EXTRACTS. 
On the Germination of the Spores of the Uredinez. By M. L. B. Tulasne . 63 
First General Report of the Government Botanist on the Vegetation of the Colony of 
Victoria ; dated September, 1853; and printed by order of the Council . 165 
Botanical Report of the same. By William Swainson, Esq., F.R.S, oh, italia 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Linnean Society. 
Motacilla alba, by William Borrer, Esq., 31. On two new British ferns, by Ed- 
ward Newman, 31. Letters of Linneus and other naturalists, by J. O. West- 
wood, Esq., 55. Umbellate primrose, by John Hogg, Esq., 56. Earthquake 
at sea, by T. S. Ralphs, Esq., 56. Note from Nees von Esenbeck, 57. Ve- 
getation of Wellington, New Zealand, by T. S. Ralphs, Esq., 57. Notes of 
the late Mr. Griffiths, 59. Inflorescence of Cycas revoluta and Macrozamia 
spiralis, by James Yates, Esq., 103. Parasitism of Rhinanthus Crista-Galli, 
by Joshua Clarke, Esq., 105. On the genus Hodgsonia, by Drs. Hooker and 
Thomson, 106, Eye-spot of Infusoria and Microscopic Alge, by Professor 
Henfrey, 108. 
Puayto.ocisr Crus. 
New Irish Equisetam, by Edward Newman, 17. Enormous plant of Osmunda 
regalis, by William Bennett, 18. Asplenium lanceolatum, id., 18. Stafford- 
shire locality fur Potamegeton flabeliatus, by the Rev. R. C. Douglas, 18. 
Lancashire locality for Trifolium resupinatum, by H.S. Fisher, Esq., 21. 
Lathyrus Aphaca near Liverpool, id., 21. Gnaphalium rectum at Eastham, 
id., 21. Viola lutea at Netherton, near Liverpool, id., 21. Thymus Serpyl- 
lum and T. Chamedrys, td., 22. _ Pulygala oxyptera on the sand hills near 
Liverpool, id., 22. Rosa villosa, Viola imberbis and V. palustris near Liver- 
pool, td., 22. Hypnum nediforum, H. Lyccpodioides, and Bryum androgy- 
num near Liverpool, id., 22. Filago spathulata in the Isle of Wight, by A. 
G. More, Esq., 22. Leucojum estivum, Zinn., by T. B. Flower, Esq., 53. 
Hypericum linarifolium, Vadd., id., 53. Vicia lutea, Linn., id., 53. Diotis 
maritima, Cass., id., 53. Poa bulbosa, Linn., id., 53. Udora canadensis, 
&c., near Bedale, by Thomas Simpson, Esq., 55. Epilobium alpinum in 
Wales, by C. C. Babington, Esq., 76. Notes on new or scarce Irish plants, 
by J. Carrol, ae 78. On the locality for Trifolium resupinatum, Linn., 
uear Bristol, by T. B. Flower, Esq., 79.  Coronopus didyma, DC., éd., 79. 
Lathyrus latifolius, Linn., id.,79. Phleum asperum, Jacq., id.,79. On the 
Yorkshire locality for Avacharis Alsinastruam, by Jobn G. Baker, 80. A 
supplement to the Flora of Yorkshire, id., 80. Ophioglossum lusitanicum, 
by Edward Newman, 80. Devonshire station for Lythrum hyssopifulium, by 
Mis, Russell, 81. Bifid ferns, id., 81. Laminaria longicruris, by the Rev. 
George Harris, 81. Adiantum Capillus-Veneris on Cheddar Cliffs, by the 
Rev. William Henry Hawker, 82. French locality for Ulex australis, by 
Charles Prentice, Esq., 127. Plants at Nice, id., 127. Gymnogramma lep- 
tophyila, by N. B. Ward, Esq., 128. Statice Dodartii a native of Ireland, 
by Charles C. Babington, Esq., 147. Note respecting Carex Moenchiana as 
a British plant, by John G. Baker, Esq., 148. Another locality for Salix 
acutifolia, id., 148. Chrysosplenium alternifolium, &c., near Cheltenham, 
by T. W. Gissing, Esq., 148. Supposed new fern, by Jchn Piquet, Esq., 
