xlvi PROCKEDINQS OF THE 



G. A. Pasquale. On the scent of Serissa foetida. On the effects of 

 the sudden full of temperature, 25th to 29th September 1867, on 

 the plants of the 11. Botanic Garden, Naples. Acad. Phys. Math. 

 He. Na])le8 Proceed, 1800, 1807 ; also scparuto copies presented hy 

 the Author. 



E. Villari. Experiments on the physical properties of wood when 

 cut parallel with, or perpendicularly to, its fibre. Acad. Phys. Math. 

 Sc. Naples Proceed. 1867. 



CllTPTOGAMIC POXANY : 



R. Brown. On the nature of the discoloi'ation of the Arctic Seas 

 (by Diatoms). Seem. Journ. Bot. vi. 



H. Hofimann. A series of Reports on new Mycological works and 

 papers. Bot. Zeit. 1868. 



M. Kuhn. Descriptions of New Ferns. Bot. Zeit. 1868. 



G. Mettenius. On the structure of Angiopteris. Separate copy 

 from the Transactions of the E. Saxon Society of Sciences. Large 

 8vo, 10 plates. Presented. 



Milde. Index Osmundarum, and on the fructification of Osmunda. 

 Bot. Zeit. 1868. 



A. Pedicino. On the living Diatoms of the warm baths of Ischia. 

 Acad. Phys. Math. Sc. Naples Proceed. 1867. 



M. Woronin. New Contributions to the knowledge of Chytridew, 

 2 plates. Bot. Zeit. 1808. 



Miscellaneous : — 



C. Moreira. Report on the International Exhibition of London, 

 1802, laid before the Emperor of the Brazils. 1 vol. 4to. Presented 

 by Mr. Miers. 



J. P. Obituary notice of the late Dr. Daubeny. Presented by 

 the Author. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " On the specific differences between Primula veiis, Brit. Fl. 

 (var. officinalis, L.), P. vidcjaris, Brit. Fl. (var. acatdis, L,), and P. 

 elatior, Jacq., and on the Hybrid Nature of the Common Oxlip, with 

 supplementary remarks on naturally produced Hybrids in the genus 

 Verbascum," by Charles Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. 



2. " Note on the discovery of Planaria terrestris in England," by 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., V.P.L.S., &c. 



