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other articles are a new mineralogical nomenclature by J. D. Dana. On 

 the structure and Affinities of CeratophyllacejE, by Asa Gray. Notice of 

 the appearance of the Pine Grosbeak in the vicinity of New York, by J. 

 F. Ward. Descriptions of five species of Vespertilio, by Wm. Cooper. 

 On two species of Molossus inhabiting the United States, by the same. 

 On two species of American Plecotus, idem. Discovery of Vauquelinite 

 in the United States, by John Torrey. Account of several new Genera 

 and species of North American plants, by the same. Observations on 

 the Genus Sarracenia, including a new species, by H. B. Croom. Me- 

 lanthacearum Am. Septentrionalis Revisio, Auct. Asa Gray. 



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