Rm/al Society. 587 



pitatis conffestis depressis, floribus nutantibus, foliis bipinnatis 

 hirsutis: toliolis pinnatifido-laciniatis multifidis subdentatis; 

 petalis siiperioribus refractis, iiiferioribus concavis conniventi- 

 biis. This plant is the Pelargonium rapaceum of Bot Mag. 

 pi. 1877. 



Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet. Part 66. 



Many of the beautiful and little-known Orchidea of the 

 Soudi of Europe, introduced by the exertions of Mr. Swain- 

 son, are now becoming known to die gardens of Britain, and 

 appear in our monthly publications ; among these we notice 

 Scrapias Lingua, a very extraordinary plant, figured in the 

 work now before us, several roots of which Mr. S. sent to the 

 Liverpool garden from Sicily. Ophrys lutea is another species 

 figured in the last Number of Dr. Hooker's Exotic Flora, and 

 others are contained both in the Botanical Register and Curtis's 

 Magazine. We have seen, besides these, drawings by Mr. 

 Swainson of many other very singular and unknown species 

 of this interesting family, which we understand he has an in- 

 tention of publishing at no distant period. 



Monograph of the British Grasses. 

 Of the two first Numbers of this neat and usefld work, each 

 contains twelve plates ; the third has however but six, but the 

 price is three instead of six shillings. The alteration is satis- 

 factorily explained by a note, which states that it has origi- 

 nated in a wish of proving, by experiment, the various facts 

 communicated by correspondents. Our limits will not permit 

 us to enumerate the contents of each number ; nor, indeed, 

 would it be attended with much advantage ; but should any 

 new species appear in the course of the work, their characters 

 will be fully detailed. 



LXXX. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



UOYAL SOCIETY. 



Is'ov. 7. — An Appendix was read to a former paper, by John 

 Pond, Esq. Astronomer Royal, on Uie changes which appear 

 to have taken place in the declination of some of the fixed slars. 



1 i. On the parallax of a Lyric, by John Pond, Esq. Astro- 

 nomer Royal. 



21. The Croonian Lecture ; Microscopical observations on 

 the suspension of the nuiscular motions of the Vibrio Tritici. 

 By Francis Bauer, Esfj. F. R. S., F. L. S.— A part only of this 

 paper was read. 



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