INDEX SLIPS. 

 BOTANY. 



Drdmmond, J. R.— On a new Scirpus from Beluchisfcan and certain of 

 its allies. Journ. As. So3. Bengal, LXXIII, pt. ii, 1904, pp. 137- 

 148. 

 CYPERAOEAE. 



Scirpus Wardianus (n. sp.) from Beluchistan ... p. 147. 



S. litoralis and its allies reviewed ... ... pp. 137-145. 



Key to 8. litoralis group ... ... ... „ 146-147. 



METEOROLOGY. 



Little, C. — The Himalayan summer storm of September 24tlj, 1903, 

 and the weather immediately subsequent to that date in Northern 

 India. Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, LXXIII, pt. ii, 1904, pp. 148-176. 

 Discussion of weather conditions at the time of the storm, 

 pp. 148-165. 

 PHYSIOLOaY. 

 (Phahmacology.) 



Hooper, D. — Rusot : an ancient Eastern Medicine. Journ. As. Soc. 

 Bengal, LXXIII, pt. ii, 1904, pp. 177-182. 

 Lycium or Lylcion, the drug as known to the ancients, p. 177. 

 its identity with Rusot, the Indian Lycium ... p. 178. 



Berberis aristata, D.C. \ 



„ Lycium, Royle > used in preparing Rusot ... p. 180. 

 ,, asiatica, Roxb. ) 



Rusot, process of extraction, properties and analysis pp. 180-182. 

 BOTANY. 



Prain, D. and Burkill, I. H. — On Dioscorea birmanica — a new 

 species from Burma — and two allied species. Journ. As. Soc. 

 Bengal, LXXIII, pt. ii, 1904, pp. 183-187. 

 DIOSCOREACEAE. 



Dioscorea birmanica (n. sp.) from Burma, p. 185; distribution, 



pp. 183-184. 

 D. yunnanensis (n. sp.) from Yunnan, p. 186. 



