X CONTENTS. 



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 Mr. R. Slimon on New Forms of Crustacea from the District of Lesmahagow. 96 



Mr. James Smith on the Shelly Deposits of the Basin of the Clyde, with proofs 

 of Change of CUmate. 96 



Mr. H. C. SoRBY on the Sti-ucture and Mutual Relationships of the older Rocks 

 of the Highland Border 96 



on some of the Mechanical Structures of Limestones 97 



on the Currents produced by the action of the Wind and 



Tides, and the structures generated in the deposits formed under their in- 

 fluence, by which the physical geography of the Seas at various geological 

 epochs may be ascertained 97 



Rev. W. S. Symonds on a Phyllopod Crustacean in the Upper Ludlow Rock 

 of Ludlow 98 



Professor Wyville Thomson on the Fauna of the Lower Silurians of the 

 South of Scotland 99 



Dr. Tryfe's Exhibition of a Series of Preparations obtained from the 

 Decomposition of Cannel Coal and the Torbane Hill Coal 99 



Mr. Searles V. Wood, Jun., on the Probable Maximum Depth of the Ocean 99 



BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY including PHYSIOLOGY. 



Botany. 



Mr. John G. Baker's Attempt to classify the Flowering Plants and Ferns 

 of Great Britain according to their geognostic relations 99 



on Galium montanum, Thuill., and G. commutatum, Jord. 100 



Professor Balfour's Exhibition of a Series of Specimens illustrating the Distri- 

 bution of Plants in Great Britain, and Remarks on the Flora of Scotland ... 100 



Captain Sir E. Belcher's Remarks on the Trunk of aTree discovered erect as 

 it grew, within the Arctic Circle, in 75° 32' N., 92° W., or immediately to the 

 Northward of the Narrow Strait which opens into the Welhngton Sound ... 101 



Mr. P. Clark on the Flowering of Victoria Regia, in the Royal Botanic Gar- 

 den, Glasgow 102 



Dr. Daubeny on the Influence of Light on the Germination of Plants 103 



Chevalier De Claussen on the Hancornia speciosa, Artificial Gutta Percha 

 and India Rubber 103 



, on the Employment of Algje and other Plants in the 



Manufacture of Soaps 103 



, on Papyrus, Bonapartea, and other Plants which can 



•furnish Fibre for Paper Pulp 104 



Professor Dickie's Remarks on the Efiiects of Last Winter upon Vegetation 

 at Aberdeen 105 



Dr. Duncan on Impregnation in Phanerogamous Plants 106 



Mr. C. H. Furlong's Exhibition of a Collection of Ferns from Portugal 106 



Dr. Michelson on the Flowers and Vegetation of the Crimea 106 



Zoology. 



Mr. Lucas Barrett's Notes on the Brachiopoda observed in a Dredging Tour 

 with Mr. M'Andrew on the Coast of Norway, in the Summer of the pre- 

 sent year, 1855 ". 106 



