CONTENTS OF VOL. VII. 



NUMBER XLI. 



Page 



I. Considerations respecting Spiir-shaped Nectaries, and those of tlie 

 Aquilegia vulgaris in particular. By M. Ch. Morren, Professor in 

 ordinary at the University of Liege, Member of the Ro3fal Academy of 

 Brussels, &c. (With a Plate.) 1 



II. On the Fungi of the Neighbourhood of Bristol. By Mr. H. O. 

 Stephens 17 



III. Description of Four Bats taken in Cuba, By Dr. Grundlach 19 



IV. Horse Zoologicae. By Sir W. Jardine, Bart. : — 



Remarks on the Structure and Habits of Lepidosiren annec- 

 tens , 21 



V. Commentary on Mr. G. R. Gray's ' Genera of Birds,' 1S40. By 



H. E. Strickland, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., &c 26 



VI. Mr. Shuckard on his falsely alleged participation in Mr. Swain- 

 son's views of Natural Arrangement 41 



VII. Excerpta Botanica, or abridged Extracts translated from the 

 Foreign Journals, illustrative of, or connected with, the Botany of 

 Great Britain. By W. A. Leighton, Esq., B.A., F.B.S.E., &c. 



On the Anther of Chara vulgaris and Chara hispida, and the 

 Animalcules contained in it. By M. Gustavus Thuret... 44 



VIII. Notes on Saxifraga umbrosa : By Charles C. Babington, 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. , &c. ; and by the Reviewer of Raines's 'York- 

 shire Flora' 47 



IX. Notes on Birds. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S. : — Menura 

 Lyra 48 



New Books : — An Introduction to the modern Classification of Insects, 

 founded on the Natural Habits and corresponding Organization 

 of the different Families, by J. O. Westwood, F.L.S. , &c. — Otia 

 Hispanica, Auctore P. B. Webb, No. 2 53 — 58 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Geological Society ; Microsco- 

 pical Society • 58 — 74 



Absorption of Liquid Solutions by the Sap-vessels of Plants ; Congres 

 Scientifique de France ; Mr. Thompson on Eels killed by the late 

 Frost ; Obituai'y — Francis Bauer, Esq. ; Mr. Paget on HalichcBrus 

 Gryphus \ Meteorological Observations and Table 74 — 80 



