CONTENTS. V 



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 JEgilops 

 and Tritkum, and their modifications ; on the Animal Nature of 

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

 logical Observations and Table 213 — 216 



NUMBER XXIV. 



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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 23G 



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

 Mr. Henry Oxley Stephens 246 



XXVII L 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 Zelandi;e 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 Books : — Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriees d'Oiseaux, pour 



servir de suite et de Complement aux Planches Enluminees de 

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

 Chartrouse ; 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 Allium Porrurn and A. Ampeloprasum. By Charles 

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



