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to say that tlie matter is open to great doubt. The process of secretion 

 is, if not intimately associated with the formation of seeds, at least one 

 that varies with the seed-formation. If the flowers of the female plant 

 in the plains of Bengal be permitted to become fertilized, so that the 

 fruits and seeds form, there is no resin to be found filling the glan- 

 dular hairs on the outside of the bracts. When however by destruction 

 of the male plant fertilisation is made impossible the fruits do not fill 

 and the glandular hairs in question are loaded with the narcotic sub- 

 stance of hemp. 



The theory is not one that in the present state of our knowledge I 

 am prepared to accept. At the same time, seeing that it has been 

 advanced as an hypothesis to explain certain facts, the significance of 

 which is admittedly obscure and has been stated so lucidly as Dr. Cum- 

 mins has stated it, we may, I think, very well publish the short paper 

 in extenso. This will enable those interested to see what the theory 

 implies and to indicate what is necessary for its experimental refuta- 

 tion or confirmation. 



LlBI\AI\Y. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 Meeting held in December last : — 



Transactions, Proceedings and Journals, 

 presented by the respective Societies and Editors. 



Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University, — Circulars, Vol. XVI, No. 127. 

 Calcutta. Geological Survey of India, — Records, Vol. XXIX, Part 4. 



. . Indian Engineering,— Vols. XX, Nos. 23-26 ; XXI, 1. 



. The Indian Lancet,— Vols. VIII, Nos. 31 and 12 ; IX, 1. 



— . Maha-bodhi Society, — Journal, Vol. V, No. 8. 



. Photographic Society of India, — Journal, Vol. IX, No. 12. 



Chicago, 111. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, — 



Vol. XVIII, No. 5. 

 Havre. Societe de Geographic Commercial du Havre, — Bulletin, 



Vol. XIII, No. 3. 

 Leipzig. Die Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, — Abhandlungen 



fiir die Kunde des Morgenlandes, — Band X, Heft 3. 

 . — , Zeitschrift, Band Ly Heft 3. 



