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gular resemblance to the female generative organs of a Dipkya, and 

 this resemblance extends even to the younger stages of both. 



Mr. Huxley concludes by referring Physalia to the position as- 

 signed to it by Eschscholtz among Physophor(E, and near Discolahe or 

 Angela. In fact, he regards Physalia as in all its essential elements 

 nothing but a Physophora, vi^hose terminal dilatation has increased 

 at the expense of the rest of the stem, and hence carries all its 

 organs at the base of this dilatation. 



The paper w^as illustrated by pencil drawings of the structures de- 

 scribed. 



Read also a translation * from the Swedish, of " Almanac notes 

 for the year 1735, by Charles von Linne." 



* Note by Dr. Wallich .-^The Council of the Society did me the honour 

 at the end of last session to entrust the duty of translation to my care. It 

 has been made in the first instance from a communication by Joh. Aug. 

 Holmstrom, in •* Botanical Notices" edited by Al. Ed. Liudblom, No. 12 for 

 December 1845, pp. 210-218, with the following motto and preface. Mr. 

 Bentham having pointed out to me that there existed a German translation 

 by Dr. Beilschmid in the Flora for February 1847, pp. 97-104, I have gladly 

 availed myself of this additional aid. Nor have I altogether neglected to 

 consult the precious little relic itself, now in the Society's possession, although 

 of course without any other result than that of verifying the fidelity of Mr. 

 Holmstrom's edition. All the notes are his with very few exceptions, which 

 have been duly marked. I have taken the liberty of frequently leaving Lin- 

 nasus's abbreviations in statu quo, and very rarely indeed altered his ortho- 

 graphy. 



" Parva hsec quippe, et quanquam paucis percontantibus adorata, tamen 

 ignorantibus transcursa." — Apulelus, i-lorida. 



Every, even the smallest memorial of a truly and through all ages 

 great man, possesses its value, and deserves to be secured from de- 

 cay and oblivion. It is on that account that I have thought it my 

 duty to publish these notes of the * Princeps Botanicorum,' which 

 have accidentally come into my hands. Although containing nothing 

 new, or of great importance, they furnish several valuable data con- 

 nected with, perhaps, the most remarkable year in the life of Linn6 ; 

 they exhibit, in various points, traces of the peculiar naivete of his 

 style, and are therefore, in respect to character alone, not without 

 their value. 



The annotations are written on ten pages, interleaved in an alma- 

 nac having the following title : " Almanach paAhret efter JesuChristi 

 naderika Fodelse 1735 Til Skara Horizont, etc. Utreknad och steld 

 af Birger Vassenio, samt vidare fortsattjande af underrettelsen til 

 Retta Tanckar am thenna SynligaWerldennes Systemate, allar Sam- 

 manhang. — Skara, Herm. Arnold Moller." 16mo. (Almanac for the 

 year 1735 from the gracious birth of J. C. For the horizon of Skara, 

 &c. Calculated and regulated by Birger Vassenius, together with 

 further instructions concerning right ideas of the system or structure 

 of this visible world.) 



The volume is quite complete and well-preserved. It appears, 

 even during Linnaeus's lifetime, to have come into the possession of 



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