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On some Actiniaria from the Indian Seas. — By A. Alcock, M. B., 



C. M. Z. S., Offg. Superintendent of the Indian Museum ... J 5 1 ; 



Note on some methods of preparing botanical specimens, communi- 

 cating Memoranda by Messrs. 0. Maries, F. L. S., and R. 

 Pantling — By D. Prain, M. B. ... ... ... 153 



Blind root-suckers of the Sunderbans. — By R. L. Heinig, Deputy 

 Conservator of Forests, Bengal, Communicated by the Natural 

 Histort Secretary (Plate VI.) ... ... ... 158 



The Petrology of Job Chamock's Tombstone. — By Thomas H. 



Holland, A. R. C. S., F. G. S., Geological Survey of India ... 162 



On a slab of Chinese agglomerate lava bearing a Chinese inscription 

 discovered in St. John's Churchyard, Calcutta. — By T. H. 

 Holland, A. R. C. S., F. Gr. S., Geological Survey of India 

 (With Plate VII.) ... ... ... ... 164 



