484 Scientific Intelligence. 
not before used is introduced, namely, the position of the cotyle- 
dons, which, in this genus are, as regards the rhaphe, accumbent. 
There are eight plates, six of them filled with admirable dissee- 
apa neatly done upon stone by Riocreux from the author’s 
tenes. 
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1. Elementary Lessons in Botanical Geography; by af G. 
Baxer, F.L.S.—These tirst appeared as articles in the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, where they attracted attention as interesting and very 
readable sketches of the leading weed high are the geographical 
distribution of plants, and the elements of climate which control 
this distribution. It appears that dey were written by Mr. Baker, 
of the Kew Herbarium, and Lecturer on eee at a: London 
Hospital. Now collected , they form a neat 18mo volum 
pages, a sort of “science primer,” ablished i ional —— 
& Co., London, 1875. 
TIL egoctbesls: 
sche 30th, 1875. The telescope used has a clear aperture © 
7 millimeters and a gene length of 1125 meters. It was s made 
by. Secretan of Pari 
“The telescope is eighty for this purpose, to chosen tests 
by Mr. Lewis Rutherfurd, then in Paris, and always so rea he to 
= ? 
ous circumstances interfered with my obtaining an type caer of 
the exact moment of the first external contact. I see the 
ig until at least twenty degrees of its limb was on the ne 8 
dise is occurred at 11" 31™ 40°, Melbourne time, as sent y 
_As the observation was made with a saga nal eye-piece, es — 
gocu ni 
- Mendation of Messrs, André and Wolf, and whatever may have 
ore ce cause, nothing i in any way resemblin the “ black et 
ule its appearance, either as the first internal contact drew 
