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SuMMABY or CuBBENT Resbaeohes, &c. — Continued. 



FASB 



Female Organs of Ascaria megalocepJiala 844 



New Worm with Remarkable Nervous System .. 845 



Anatomy of Cestoda , 846 



Development of the Ovum of Philodina roseola 847 



New Sioiss Rotatoria 847 



Histology of Echinodermata .. .. 847 



Acanthology of Desmostichous Echinids ,. 849 



Ophiurids of the ' Gazelle ' 850 



Coelenterates of the Southern Seas .... 850 



New Medusse from the Red Sea 852 



Development of Obelia .. .. .. 853 



American Anthozoa . . . . 854 



Hard Structures of the Fungiidse 854 



Elevated Coral Reefs of Cuba i 854 



Folymorphism of Alcyonaria , 855 



Ciliated Groove (Siphonoglyjyhe) in the Stomodieum of the Alcyonariam . . 855 



Vital Manifestations of the Sponges 856 



Spermatogenesis in Sycandra .. 857 



Fresh-water Sponges of Bohemia . . 858 



Bavarian Fresh-water Sponge ,. 860 



African Fresh-water Sponges . . . , 860 



Chlorophyll in Vorticellse 860 



Action of Tannin on Infusoria 861 



New Swiss Infusoria .. .. 861 



New Peritrichous Infusoria 861 



Abyssal Type of Orbitolites 862 



Trypanosoma bcJbiani ,. ,, 862 



Chrysopyxis bipes Stein (Dinobryon sertularia Ehrenh.) 863 



Botany. 



Fertilization of the Borraginaceas , ,. ., 864 



Pollination of Cypella .. .. ,. .. .. 864 



Pollination of Butacem , 864 



Division of the Nucleus , 864 



Albumen, Nuclein, and Plastin . . .. .. .. 866 



Chemical, Changes in the Germination of Barley 866 



Function of Amygdalin in Germination 866 



Galvanic Phenomena in Germinating Seeds .. .. , 867 



Mechanical Protection of Seeds against External Injury .. 867 



Lignification of Epidermal Membranes .. v 868 



Protective Sheath and its Strengthenings . . .. 868 



Laticiferous Tubes : 868 



Medullary Vascular Bundles of some Dicotyledons 869 



Nutating Internodes 871 



Function of the Apex of Roots 872 



Transpiration and Absorption of Water by Branches in Winter 872 



Hydrotropism 872 



Influence of Diminished Atmospheric Pressure on the Growth of Plants .. 873 



Effect of Radiant Heat on the Growth of Plants 873 



Colouring Matter of Flowers 874 



Botanical Micro-Chemistry .. .. 874 



Vascular Bundles of the Leaf of SphenophyUum 874 



Structure of Phylloglossum 875 



Physiological Function of the Central Bundle in the Stem of Mosses . . . . 876 



'^Ozonium" 876 



Brefeld's Ustilagineas , , , 877 



New Ustrlaginem ,, ., 878 



Development of Ascomycetes , 878 



Aspergillus and Eurotium, and their Relation to Otomycosis 879 



New Parasitic Fungi 880 



Chestnut-disease , .. 880 



Cystopus 880 



Zygospores of Mucorini , , , . 881 



New Schizomycete, Leptothrix gigantea .. .. .. ., 882 



Bacterium Zopfii 882 



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