160 Miscellanies. 



of an extinct animal lately discovered in Kentucky and New York, 

 resembling the Mastodon, but possessing lower incisive teeth. Mr. 

 C. thinks that these are no more than the young of the common or 

 great Mastodon, which opinion was supported by arguments derived 

 from the appearances observed in the skulls themselves, as well as 

 by analogous instances occurring in several species of Rhinoceros, 

 the Walrus and many others. Dr. Storer was elected a resident 

 member. The president communicated the intelligence of the de- 

 cease of Stephen Elliot, of Charleston, and of S. N. Castrom, of 

 Stockholm, honorary members. 



May. — Dr. Van Rensselaer read a continuation of his paper con- 

 taining an account of the vegetable narcotic poisons of the United 

 States. Mr. John Shillaber presented a collection of plants from the 

 island of Java. Mr. Halsey, to whom they were referred, reported 

 the collection to consist of about one thousand specimens in an ex- 

 cellent state of preservation, and carefully labelled and arranged by 

 C. L. Blurae, a Dutch naturalist of celebrity, who resided atBatavia 

 for several years. Many of the genera named in the present collec- 

 tion, are not mentioned in any work in the library of the Lyceum. 

 Dr. Boyd presents granular Franldinite, yellow blende, and yellow 

 manganesian garnet, from Franklin furnace, N. J. Dr. Torrey re- 

 ported a list of plants collected in the neighborhood of New Orleans, 

 and sent by Dr. Gates to the western exploring association. A col- 

 lection of plants was received from a corresponding member, Schom- 

 berg, at St. Thomas. Several rare and vahiable works were re- 

 ceived from Prof. Schreiber, of Vienna. Messrs. O. E. Edwards 

 and H. W. Field, were elected resident members. Messrs. Charles 

 Telfair and Robert Barclay, Bury Hill, England, were elected cor- 

 responding members. Prof. Lindley, of London, was elected hon- 

 orary member, in the place of Stephen Elliot, deceased ; and Lt. 

 Gen. Count Dejean, of Paris, was elected honorary member in the 

 place of N. S. Castrom, of Stockholm, deceased. 



3. JVotices communicated by Dr. Wm. Darlington. 



Loudon^s Encyclopaedia of Plants, edited by Professor Lindley, 

 is a most curious and valuable performance. The editor and pub- 

 lisher seem to have attained the ne plus ultra, in condensing scien- 

 tific information. By means of small types, abbreviations, and vari- 

 ous significant characters, they have succeeded in forcing the acqui- 

 sitions of ages, and the substance of countless volumes, into a single 



