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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



in Dipsacese, 277-8 ; in B opidea?, 

 316 

 lodes, affinities of the genus, 651-2 



Jacaranda, observations on the genus 

 and on its species, 670-1 



Juncese, order of reduction of sta- 

 mina in, 278 



Kingia Australis, notice of the struc- 

 ture of its stem, 724 



Lagasca, nature of capitulum of, 374-5 



Lambertia, inflorescence of, and order 

 of reduction of the flowers of, 280-1 



Leguminosse, genera et species quse- 

 dam quae in horto Kewensi coluntur, 

 417—447 



Leontopodium, establishment of the 

 genus, 302 



Leptostomum, observations on the 

 genus, 341 — 349 ; reasons for re- 

 taining it, 342-3 



Leucadendron, reasons for differing 

 from Salisbury on the application 

 of the Linnean name, 29 — 31; 

 history of the genus, ibid. ; obser- 

 vations on the separation of sexes 

 in, 40-1 



Liliacese, order of reduction of stamina 

 in, 178 



Limnanthus, characters and descrip- 

 tion of, 361-364 



Limnantheae, establishment of the 

 family, 363; characters, 364 



Linnean System of Botany, advan- 

 tages derived from the, 5 



Lobeliacese, aestivation of corolla in, 

 269 note 



Lyellia, characters and description of, 

 a new genus of mosses, &c, 329 — 

 356 ; characters of the genus, 332 

 — 334 ; structure of its columella, 

 and mode of dispersion of its seeds, 

 335 ; use of the pores at the base 

 of its capsule, ibid. ; its position in 

 the family, 336 



Mantell, Dr., note on Carpolithes 

 Smithise, in his paper on 'Fruits 

 from the Cretaceous Hocks,' 723 



Melampodium, history and synonymy 

 of the genus, 284-5 



Metalasia, establishment of the genus, 

 302 



Meyera, history and synonymy of the 



genus, 2S3-4 

 Mirbel, names of species of Coniferee 



contributed to his ' Essai,' 706 

 Morris, Prof., notice of Stigmaria, in 



his paper ' On the Geology of Coal- 

 brook Dale,' 721 -723 

 Mosses, necessity of additional sources 



of distinction in the genera of, 345 ; 



nature of some of these sources, 



346 

 Murchison, Sir R. I., note on a fossil 



leaf, in his paper on (Eningen fossils, 



719 

 Myrtaceoe, genera et species quaedam 



quae in horto Kewensi coluntur, 



449—487 



Nepenthes, its place in the natural 

 series, 358 : distinctions between 

 Cytineae and, ibid. ; its spiral ves- 

 sels, ibid. 



Newbould, Lieut., notice of fossil 

 wood from Egypt, in his paper on 

 the subject, 723 



Nivenia, reasons for changing Salis- 

 bury's generic name, 110 



Orchidese, structure of anthera in, 

 6, 9 ; genera et species quae in horto 

 Kewensi coluntur, 471 — 499 



Ovarium, utility of ascertaining its 

 internal condition before fecunda- 

 tion, 5 ; steadily kept in view by 

 A. du Petit-Thouars, ibid. ; its im- 

 portance in Proteacese, 19, 20 ; its 

 structure in Composite, 270 



Ovula, importance of their insertion 

 as well as number, 20 ; insertion, 

 direction, and relation to ovarium, 

 313 



Ozothamnus, characters of and obser- 

 vations on the genus, 303 — 304 



Peristomium of mosses, observations 

 on the, 346 — 349 ; of Buxbaumia, 

 350-1 



Petit-Thouars, Aubert du, almost the 

 only botanist who has steadily kept 

 in view the internal condition of the 

 ovarium before fecundation, 5 



Petrophila, observations on the sexes 

 in the genus, 55, 56 



Phytocrenea?, characters of the family 



