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by Dr. Arnott, who also propounds a new systematic description of the male 

 and female trees : the name honours Dr. Torrey of New York, a liberal and 

 enlightened botanist. 13. Observations on the Procyon or Raccoon with the 

 distinctions of two new species, from the pen of Prof. Wiegmann, occupy 

 this article : to avoid mistakes, the iive species of Raccoon are described— tie 

 Procyon htor, P. hermmdenU P- braehyurua, P. obscurus and P. cancrirorns. 

 The professor announces his desire to obtain an accurate account of the 

 country of the different species, with a view to fixing their geographical 

 ran»e. " 14. Two new genera of Californian vegetables are designated by 

 Mr. Nuttotl ; they are, the Anemia californica and the Diplacus whereof the 

 species punicea, gl'ulinosa, latifolia, and longiftera are noted. 15. Mr. Twee- 

 die's journal of an Excursion from Buenos Ayres to the Serras de Tandil, 

 includes information not undeserving the attention of fanners and phytolo- 

 gists. 



III. His observations on the Coregoni of Loch-Lomond, with a plate and 

 two figures, afford Dr. Parnell an opportunity of describing two species which 

 he proposes to designate the Coregonus hicepedii the long-nosed powan, and 

 the C. mkrocephalus the short-headed powan : the corregoni are also called 

 fresh-water herrings, and yield a wholesome and delicate food. 17- Mr. 

 Gardner gives an account 'of his journey to, and residence in, the Organ 

 Mountains, with remarks on their vegetation : he notices the plants peculiar 

 to the marshes, pastures, cultivated Lands, bushy-places and virgin-forests. 

 18. The Irish Insessores are continued by Mr. Thompson : his subjects are 

 tlieMoticilla alba the pied wagtail, M. boarula the gray wagtail, M. ftava the 

 yellow wagtail, Anthus pratensis the meadow pipit, A. aquaticus the rock 

 pipit, Saxicola amanthe the wheat-ear, S. rubetra the whinchat, S. rubicola the 

 stonechat, Parus major the great titmouse, P. carulevs the blue titmouse, P- 

 paluslris the marsh titmouse, P. ater the cole titmouse, P. caudatus the long- 

 tailed titmouse, P. biarmicus the bearded titmouse, and Bombycina garrula 

 the bohemian wax-wing. 19. A new English species of Urtica is described 

 by Mr. C. C. Babington : he denominates it the U. dodartii, adding its speci- 

 fic characters and those also of the D. pilulifera, according to the Linnaean 

 rules. 20. Mr. Berkeley resumes his notices of the British Fungi, from the 

 Magazine of Zoology and Botany, and his subjects are these— Agaiicns ful- 

 vus, decolorans, grammopodius, unguinosus, calyptrseformis, pudens, ery- 

 thr. pus, vaillantii, conchatus, cyanus, bolanis, reticulatus, trechisporus, cen- 

 tunculus and depluens, Canlharellus lutescens, undulatus and fissilis, Meru- 

 litts tremellosus, Polyporus spumeus, BotHus fellens, Thilephora laevis and 

 lactea, Chuaria fritillaris and Havipes, Typhuta gracilis, Pislillaria culmigena, 

 Helvetia elastics, Peziza melaloma and rhabarbarina, Dacrymyces urticae, Scle- 

 rolium neglectum, Spharia ophrioglossoides, pedunculata, hippotrichioides, 

 riccoidea, populina, sinopica, acervata, pardalota, ohducens, avellaiuv, ostru. 

 thii, dianthi and vagans, Cystipora orbicularis and Labrella ptarmicse. A 

 plate, with thirty figures, illustrates these notices most of which are derived 

 from actual observation. 21. Mr. White characterizes a new species of Kpi- 

 lobium nearly allied to E. angvetistimum and K. rwmarimfbKum, and he deno- 

 minates it the E. caneecetu so as to give a suitable idea of its habit: his com- 

 parative description of the three species is intended to determine their 

 mutual affinities and diagnostic distinctions. 22. In the Companion folhe 



