CONTENTS. . V 



XXXT. Florse Insiilarum Novae Zelandise Precursor; or a Specimen 

 of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunning- 

 ham, Esq page 244 



XXX II. Information respecting Botanical Travellers : — Mr. Gard- 

 ner's Journeys in Brazil 250 



New Books : — Synopsis Florae Helveticse, auctore J. Gaudin ; Flora 

 Cestrica, by W. Darlington ; Novitiarum Florse Suecicse Mantissa, 

 E. Fries; Icones Florse Germanicas, by L. Reichenbach ... 255 — 257 

 British Coleoptera Delineated, by Mr. Schuckard 287 



Proceedings of the Linnasan Society; Royal Irish Academy ; Botanical 

 Society of London ; Dublin Natural History Society ; Natural Hi- 

 story Society for the West Riding of Yorkshire ; Zoological So- 

 ciety 257—282 



Formation of Indigo in Polygonum iinctorium ; on a new Species of 

 Cyrena from the Norfolk Crag ; on a new Species of Polyporus ; 

 Vernation of the Cycadacece ; Systematic Arrangement of the 

 Chrysididce ', Meteorological Observations and Table ...... 282 — 288 



NUMBER XVIII. 



XXXIII. Miscellanea Zoologica : — On the British Nereides. By 

 George Johnston, Esq., M.D. (With a Plate.) 289 



XXXIV. On Pinus and Abies, with remarks on a new Species. By 

 Capt. S. E. Cook, R.N 296 



XXXV. On the Synonymy of Passandra, with Descriptions of new 

 Genera and Species. By Edward Newman, Esq., F.L.S 303 



XXXVI. On the Morphology of the Ascidia of Plants. By Prof. 



C. MoRREN, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Brussels ... 305 



XXXVII. Florae Insularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor; or a Speci- 

 men of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunning- 

 ham, Esq 314 



XXXVIII. On a Leather-like Substance formed of Confervae and 

 Infusoria. By Prof. Ch. Kersten of Freiberg, and Prof. Ehrenberg 



of Berlin 320 



XXXIX. Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. 



By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, A.M., F.L.S. (With a Plate.) 322 



XL. Information respecting Botanical Travellers : — Mr. Gardner's 

 Journeys in Brazil 327 



New Books : — De Pinubus Taurico-Caucasicis, auctore Steven ; Pri- 



mitiae Florae Sarnicae, by Charles C. Babington 33G — 341 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Tweedside Physical and Anti- 

 quarian Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh 342 — 356 



On the Wild Cattle of Great Britain ; on a new Species of Sepiola ; on 

 the Nematoidea ; Action of Frost on Plants ; Birth of a Giraffe at 

 the Gardens of the Zoological Society; Meteorological Observa- 

 tions and Table 356—300 



NUMBER XIX. 



XLI. The Fauna of Twizell. By P. J. Selby, Esq., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., 

 &c 361 



XLII. Descriptions of Exotic Fungi in the collection of Sir W. J. 

 Hooker, from Memoirs and Notes of J. F. Klotzsch, with Additions 

 and Corrections. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. (With 

 a Plate.) 375 



