Royal Society. 277 



31 — 33. S. rugosa est S. Smithiana, Koch. 



34. S. rugosa? var. sti])ularis = S. holosericca, Willd. Mihi gratia- 



sima est ; plantam fcemineam antea nondum vidi. 



35. S. ferruginea, And., folia — IS. holosericea, Willd., valde similis, 



sed incoinpleta. 



36. S. ferruginea var. = Quoad folia et amenta valde affinis S. 



Snuthiuna", Koch, sed tamen distincta videtur. Ab icone in 

 Eng. Bot. Su])pl. t. 2G65. praeter squamas rotundatas non di- 

 stinguenda. 



37. S. acuminata = An rcvera S. acuminata, Sm. ? quae ad sectio- 

 nem iS. viminalis pertinet .i* Amenta desunt. An forsan varietas 

 S. cinereae ? 



38 — 42. Omnes formae et varietates S. cinereaj, L. 



43. Salix — an S. aquatica.'' Longe diversa, est sine dubio forma 

 S. laurinae, Sm., confer amenta. Eandem plantam ex hort. bot. 

 Berolincnsi, et ex Silesia possideo. 



44. S. oleifolia, Sm. ? = Pro var. S. cinereae, L., habeo, sed amenta 

 non vidi. 



45. S. aurita, L. = Forma sylvatica apud nos frequent. 



46. 47. S. aurita, L. ! 



48, 49. S. reticulata et S. herbacea. 



W. SONDEB. 



Hamburg, March 19, 1844. 



Mr. Van Voorst has just published a verj' useful " Catalogue of 

 British \'ertebiated Animals, the names derived from Bell's British 

 Quadrupeds and Reptiles and Yarrell's British Birds and Fishes : so 

 printed as to be avfdlable for Labels." The label consists of the 

 English and Latin names and a reference to the volume and page of 

 the excellent works above-mentioned. 



Preparing for Publication. 



A History of Infusoria, Living and Fossil : arranged according to 

 " Die Infusionsthierchcn " of C. G. Ehrenberg. By Andrew 

 Pritchard, M.R.I. 



Microscopic Illustrations of Living Objects, with Researches concerning 

 the Methods of Constructing Microscopes, and Instructions for using 

 them. To which is added, a Supplement on the Verif cation of Mi- 

 croscopic Pheenomena, and an Exact Method of Testing Microscopes. 

 By C. R. Goring. M.D. By Andrew Pritchard, M.R.I. 'Ihird 

 Edition. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



March 21, 1844. — " A description of certain Belemnites, pre- 

 served, w ith a great proportion of their soft parts, in the Oxford clay 

 at Christian Malford, Wilts." By Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., &c., 



