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simis, 1-floris. — In Africa orientali, v. s. in herb. Hook., Lower 



Shire Valley, Zambesi (Dr. Kirk). 



A climbing plant, collected during Dr. Livingstone's explora- 

 tions up the River Zambesi, having slender branches |-1 line 

 in diam., with internodes of 1|-2|- inches; leaves 2-2| inches 

 from the end of the basal lobes to the apex, or l|-2f inches 

 long from the basal sinus, l|-2^ inches broad, with a petiole 

 11 inch long ; the punctate raised dots on the upper surface of 

 the leaves are not at all scabrid ; the raceme is 5-7 inches long. 



11. Tinospora Smilacina, Bth. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. 52; — 

 glabra; ramulis subcoriaceis ; foliis deltoideo-ovatis, profunde 

 cordatis, sinu subangulato, lobis basalibus intus rectis, extus 

 rotundatis, apice acutis et acuminatis, imo 5-nerviis, utrinque 

 glabris et pallidis, nervis supra immersis, subtus prorainulis, 

 reticulatis; petiolo teuui limbo dimidio breviore; racemis 

 axillaribus, simplicibus, petiolo paulo longioribus, imo foliolis 

 minimis petiolatis donatis ; floribus parvis viridulis. — In Aus- 

 tralia centrali, v. s. in herb. Hook., Plains of Promise (Dr. 

 Moore) . 



This is a slender climbing plant, with internodes of 1-1^ 

 inch ; its leaves, from the basal lobes to the apex, 24-33 lines 

 long, or from the basal sinus 19-25 lines long, 26 lines broad, 

 with a petiole 10-12 lines long. The c? raceme is 18 lines long, 

 pedicels 1 line long, with petiolated bracts at base 2 lines long ; 

 the three inner sepals are ovate, 1 line long, the membranaceous 

 obovate petals ^ line long ; its drupes are ovate, 3 lines long. 

 [To be continued.] 



XXXIV. — New Observations on the Existence of Man in Central 

 France at a period when that Country was inhabited by the 

 Reindeer and other Animals which are now extinct there. By 

 MM. Lartet and Christy, in a Letter from M. Lartet to 

 Prof. Milne-Edwards ; communicated by him to the Academy 

 of Sciences in Paris*. 



In support of the remarks made by you, at one of the recent 

 meetings of the Academy, with regard to the figures of animals 

 eo graved on bones found in the cavern of Bruniquel, I have, in 

 my own name and that of Mr. H. Christy, F.G.S., to inform you 

 of several other facts of the same nature. We shall, however, 

 limit ourselves for the present to mentioning the discoveries 

 made by us, during the last five months of the year 1863, in that 

 part of the old province of Perigord which now forms the arron- 



* Translated by W. S. Dallas, F.L.S., from the ' Comptes Rendus/ 

 February 29, 1864. 



