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he able to refer it without some hesitation to any 

 particular family of this large and variable class, although 

 in structure, it seems to approach most closely to the 

 Feiiestellidm. The difficulty felt in referring it to any 

 genus of the Fenestellidm has compelled the writer to 

 suggest a new genus for its reception in the hope that 

 when fresh knowledge of its structure shall be obtained its 

 position in the animal kingdom may be more clearly 

 defined. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. View of a specimen of Astroporites Ottavjaensis 

 shewing the divergence of the divisions from the centre, 

 the mode of intercalation of new divisions and the 

 disposition of the openings of the pores and perforations 

 at the surface. Natural size. 



Fig. 2. Portions of three divisions showing the single 

 rows of perforations and double rows of pores : three 

 times the natural size. 



Fig. 3. Cross section of the same divisions with the 

 perforations {a.) and the pores (h.); the former pass 

 through the zoarium, but the direction of the latter has 

 not been ascertained with certainty. Enlarged three 

 times. 



Notes upon the I'lora of Newfoundland. 



By B. L. Robinson and H. von Schrenk. 



Perhaps no region of equal size and ease of access 

 in temperate North America has received less botanical 

 exploration than Newfoundland. This island, although 

 350 miles long and 130 miles in average breadth, em- 

 bracing an area nearly as large as Ohio, is settled only on 

 or very near the coast. The only inland town is Whit- 

 bourne ; and this is almost within sight of salt water, 

 being only seven miles from Trinity Bay. The vast 



