CONTENTS. Vll 



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 NUMBER XVIII. 



XLIV. On the British species of Plumhaginacece. By Charles 

 C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S 483 



XLV. Contrihutions to the Botany of South America. By John 

 MiERs, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S 443 



XLVI. On the Animal of Ke Ilia rubra. By W. Clark, Esq 452 



XLVII. An Account of a Specimen of the Faagmaer, or Vogmarus 

 Islandicus {Trachypterus Bogmarus of Cuvier and Valenciennes), 

 thrown ashore in the Firth of Forth. By John Reid, M.D., Professor 

 of Anatomy and Medicine in the University of St. Andrews. (With a 

 Plate.) 456 



XLVIII. The Musci and Hepaticse of the Pyrenees. By Richard 

 Spruce, Esq 478 



XLIX. Algae Orientales : — Descriptions of new species belonging 

 to the genus Sargassum. By R. K, Greville, LL.D. &c. (With a 

 Plate.) .... = 503 



L. On the MoUusca of Vigo Bay in the North-west of Spain, by 

 Robert MacAndrew, Esq., F.L.S,, in a Letter to Professor Edward 

 Forbes, F.R.S 507 



LI. On the Identification of a new Genus of Parasitic Insects, An- 

 thophorabia. By George Newport, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S 513 



Proceedings of the Royal Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh 518 — 520 



Capnodium, novum Fungorum genus, by C. Montagne, D.M. ; Podi- 



soma fuscum ] Meteorological Observations and Table 520 — 523 



Index 524 



