BOTANICAL NEWs, ce? 
a ° the ae of the Hall. A sample of what was 
med Per “M was also exhibited by the same gentleman. 
This; is a gr nati; eed e, os but tolerably solid mass, amongst 
which many fragmen ts of — are evident.—The Secretary read a 
- paper ‘‘On the Poisoned vou Arrows of the Samoa Islanders,” 
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that the substances used are of no effect, and that the deaths iliowiak 
wounds by such weapons are the ordinary cases of traumatic tetanus so 
frequently met with in hot climates. Two gentlemen who had 
visited the Samoa Islands stated that they had sai ee = 
Weapons were poisoned by insertion of the points for some tim a 
‘putrid human body, though afterwards coated with some rials 
resinous ciation 
Botanical News> 
Articies In Journats,—Fersevary, 1877. 
Botanische Zeitung.—H. Di ngler, “* Lathraa rhodopea, nov, sp.” — 
J. B. Jack, ‘* Hepatice: Europe ” (contd.).—J. Pancic, A new 
Conifer in the East Alps.’ 
Flora.—S. Schulzer, “‘ Mycological notes” (tab. 2).—A a 
“Mechanism of movements in insect-eating plants.” —J. 
Diagnosis muscorum novorum” (Henonia, gen. noy. tae \.— “y 
Miiller, “Lichens of Texas.”—Obituary notice of F. W. Schultz.— 
F. Buchenau, “* Dehiscence of capsule in German species of Juncus” 
(tab. 3). 
gia aa maser ‘Mycological notes’’ (Hamaspora, gen. 
nov. Uredinear 
Oester: tek ” Baik tschr.—C. Mikosch, ‘‘Qn the multiplication of 
chlorophyll-corpuscles by division.” —E. v. Halaczy, ‘‘ Achillea Jabor- 
neggi” (Clavenna x moschata).—E. Hackel, ‘‘ Diagnoses Graminum 
novorum” (Spain and Portugal}.—C. Winseknoskt, * ‘Remarks on 
some pe, <S- Freyn, “ a stro- Hungarian — . See 
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ugy, 
mountains of 8. Croatia.” —F. Antoine, ** Botany of of Vienna Exhibi- 
”” (contd.). 
