CONTENTS. 



PART I.— 1856. 



I. On the Structure and Affinities of Balanopliorese. By Joseph Dalton Hookek, Esq., 



M.D., F.B.S., F.L.S. Src page 1 



II. On the Development of the Ovule of Santalum album ; toith some Bemarks on the 



Phcenomena of Impregnation in Plants generally. By Arthur Henfret, Esq., 

 F.B.S., F.L.S. , Prof, of Botany in King's College, London 69 



III. Bemarks on the Nature of the outer fleshy covering of the Seed m the Clusiaceae, 



MagnoliacesB, ^c, and on the Development of the Baphe in general, under its 

 various circumstances. By John Miers, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S. Sfc 81 



IV. On several instances of the Anomalous Development of the Baphe in Seeds, and the 



probable causes of such deviations from the usual course of structure, especially in 

 reference to Stemonurus (Urandra of Thwaites), with some Prefatory Bemarks on 

 that Genus. By John Miers, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S. ^c 97 



PART II.— 1857. 



V. On a new form of Corynoid Polypes. By Philip Henry Gosse, Esq., F.B.S., 



A.L.S 113 



VI. Description of a new SJpmes o/" EuplecteUa (Euplectella Cucumer, O.). By Professor 



Owen, F.B.S., V.P.L.S. 8fc 117 



VII. On Brachyiiema and Phoxanthus, two new Genera of Brazilian Plants. By 



George Bentham, Esq., F.L.S 125 



VIII. On some new Fungi. By the Bev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. .... 129 



IX. On the Growth and Composition of the Ovarium of Siphonodon celastrineus, Griffith, 



especially with reference to the subject of its Placentation. By Joseph Dalton 

 Hooker, Esq., M.D., F.B.S., F.L.S. 8fc 133 



X. Further Bemarks on the Organs found on the bases of the Salteres and Wings of 



Insects. By J. B. Hicks, Esq., M.D., F.L.S 141 



