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Animikite. Announced po ies by Prof. Wurtz. It 
occurs sometimes in incrustations over masses of huntilite; also 
in large isolated plates or slabs. sets gravity —9°45. Color 
white or grayish-w _ - racture fine granular, conchoidal, An 
analysis gives: Sb 1 As -35, 8 1°49, Hg -99, Ag 77-58, Co 
2°10, Ni 1°90, Fe 1° ay Zn 0°30, gangue 1-68=99°31. Found at 
the Silver Islet Mine, "Lake Superior. Named fr om the Indian 
Pe 2 animikie, meaning thunder, whence ee — 1bid., 
‘eb. 
dore D. Rand, of Philadelphia. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 
delphia, 1878, 408. , 
Hannayite, Newberyite. Two new phosphates from the guano 
of the Skipton Caves, Victoria, described by vom Rath. Hannay- 
ite crystallizes in on triclinic system; cleavage basal perfect, 
less —— =. to the two prismatic planes. Figo: gravity 
ns of two analyses gave: P,O, 45°70, MgO 
18° a0 y dere = 8: 09, H,O 28: Sapper 89. The loss of water be- 
tween 100° and 120° is 21-08 per 
‘Newberyite crystallizes in the eitheskoasian system. The cleay- 
age is si ge perfect, also basal imperfect. An analysis 
gave: P,O, 41:25, (MgO 23-02 by difference), H,O 35°73=100-00. 
The formula deduced i is Mg,P,0O,+7aq.— Bull, Soc, Min. France, 
1879, 79. 
Ill. Borany AND ZoouoGy. 
erns, pee aaa Horticultural Societ: by “Gatens KE. 
Davenport. Salem, 1879. 8vo, pp. is is a very full 
catalogue of the known Ferns of the United States and British 
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localities of all the North American ferns in the very rich collec- 
tion which Mr. Davenport has presented to the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society. The genera and species are arranged very 
nearly in the same order as that of Mr. Robinson’s check-list, and 
that is based on the system of Mettenius. The Ca talogue’ con- 
tains the names of 32 genera and 142 species, all but one or two 
of —— are represented in the Herbarium by North American 
