Jamaica", xii. 263; struc- 

 ture of Cuscuta europtea, xii. 531 ; on 

 the mosses of Upper Assam, xii. 532; 

 Mora tree of Guiana, xii. 532 ; exist- 

 ence of stomata in mosses, xii. 533. 



Bottinger (M.) on the colours of metafe, 

 xii. 298. 



Botto(Prof.) on the chemical actionieif 

 magneto-electric currents, i. 441, > an 



Bou6 (Dr.) notice of his " Guide^dn 

 Geologque Voyageur", vii. 541, .■;'>■>•< 



Boulderstone, on a large one in Argyle- 

 shire, i. 232. 



Boussingault (M.) on suboxide of lead 

 and protoxide of tin, v. 79 ; on the sup- 

 posed compound of hydrogen and pla- 

 tina,v. 155. ;;; i 



Bowerbank (J. S.) account of » deposit 

 containing land-shells, at Gore Cliff, 

 Isle of Wight, xi. 103. 



Braconnot ( M.) on isomeric modification 

 of tartaric acid, i. 83. : lr;i<l;> 



Brain of the negro, on the, ix; 527i v«l 



, analysis of the, v.: 892;ioh<]t&& 



functions of the, v. 451;f' ; o. 'A'nuan 



., human, x.286 ; on the accumula- 

 tion of fluid in the, x. 316; in marsu- 

 pial animals, x. 222. 



Branch, on the structure of the, ii. 120. 



Brande (Mr.) on chemical notation, ii. 

 309 :..nia..fu \-. :,,!„■,., ... .. ,.,.,;irK 



Brayley (EwAWofi^l) sola tihejiistoryiiof 

 certain suggestions reispecting the dark 

 spaces in the solar spectrum, ix. 522, 

 note ; on M. Lenz's paper on the con- 

 ducting power of wires for electricity, 

 xi. 11, note; letter to, from Mr. Fara- 

 day, on some former researches on the 

 peculiar voltaic condition of iron, ix. 

 122; on the history of certain points 

 in magneto-electricity, ix. 237, note; 

 on the origin of certain sounds, iii. 329, 

 note ; note on Prof. Challis's paper 

 on capillary attraction, viii. 172; re- 

 marks on by Prof. Challis, viii. 289 ; 

 on the history of our knowledge of the 

 oscillation of the centre of gravity of 

 Saturn's rings round that of the body 

 of the planet, iii. 129 ; on the appear- 

 ance of birds when seen in telescopic 

 observations on the sun, i. 333, note ; 

 on the importance of comparative ana- 

 lyses of the allantoic fluid and the 

 urine of the young animal after birth, 

 i. 322 ; on the true source of the amnio- 

 tic acid of Vauquelin (allantoic acid of 

 Lassaigne), i. 319 ; on the supposed 

 amalgam of mercury with a metallic 

 substance (ammonium) derived from 

 ammonia or its elements, vi. 217; on 

 the relations of iodine to the conduc- 

 tion of heat, vii. 441, note; viii. 130, 



