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INDEX. 



Kerguelen's Land, natural history of, 530. 

 Klotzsch, M., on the Hymenomycetse, 402. 

 Korber, G., on the ^reen cells of the 



thallus of Lichens, 467. 

 Kratzmann, E,, on the seeds of plants, 



174. 

 Krbyer, H., Naturhistorisk Tidskrift, no- 

 ticed, 324. 

 Langenella repens, description of, 364. 

 Lankester, Dr. E., on plants and animals 



found in sulphureous waters, 105. 

 Leighton, VV. A , notices in botany, 44, 



185. 

 Lepidosiren, Sir W. Jardine on the, 21 ; 



notices on, 358. 

 Lepidosiren annectens. Prof. Owen on 



the microscopic structure of the teeth 



of the, 211. 

 Lepralia, new species of British, 367. 

 Leptatherum, characters of, 219. 

 Leretia, on the new genus, 216. 

 Leveille on the development of the Ure- 



dines, 465. 

 Lewis, E., on distinctive characters in 



zoology, 545. 

 Libellulidees d'Europe, reviewed, 141. 

 Lichens, on the green cells of the thallus 



of, 467. 

 Lii?big, Prof., on fermentation, 404. 

 Lineae, description of a new genus of, 



217. 

 Linnasa for 1840, contents of, 433. 

 Linnaean Society, proceedings of, 214, 



436, 531 ; anniversary of the, 439. 

 Linyphia, new species of, 473. 

 Lobostoma, a new genus of Bats, 20. 

 Loranthaceae, on the flowers of the, 171. 

 Lowe, Rev. R. T., on new species of Ma- 



deiran fishes, 92. 

 Luidia, suicidal powers of, 238. 

 Lush, Dr., on the Madi, or Chili oil-seed, 



446. 

 Lycia, plants of, 454. 

 Lycoperdon, new species of, 45 1. 

 Lycopodiacese of the Shetland Islands, 



295. 

 Lyell, Mr., on former glaciers in Scot- 

 land, 512. 

 Lytta, habits of, 147. 

 M'Cormick, R., on the natural history of 



Kerguelen's Land, 530. 

 Macropus, new species of, 505, 554. 

 Madia sativa, notice on, 446. 

 Mammalia, British, notes on the smaller, 



261. 

 Mammillaria, new species of, 325. 

 Mantell, G. A., on Saurian fossils, 529. 

 Marsilea quadrifolia, on the germination 



of the spores of, 466. 

 Melanocenchris, characters of, 221. 

 Memorie della Reale Accademia di Torino, 



210. 



Menura Lyra, on the structure and affi- 

 nities of, 48. 



Meropachys, new species of, 64. 



Merops nielanura, anatomy of, 486. 



Meteorological observations, 79, 159, 239, 

 351, 447, 527. 



Meyen, Prof. F. J., on impregnation in 

 plants, 168 ; on the formation of the 

 seeds of Viscum album, and on Poly- 

 embryony, 171 ; on red and green 

 snow, 245 ; report on physiological 

 botany, 166, 399, 460. 



Microscopical Society, proceedings of, 72, 

 211. 



Miers, J., on a new genus of plants from 

 Brazil, 222. 



Misseltoe, on the reproductive organs of 

 the, 169, 171, 185. 



Mohl, H., on the formation of stomata, 

 206. 



IMohl, M., on the development of the 

 spores of the Jungermanniae, 400. 



Moilusks, on a new genus of, 345. 



Moloch, description of the new genus, 88. 



Monocotyledons, on the embryos of the, 

 174. 



Morren, Prof. Ch., on spur-shaped nec- 

 taries, and in particular those of Aqui- 

 legia vulgaris, 1 ; on Infusoria in ))lants, 

 470 ; on the structure and colouring of 

 Agaricus epixylon, 403. 



Morris, J., on the recent and fossil Cy- 

 cadeae, 1 10. 



Motacilla alba, occurrence of, in Britain, 

 350. 



Mijller, Prof. J., on Valenciennes' memoir 

 on the anatomy of the Nautilus, 243. 



Mummery, S., on the birds of Kent, 159, 

 523. 



Murex, new species of, 562. 



Musician-bird, 576. 



Myrapetra, description of the new genus, 

 320. 



Myriapoda, on the development of the, 

 150. 



Natural History, on the preservation of 

 specimens of, 436. 



Naturhistorisk Tidskrift, contents of the, 

 . 324. 



Nautilus, on the anatomy of the, 241. 



Nectaries of plants, considerations on, 1. 



Nepenthes distillatoria, on the pitcher of, 

 218. 



Nidification of the Talegalla and Leipoa, 

 553. 



Norfolk, flora of, 201. 



Oaks, British, characters of, 157. 



Qistri, new species of, 439. 



Ogilby, W., on Dipus Mitchellii, 575. 



Olacineae, on two new genera of, 214. 



Olax, new species of, 217. 



Oolites, on the siliceous bodies of the, 223. 



