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CONTENTS. 
Professor E. Sotty on the Influence of Galvanic Electricity on the Germination 
Of Seeds. .....scseecrereveee Sea eu iy este sega Mpcn che sor aureaecs Siena sedis ss teidlsnie de 
Mr. Epwin LANKESTER on the Germination of Plants .......-e.sccseeceeee eins ce 
—_- on the Phytelephas Macrocarpa (Vegetable Ivory or 
Tagua Plant) ......... Winvivialrecoussitubustatce wuldabas suis eciede steeds dis «allel wd Bvajidedestios 
Sir R. Schomsurex’s Description of the Murichi, or Ita Palm, of Guiana 
Professor ALLMAN’s Description of the Fruit of some of the Hepatice ......... 
on a Monstrosity occurring in Saxifraga Geum ......0.-...00. 
Mr. J. Bauu on Practica! Means for the Advancement of Systematic Botany... 
—— on the Specific Characters of Plants, considered in Morphological 
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Dr. Royzez on the Geographical Distribution of Plants in British India ......... 
Professor ANDREWs’s Notes on the Irish Species of Robertsonian Saxifrages ... 
Dr. R. G. Laruam on the Increase of the Ergot upon GrasseS  ....se.eeseeeeee bs 
Rey. L. Jenyns on the Turf of the Cambridgeshire Fens .......scssessseeeceseesees 
Mr. A. Goapsy on Fizeau’s Process of Etching Daguerréotype Plates, and its 
Application to Objects of Natural History .........cccecsesecseseceeteeeeseeeseeee 
Mr. JoszepH Bonomi on an Apparatus for Measuring and Registering two di- 
mensions of the Human Frame, the Height of the Bedy, and the Space from 
the extremity of the Fingers of one Hand, to the extremity of the Fingers of 
the other, the arms being extended horizontally ...............44 sesso isernseriaes 
Dr. R. G. Latuam on the Ethnography of America .........sessssecsseeeeneeseeeees 
- on the Ethnography of the Chinese and Indo-Chinese Na- 
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——_—_—_————— on the present state of Philological evidence as to the Unity 
of the Human Race ..... BEbe ena taga sae anedaretacrcckeecesaedaced scaesecancadettans S 
Mr. E. Batrour on the Migratory Tribes of Central India ............cesseseeeeee 
Dr. Marttn on the Moral and Intellectual Character of the New Zealanders .. 
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Professor Dan1EeLt on the Natives of Old Calebar, Africa ............ aebepeitas ft 
Marquis di Sprnero on the Egyptians and Americans ..........sssesesesccnseuseees 
Dr. Buack on certain Traces of Roman Colonization in Lancashire .........045 
Mr. Brenr’s Tables illustrative of the Height, Weight and Strength of Man... 
Mr. J. M. Kemsxe on Dr. Kombst’s Ethnographic Map of Great Britain and 
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Rey. R. Wrix1ams on Local and Hereditary Difference of Complexion in Great 
Britain, with some Incidental Notice of the Cimbri ..........esesscssseeccseseeee 
Rey. T. Ranxin on the Ancient Tumuli in the Yorkshire Wolds  ...,.....seseee 
MEDICAL SCIENCE. 
Dr. Fisuer’s Results of Researches on the Scrofulous Tubercle which had re- 
ference to its Vascularity ........:sccssseceseeeeerccecseeessetencesceesecseteenesceeeens 
Mr. James F. Duncan on a peculiar form of Epidemic affecting the Teeth and 
’ Gums of young Children, observed in Dublin in the Winter of 1844-45 ...... 
Mr. H. B. Lesson on the Influence of Galvanism on Endosmose and Exosmose . 
_ Mr. Cuartes Brooke on a new mode of Suture, applicable to Plastic Opera- 
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