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FIELD AND FOREST. 



in them, such as animal starch, glycogen, and chitine, which are con- 

 vertible into each other, * * * and, since it is found in the 

 mollusk alluded to, it may be presumed to be present in the higher 

 forms of life, as in the vertebrates, including man ; and as nature does 

 nothing in vain the presence of cellulose in animals would imply that it 

 has a function to perform for which it is peculiarly fitted in their vita I 



economy. * 



Thomas Taylor. 



FLORA COLUMBIANA. 



Continued from page 64 Vol. II. 



A Catalogue of the plants growing without cultivation in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia : 



812. cernuum, Roth. 



813. vineale, L. 



LILIACE^E 



Trillium. 



797. sessile, L. 

 Medeola. 



798. Virginica, L. 

 Verartum. 



799. viri.de, L 

 Cham^lirium. 



800. luteum, Gray. 

 Uvularia. 



801. grandiflora,. Smith. 



802. perfoliata, L. 



803. sessilifolia, L. 

 Asparagus. 



804. officinalis, L. 



POLYGONATUM. 



805. biflorum, Ell. 



806. giganteum, Dietrich. 

 Smilacina. 



807. racemosa, Desf. 



808. stellata, Desf. 

 Hemerocallis. 



809. fulva, L. 

 Ornithogalum. 



810. timbellatum, L. 

 Allium 



811. tricoccum, Ait. 



&14. Canadense, Kalm. 

 Lilium. 



815. Philadelphicum, L. 



816. Canadense, L. 



817. superbum, L. 



Erythronium. 



818. Americanum, Smith. 



819. albidum, Nutt. 



Muscari. 



820. botryoides. Mill. 



JUNCACE^E. 



LUZULA. 



821. campestris, D. C. 

 Juncus. 



822. effusus, L. 



823. setaceus, Rostk. 



824. scirpoides, Lam. 



825. acuminatus, Michx. 



826. articulatus, L. 



827. nodosus, L. 



828. marginatus, Rostk. 



829. tenuis, Willd. 



830. bufonius, L. 



831. Canadensis, J. Gay. 



832. dichotomus, Ell. 



* The words in italics were published fifteen months previous to the appearance 

 of Mr. Huxley's letter in Popular Science Monthly. 



