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in hand to give an account of them." — Bulletin de VAcad. Royale de 

 Bruxelles, vol. vi. No. 2. 



ECHINOSPERMUM LAPPULA, 



Echinospermum lappula, Lehm. — My friend, the Rev.E. A. Holmes, 

 F.L.S., has communicated to me specimens of this most interesting 

 addition to the English Flora, which were gathered by him between 

 Southwold and Walderswick, on the Suffolk coast, in the month of 

 August, 1839. They grew upon the inner slope of a broad gravelly 

 bank which divides some marshes from the sea, at about 150 yards 

 from high water mark, and had all the appearance of being abori- 

 ginal natives of England. — Charles C. Babington. 



GUIAXA expedition. 



The collection of Objects of Natural History made by Mr. Schom- 

 burgk in the course of his expedition in Guiana from 1835 to 1839, 

 together with numerous specimens of the implements, weapons, 

 dresses, and other works of art of the natives, with drawings of va- 

 rious objects and views of the country, the El Dorado of Sir Walter 

 Raleigh, now form a very attractive public Exhibition at No. 209, 

 Regent-street. 



A specimen of the remarkable freshwater fish the Pirarucu (Sudis 

 Gigas), a full-sized representation of the Victoria Regia, with a geo- 

 logical collection illustrating the formation of the district, are among 

 the many objects of interest. The exhibition is attended by three 

 of the Aborigines from the interior of Guiana, the first who ever vi- 

 sited Europe, natives of three Indian tribes, a Macusi, a Warrau, 

 and a Paravilhana. 



A Prospectus has also been issued for the publication of twelve 

 Views, of the very interesting districts now first explored by Mr. 

 Schomburgk ; and as their execution must depend upon a number 

 of subscribers sufficient to defray the expense, we trust he will not 

 fail in obtaining adequate support. 



GREW ** ON THE PRINCIPLES OF BODIES.'* 



** The Principles of Bodies, as they must of necessity have their 

 dimensions, and therefore their solid figures, so withal they may 

 be infinitely small, not only beyond all naked or assisted sense, but 

 beyond all arithmetical operation or conception. 



** To those who are not used to a rigid mathematick proof, this 



