491 
desire to turn his scientific acquisitions to practical 
utility.” 
“ How have I been delighted,” says the Bishop 
of Carlisle, “ at reading Lachesis Lapponica. What 
a genius did Linnzeus inherit as it were from Na- 
ture !” 
“ Aayeowc.—Lachesis Lapponica means, I pre- 
sume, the Fate or Lot of Lapland.” 
24. The titles of the following fifty-two papers 
from the hand of the President are taken from 
the Transactions of the Linnean Society. 
Vol. I. 1. Introductory Discourse on the Rise 
and Progress of Natural History. It was immedi- 
ately translated into Italian by Father Fontana, under 
the title “ Sul!’ Origine e Progresso della Storia 
Naturale.” —2. Descriptions of Ten Species of Li- 
chen, collected in the South of Europe.—3. On the 
Festuca spadicea and Anthoxanthum paniculatum 
of Linneus.—4. Remarks on the Genus Veronica. 
Vol. II. 5. Remarks on the Abbé Wulfen’s 
Descriptions of Lichens, published among his rare 
Plants of Carinthia, in Professor Jacquin’s Col- 
lectanea, vol. ii. 112.—6. Additional Observations 
relating to Festuca spadicea, and Anthoxanthum 
paniculatum.—7. Remarks on Centaurea solstitia- 
lis and C. melitensis—8. Remarks on the Genus 
Dianthus.—9. Additional Remarks by James Ed- 
ward Smith.—10. Description of Saginacerastoides, 
a new British plant, discovered in Scotland by Mr. 
James Dickson, F.L.S. 
Vol. III. 11. The Botanical History of Mentha 
