Eeoobd op Curbent Eesearches, &c. — continued. p^oe 



^^ Comet-forms" of Starfishes 576 



Genital Organs of Asterina gibbosa 579 



Anatomy of Brisinga .. 579 



Aspidura 581 



Classification and Phylogeiiy of Actinozoa 581 



New I'aludicolous Medusa 582 



Charybdea raarsupialis 583 



Halistemma tergestinum 584 



Tubularia mesembryanthemum 585 



Tlntinnus semiciliatus, a new Infusor 587 



Blepharisma lateritia 588 



Huptophrya gigantea, a new Opalinid from the Intestine of the Anourous 



Batrachia " 588 



Stein's ^ Organismus der Infusionsthiere' 590 



^ of Light on Pelomyxa .. . . . . . . 591 



Botany. 



PermeabilHy of Pellicle Precipitates 592 



Origin of Chlorophyll-grains 592 



Heliotropism of Plants 593 



Symbiosis 594 



Is the Ovule an A xial or a Foliar Structure ? 594 



Starch-transforming Ferments 595 



Tannin in Vegetable Cells 595 



Functions of Vessels 596 



Embryology of Vascular Cryptogams 596 



Adventitious Buds in Ferns 597 



Production of the first vegetative Shoot of Equisetum palustre 597 



Origin of Tubes in the Nostoc-colonies in Blasia 598 



Endophytic Fungi in Pollen-grains 598 



Bate of Germination of Fungus-spores and Growth of Mycelium .. .. 599 



New parasitic Phycomycete 599 



Tlie '' Carolo vero" and ^' Carolo bianco" of the Bice 600 



Sporormia, a Subgenus of Sphxria .. [ 600 



Sclerotium Orijzss 600 



Structure of Depazeacese 601 



Two New Vine-Parasites 601 



Conjugation of Sivarmspores of Chroolepue 601 



Formation of Conidia by a Bacillus 602 



Fermentation of Cellulose 602 



Besistance of Germs to a Temperature of 100° C 602 



Observations on Microgonidia 603 



LeigMon's Lichen-Flora 604 



Microscopical Slides of Lichens 604 



Structure and Mode of Beproduction of Cutleriacex 605 



Neio Parasitic Alga 606 



Siphonocladacex, a new Group of Green Algse 606 



Besting Condition of Vaucheria geminata 607 



Italian Algse 607 



Subalpine Desmidiese 607 



Algse from Lake Nyassa 608 



Thallus of the Diatomacese 608 



Systematic Position of the Volvocinem 609 



Microscopy, &c. 



Corrosion as a Eistological Method 610 



Staining-fluids 612 



Dr. SeUer's Staining Processes 613 



Isolation of the Optic Nerve Fibres and Ganglion Cells of the Mammalian 



Betina 614 



Preparation of Diatoms in situ : means of avoiding Air-btibbles 616 



Mechanical Turntables 616 



Improved Turntables 617 



Large Mi cro-pjhotographs 619 



Dr. Sorby at Cambridge 619 



Unit of Micrometry 620 



Formation of the Paraboloid as an Illuminator for the Microscope .. .. 620 



Black-Ground Dlumination 623 



Botating Clips for Cheap Microscopes 623 



Contrivance for holding Objects beneath the Stage 624 



Bibliography .. .. ,. .. ,. ., .. ., 625 



Proceedings of the Sooiety .. .. .. .. .. .. 645 



