300 Bihliographical Notices. 



nervous system is well made out. 3. On the existence of a Gastro- 

 vascular apparatus in the Calliope of Risso, a Mollusk of the family 

 of Eolidece. [The phsenomenon herein described may be well seen 

 in the Montagua viridis, Forb. of our own seas.] 4. On the Sper- 

 matophores of the Cephalopoda. All these notices are illustrated by 

 beautiful figures. — On the Neutral Nitrogenous Substances occur- 

 ring in Organization, by MM. Dumas and Cahours. — Remarks rela- 

 ting to Insects found in the neighbourhood of Paris, by M. E. Ro- 

 bert. — Note on the existence of the Urea in the Normal Blood, by 

 M. Simon (from MiUler's ' Archiv'). 



Botany. — Observations on the structure of Dotted Vessels, by Prof. 

 Mohl (from the ' Linnaea'). — Observations on the Flower and Ovary 

 of Oenothera svaveolens, by Dr. Duchartre : an elaborate paper with 

 beautiful illustrations. — Note upon the Mineral Bases occurring in 

 the Walls of Cells, by M. Payen. — Review of some observations on 

 the Development of the Appendages of the Vegetable Axis, by M. 

 Ch. Naudin. — Prof. Bernhardi on the Sesamece (from the ' Linnsea'). 

 — Prof. Koch on the Strawberries of Germany and France (from the 

 ' Flora*). — M. Meyer on the species of Ayrimonia (notes on sixteen 

 species, results of examination of nine), from the Bulletin of the 

 Imperial Academy of Petersburg. — Fischer, IMeyer and Schrenk on 

 Schrenkia and Cryptodiscus, new genera of Umbelliferce : extracted 

 from a Russian work on the plants of Longaria. 



The London Journal of Botany. By SirW. J. Hooker, K.H. &c. &c. 

 No. 11, Nov. 1842, to No. 15, March 1843. 



Contents: — Botanical Excursions in South Africa; by C. J. F. 

 Bunbur}', Esq. (Nos. 11, 13.). — On a new species of Thuja, and on 

 Podocarpus Totarra of New Zealand ; by Sir W. J. Hooker (No. 11. 

 t. 18, 19.). — Memoir to determine the use of Pollen in Natural Clas- 

 sification ; by Dr. Aldridge (No. 11. t. 20.). — On the Hair-collectors 

 of Campanula ; by W. Wilson, Esq. (No. 11. t. 20.). — Figures and 

 descriptions of three species of Podocarpus ; by Sir W. J. Hooker 

 (No. 12. t. 21, 22, 23.).— Genera of Ferns; by J. Smith, A.L.S. 

 (No. 12.). — On the Vegetation of the Feejee Islands, Tauna, New 

 Ireland and New Guinea; by R. B. Hinds, Esq. (No. 12.). — Notes 

 of a Botanical Tour in the Azores ; by H. C. Watson, Esq. (No. 13, 

 15.). — Descriptions of four new genera of Plants from the Organ 

 Mountains [Boromania, Leucopholis, in Composite ; Hockinia, in 

 Gentianece ; Napeanthus, in Cyrtandacece.'] (No. 13.). — Contributions 

 towards a Flora of South America : Mr. Schomburgk's Plants from 

 Guiana; by G. Bentham, Esq. (No. 13.). — Contributions towards a 

 Flora of South Africa; by Dr. Meisner (No. 13, 14.). — Biographi- 

 cal Sketch of F. Bauer; by Dr. Lhotsky (No. 14.). — Notes on a 

 Botanical Excursion in South Carolina; by Dr. A. Gray (No. 15.). 

 — Notes on the Distribution of Plants in Aberdeenshire ; by Dr. 

 Dickie (No. 15.). — Some data towards the Botanical Geography of 

 New Holland; by Dr. Lhotsky (No. 15.). — Brief descriptions of Ju- 

 niperus Bermudiana and Dacrydium elatum ; by Sir W. J. Hooker 



