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Further Observations on the Spectrum of the Spontaneous Luminous 

 Radiation of Radium at Ordinary Temperatures. By Sir Willian. 

 Huggins, K.C.B., O.M., D.C.L., Pres. R.S., and Lady Huirgins, Hon. 

 Mem. R.A.S. (Plate 19) 409 



Correction to Paper "On the Spectrum of Radium." By Sir W. 

 Crookes, F.R.S 413 



No. 485. December 19, 1903. 



On the Rapidity of the Nervous Impulse in Tall and Short Indi- 

 viduals. By N. H. Alcock, M.D. Communicated by A. D. Waller, 

 M.D., F.R.S 414 



On the Physiological Action and Antidotes of Colubrine and Viperine 

 Snake Venoms. By Leonard Rogers, M.D., B.S., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., 

 Indian Medical Service. Communicated by A. D. Waller, M.D., 

 F.R.S. (Abstract) 419 



Croonian Lecture. The Cosmical Function of the Green Plant. By 

 C. Timiriazeff, Professor of Botany in the University of Moscow. 

 Communicated by Sir M. Foster, Sec. R.S. (Plates 2022) 424 



No. 486. December 29, 1903. 



On the Nematocysts of Solids. By G. H. Grosvenor, B.A., New 

 College, Oxford. Communicated by Professor W. F. R. Weldon, 

 F.R.8 462 



On the Fructification of Neuropteri* heterophylla, Brongniart. By 

 Robert Kidston, F.R.S., L. and E., F.G.S. (Abstract) 487 



Histological Studies on Cerebral Localisation. By Alfred W. Camp- 

 bell, M.D. Communicated by Professor C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S. 

 (Abstract) 488 



On the Integrals of the Squares of Ellipsoidal Surface Harmonic 

 Functions. By G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., Plumian Professor and Fellow 

 of Trinity College, Cambridge. (Abstract) 492 



Preliminary Note on the Resistance to Heat of /. anthracis. By A. 

 Mallook, F.R.S., and Lieut. -Col. A. M. Davies, R.A.M.C 493 



On the Resemblances Exhibited between the Cells of Malignant 

 Growths in Man and those of Normal Reproductive Tissues. By 

 J. Bretland Farmer, F.R.S., J. E. S. Moore, F.L.S., and C. E. Walker 499 



No. 487. January 29, 1904. 



Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution. XII. On 

 a Generalised Theory of Alternative Inheritance, with Special Refer- 

 ence to Mendel's Laws. By Karl Pearson, F.R.S. (Abstract) 505 



Index 511 



