Geology and Natural History. i ey 
found, was able to absorb and fix more than a hundredth part of 
its weight of water upon a short immersion. His note upon the 
subject was presented to the French Academy Sept. 11, 1871, and 
is printed in Ann. Sci. Nat., V, xiv, p. 243. A. G. 
5. Change of Habit.—Loranthus macranthus of New Zealand, 
; poe 
as 1859. Its flowers are abundantly visited 
f Britis 
the author or publisher (which we will supply) ; gives illustra- 
tions of the importance of insects in the fertilization of blossoms 
an economical point of view, and notes the history and mode 
; so in Americar 
eesliet for March, 1872. Miss Millington of Glen’s Falls is the 
ady who had the good fortune and acuteness to detect the little 
logical sub- 
8. 
. The remainder of the paper is occupied with myco a ely thie 
hist. in which Mr. Peck is a proficient, = especially 
