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that expensive work. 5. The specimen of the Botany of the Islands of New 
Zealand is continued by Mr. Allan Cunningham ; and, in this contribution, 
he describes Euphorbia glauca: Mida salicifolia, M. panih yptoides, and M. 
myrtifolia ; Pimelea guidia, P. pibosa, P. virgata, P. prostrata, P. arenaria, and 
P. urvilliana ; Persoonia tora; Knightia excelsa ; Laurus tarairi, L. tawa, and 
L. calicaris; Laurelia nove zealandie, of which remarkable plant, the tree 
bearing the female fructification has not been discovered in its native coun- 
try. 6. Farther descriptions of British Chalcidites are given by Mr. Walker; 
as the Cirrospilus lyncus, with eight varieties ; C. crino, with one variety, 
C. pacuvins, with one variety ; C. singa, C. phorbas, C. arsarnes, C. mineus, 
C. abron, with four varieties; C. isea, with eight varieties ; and C. medidas, 
with ten varieties, all of which, and most of the others, are female. 7. Mr. 
J. E. Gray’s catalogue of the slender-tongued Saurians, in an additional arti- 
cle, includes six families: Lonuride, Circosauride, Chirocolide, Chamesaurida, 
Helodermide, and Monitoride, wherein several new genera and species are 
methodically distinguished, 8, As an illustration of Indian Botany, Drs. 
Wight and Arnott describe the Solanum giganteum phytologically, and ex- 
hibit its calyx, pistil, corolla, and berries, on a plate, with three distinct 
figures. 9. Mr. Gould’s observations on the raptorial order of Birds from 
Australia, stand for a “ Proceeding” of the Zoological Society: they con- 
stitute an original, perspicuous, and important contribution to the ornitho- 
logical philosophy. 10. At the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Dr. Graham 
read observations on Plants collected in Scotland, in 1837, among which were 
Arenaria norvegica, Cerastium latifoliwum, Lychnis divica, Agrostis canina, 
Fedia mixta, Erythrea littoralis, Lathyrus maritimus, with the habitats of 
each subjoined. An account of the most celebrated gardens of antiquity 
was submitted to the society by Mr. Falconer, with observations on the 
hortulan taste they exhibit. In a paper, by Mr. Macauley, his aim was 
to prove that Flowers were esteemed by the ancients as objects of taste, and 
cultivated as a source of amusement, Anda communication from Col. Brown, 
contained a sketch of the Botany of the neighbourhood of the Lake of Thun, 
in Switzerland, chiefly in reference to the geographical distribution and 
altitude of the plants, specifically enumerated. 11. A communication from 
Col. Sykes was read at the Royal Asiatic Society, on the vegetable and other — 
productions of the Deccan; and the paper was accompanied with an exten- 
sive herbarium and a great variety of specimens: the essayist had in view, 
to show the immense extent and importance of the natural resources, in the 
eastern continent and adjacent peninsula, which yet remained to be made 
subservient to the arts and manufactures of this country. 12. On the anni- 
versary of the “Immortal Swede’s” birth-day, notices were read at the 
Linnean Society, on the lives and characters of several Fellows lately 
deceased: these sketches will do excellent service to biographers, in future 
times. 13. For miscellanies, you have descriptions of a third living species 
of the Crinoidea, forming the type of the new genus Holopus; of the 
Sieboldia, or gigantic Japanese Salamander, of the Zootoca vivipara, and of 
the Voluta norrisii, a new species described by Mr. J. E. Gray according to 
its distinctive characters. The Annals is illustrated with three plates, 
comprising many figures whereby the organization of the Stenotaphrum 
lepturoide, Urena gaudichandiana, and Solanum giganteum, are fn re- 
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