SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS, 



SELECTED FROM 



THE TRANSACTIONS OF 



FOREIGN ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE, 



AND FROM 



FOREIGN JOURNALS, 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



EDITED BY 



ARTHUR HENFREY, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c., 



LECTURER ON BOTANY AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL, 

 AND 



THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY, F.R.S. 



LONDON: 



TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, 

 Printers and Publishers to the University of London. 



1853. 



