CONTENTS. Vli 



Page. 

 III. Natural History — Anatomy — Physiology. 



Professor Agardh on the originary Structure of the Flower, and 

 the mutual Dependency of its Parts 433 



Professor Daubeny's Notice of Researches on the Action of Light 

 upon Plants 436 



Walter Adam on some symmetrical Relations of the Bones of the 

 Megatherium 437 



R. Harlan on some new species of Fossil Saurians found in Ame- 

 rica 440 



The Rev. L. Jenyns's Remarks on Genera and Subgenera, &c. . . 440 



J. Macartney on some parts of the Natural History of the Com- 

 mon Toad 441 



J. Blackwall's Observations relative to the Structure and Func- 

 tions of Spiders 444 



W. Yarrell on the Reproduction of the Eel 44G 



C. Willcox on the Naturalization in England of the Mytilus cre- 

 natus, a native of India, and the Acematicharus Heros, a native 

 of Africa 448 



J. Macartney's Abstract of Observations on the Structure and 

 Functions of the Nervous System 449 



H. Carlile's Abstract of Observations on the Motions and Sounds 

 of the Heart 454 



H. Earle on the Mechanism and Physiology of the Urethra .... 460 



Burt on the Nomenclature of Clouds 460 



G. H. Fielding on the peculiar Atmospherical Phaenomena as ob- 

 served at Hull during April and May 1833, in relation to the 

 prevalence of Influenza 461 



IV. History of Science. 

 Francis Baily's short Account of some MS. Letters (addressed 

 to Mr. Abraham Sharp, relative to the Publication of Mr. Flam- 

 steed's Historia Calestis,) laid on the table for the inspection of 

 the Members of the Association 462 



Recommendations of the British Association for the Advancement 



of Science 467 



Recommendations of the Committees 469 



Appendix 484 



Prospectus of the Objects and Plan of the Statistical Society of 



London 492 



Objects and Rules of the Association 497 



Index 501 



