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Pinus abieSy Linn. 



dicksoniana, Hr. 



hayesiana, Hr. 

 Phragmites halliana, Hr. 



ceninc/ensis, Al. Br. 



Castinites articus, Hr. 

 Carex nourgsoakensis, Hr. 

 Tridium grcenlandicum, Hr. ? 

 Populus arctica, Hr. 

 Populus faddacki, Hr. 



Betula prisca, Ett. 



brongniarti, Ett. 

 Corylus macquarrii, Forbes. 



in&ignis, Hr. 

 Ulmus borealis, Hr. ( 

 Viburnum nordenskidldi> Hr. 

 Nymphcea arctica, Hr. 

 jPi^ia malmgreni, Hr. 

 Phyllites fagopyrinus, Hr. 



INSECTA. 

 Carabites feildenianus, Hr. 



Mr. R. J. Moss, F.C.S., has recently examined a specimen 

 of the coal from the winter-quarters of the ' Discovery,' 

 deposited in the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin, and 

 found it to possess the lustre and fracture of good bituminous 

 coal, to cake when heated, and to have 61 per cent, of coherent 

 coke. It contains : 



Carbon ...... 75-49 



Hydrogen ...... 5*60 



Oxygen and nitrogen. . . . 9 '8 9 



Sulphur ...... 0-52 



Ash ....... 6-49 



Water .... . 2-01 



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