CONTENTS. r 



New Books : — Pracht-Flora Europaeischer Schimmelbildungen, by A. 

 C. J. Corda ; History of British Sponges and Corallines, by Dr. 

 Johnston; Corpus Florarum Provincialium Sueciae. — I. Floram 

 Scanicam scripsit E. Fries 200, 201 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Lon- 

 don 202—213 



Birds collected in Asia Minor by Mr. Fellows ; on the genera Mgilops 

 and T'rit.icum, and their modifications ; on the Animal Nature of 

 the OscUlatoria ; new species of Frog found in Amber ; Meteoro- 

 logical Observations and Table 213—216 



NUMBER XXIV. 



XXIII. On a Shell-bank in the Irish Sea, considered Zoologically 

 and Geologically. By Edward Forbes, Esq 217 



XXIV. Miscellanea Zoologica. By George Johnston, M.D., Fel- 

 low of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. (With Plate VI.) 224 



XXV. Descriptions of British Chalcidites. By Francis Walker, 

 F.L.S 232 



XXVI. Hints on the Anatomico-Physiological Differences in the 

 Organization of Stems. By Dr. M. J. Schleiden 236 



XXVII. On the Mycology of the neighbourhood of Bristol. By 

 Mr. Henry Oxley Stephens 246 



XXVIII. On the Arctium Lappa and Bardana of Sir J. E. Smith. 



By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 253 



XXIX. Florae Insularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor ; or a Speci- 

 men of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cun- 

 ningham, Esq 256 



XXX. Information respecting Botanical Travellers : — Mr. Schom- 



burgk's Narrative of his recent Expedition in Guiana 262 



New Boohs : — Nouveau Recu^il de Planches Coloriees d'Oiseaux, pour 



servir de suite et de Complement aux Planches JEnluminees de 

 Buffon, par C. J. Temminck et Meiffren Laugier Baron de 

 Chartreuse ; Flora Lipsiensis Excursoria, Auctore G. L. Peter- 

 mann 266 — 268 



Proceedings of the Botanical Society of London ; Zoological Society ; 



Linnaean Society 270 — 282 



Dr. Westendorp and Mr. W. H. White ; Mr. Gulliver on Blood Cor- 

 puscles in the Mammalia ; Notes on Irish Birds, by W. Thomp- 

 son, Esq. ; Ehrenberg on the remarkable diffusion of Coralline 

 Animalcules from the use of Chalk for ordinary purposes ; Note 

 on Peloria, by Mr. A. White ; Meteorological Observations and 

 Table 283—288 



NUMBER XXV. 



XXXI. On AUiu7n Porrum and A. Ampeloprasum. By Charles 



C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 289 



