MK. TIIISTUAM S EXPLORATIONS IN PALESTINE. b4i 



comes filled with tlie so-called spermatia the eight spores are com- 

 pletely formed, and that it is easy to see that the spermatia sprout 

 out from the spore. M. Janowitsch adds that in N. inaurata where 

 (as in N. Lamyi) the ripe ascus is eventually completely filled with 

 the bodies in question, the growth of the latter from the spores 

 may by proper treatment of the spore be traced step by step under 

 the microscope. Lastly, the author remarks that the occurrence of 

 these bodies within the asci, in the neighbourhood of, and upon the 

 spores of many species of Nectria (as observed by Berkeley and 

 De Notaris) is easily explained by reference to the process of 

 germination. 



XLYIII. - Me. Teisteam's Exploeations in Palestine. 



(1.) The Land of Iseael, a Jouenal of Teavels in Pales- 

 tine UNDERTAKEN WITH SPECIAL EEFEEENCE TO ITS PHYSICAL 



CHAEACTEE. By H. B. Tristram, M.A., F.L.S. London, 1865. 

 (2.) Descetptions of New Bieds feom Palestine. By H. B. 



Tristram, Proc. Zool. Soc. 186i, p. 169. 

 (3.) Eepoet on the Bieds of Palestine. By H. B. Tristram, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 426. 

 (4.) Eepoet on a Collection of Eeptiles and Pishes feom 



Palestine. By Dr. A. Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 488. 

 (5.) Eepoet on the Teeeesteial and Flttviatile Mollusca op 



Palestine. By H. B. Tristram, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 529. 

 (6.) On the Oenitholoot of Palestine. By H. B. Trl-tram, 



Ibis, 1865, pp. 67 & 241. 



The publications abeady issicd concerning Mr. T. '• • - 



tion to Palestine sbow that its ener^;etic.lead' ■ 



of making the fullest use of ^he f, v'^-^ 



together for the purpcs. 



and Flora, of which we :..^v. hiK . 



'* Divines, antiqiiaries, and poets,' it :.- . 



the very interesting narrative, the title Ox \\ ... 



of our list, " have trodden the fields of t'ale^st \'. 



familiar with its most striking features." Bu. 



of the Holy Land has been hitherto nearly altogether passed over, and 



