Bd-nnj and Zoology. 73 



for tlje statement was forgotten. But early in the following year, 

 when the monograph of the order ai)peared in the last volume of 

 DeCandollo's Frodromus, a reference was found to a pa])er by 

 Dr. Macbrido in the Transactions of the Linnsvan Society. His 

 observations (made upon K voriohirin), it appears, were comniu- 

 Tiicated to Sir J. E. Smith, read before the Liinuean Society in 

 1815, and published soon after. 'J'hey are referred to by his 'sur- 

 viving friend and associate, Eliott, in his well-known w ork, and 

 therefore need not have gone to oblivion, or needed rediscovery 

 here in our days by :Mr. Grady and Dr. 3!ellicliamp, the latter 

 greatly extending our knowledge of the subject. Probably the 

 main tacts were all along po])ularly known in the regions tlicse 

 species affect, and where their use as fly-traps is almost 

 immemorial. lint the gist of these remarks is, that a col- 

 league has just called our attention to an earlier ])ublication than 



INIuscicapa',"' by iienjamhi Smith Barton (one of our botanical 

 fathers), published in Tilloch's Philosophical Magazine, for June, 

 I 812. Among other matters not bearing directly upon this point, 

 he says of Sarra^-en?'/, withor.t reference to any particular sjx'cies: 

 "A honeved fluid is secreted or deposited on the inner suH:ice 

 of the hollow leaves, near the'ir /«ux or opening; and this fluid 

 allures grea1 



taui 



nto the ascidia 













'll 



re is earlier pul 



licationbvthre 



^ years. 



Vet w 



^ su.pect that 



Dr. 



iarton knew little about it at t 



.•;t hand 



, and 



ve lin<l 



clear 



evid 



'nee that he hm 



not anticipated 



Dr.^Alac 





All his 





ence 



have an indefi 







with'l 



r. :\Ia. 



)ride's 





tive: he says 



hl7'-l)me H-i 



>ValUht 



specie 



ot the 



uenus 



appi 



u- to possess I 



kind of glan( 



ular tunc 



tion,- 



without 



"^men- 



tioning those that 



have it, or the 



absence 





in tht 



only 





("V gi-owing aro 



cmd him at the 



north; ; 



nd he 



adds t 



,at he 



'' u a 



^ entirely unacq 



uainted with thi 



s curious 





ly . . . 



when 



1 pu 



,r.shed the hrs 



edition of my 



Elements 



of Rot 







>\ hei 



I printed the 



appendix (in vc 



1. i) to t 





l!!iV,li' 



ion of 



this 

 vohi 



work.;' Now] 



sss 



Septend 

 . dated 



Vi -1. ' 



iut ^ia 



id the 

 brhle 









lefly UKU 



e IMO 



and 1- 



1 : he 



corrt 



sp()n<led "intim 



xtely^'wirh'^Eli 



>tt: thn 



ud. W 



horn. 



f not 



diiec 



tly, his observa 



tions would pro 



.ably find their A 



•ay at r 





the 1 



Philadelphia nat 

 The Mor.me> 











\; 



0. 



V and IlubiU 



of ru 



nhinq 



Pioni, 



; by 



ClIA 



RLi:s DAinvrx. 



Second editio 



1, revise( 



, with 







L(.n( 



on: :\iiirrav. 



1875, pp. 208. 



-This n 





en -t ins. 



trea- 



tise 



va^ read to the 



Linn.Tan Societ 



' over te 



1 vears 



ao(, :ii 



1 pub- 



li^lu 



1 in the ninth a 



)lunie of its Joi 



rnal, in 



1S05. 



Then- 





>epa 



•ate issue, whicl 



has long been e 



^hausted 



It i^ 



now ca 



r. fuUv 





ite<l, conshleral 



V added to. and 



reprodiu 



ed as a 



1 indep 



udent 



volu 



ne. It will no 



doubt be much 



so!,gl,t a 





the toi 



ic and 



treat 



ment of it are p 



eculiarly fascina 



ting and 



in^trut 





id the 



