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Annals of Natural History ; or Magazine of Zoology, Bo- 

 tany, and Geology. — Conducted by Sir W. Jardine, 

 P. J. Selby, Esq. Dr. Johnston, Sir W. J. Hooker, and 

 Richard Taylor, Esq. 



The November number of this Journal contains an article 

 by M. K. E. Von Baer, (translated from Wiegmann's 

 Archiv, part 2, 1839) on Animal Life in Nova Zembla, which 

 we have transferred to our pages. 2. A paper on the 

 fructification of Lycoperdon, Phallus, and their allied genera, 

 by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M. A. The development of the 

 reproductive organs of Trichogastres and Phalloidei was 

 quite unknown till Klotzsch examined a species of the former 

 group, Rhizopogon virens. In Lycoperdon ccelatum, or L. 

 gemmatum, Mr. Berkeley found the reproductive organs 

 correspond with those of true Hymenomycetes. Of the genus 

 Phallus, Mr. Berkeley had only an opportunity, of examin- 

 ing P. caninus, which also corresponded with Hymenomy- 

 cetous fungi. 3. Horse Zoologicee, by Sir W. Jardine, 

 Bart. Notes on collections, and remarks of correspondents 

 on the habits of foreign birds. Mr. James Kirk remarked 

 that a species of Crotophaga inhabiting the island of Tobago 

 differs from the habits usually ascribed to other species, of 

 hatching in concert. 4. Conclusion of Extracts from rough 

 Notes of a Journey across the Pampas of Buenos Ayres 

 to Tucuman, by James Tweedie, Esq. 5. On Laurus Cassia of 

 Linnaeus, and plants producing Cassia Bark of commerce, 

 by Robert Wight, M. D. reprinted from the Madras Jour- 

 nal of Literature and Science, 1839, No. 22. The question 

 being referred to Dr. Wight by the Madras government 

 whether the Cassia bark is yielded by Laurus Cassia, Lin. 

 or some other plant, Dr. Wight first shows that Linnasus 

 confounded three distinct plants under the above name, 

 which should therefore be expunged from botanical nomen- 

 clature. Two of the species included under the term 

 Laurus Cassia yield cassia. The one considered by Dr. Wight 



