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  and 
  Natural 
  History. 
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  8. 
  Pseudomorphs 
  after 
  halite 
  from 
  Jamaica, 
  W. 
  I. 
  ; 
  by 
  E. 
  O 
  

   Hovey 
  (communicated). 
  — 
  In 
  some 
  material 
  collected 
  in 
  Jamaica' 
  

   W. 
  I., 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History 
  by 
  Francis 
  C. 
  Nicholas 
  are 
  some 
  pseudomorphs 
  after 
  

   halite 
  which 
  are 
  worthy 
  of 
  note. 
  The 
  outward 
  form 
  is 
  the 
  ordi- 
  

   nary 
  cube 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  crystal 
  with 
  cavernous 
  or 
  hopper-shaped 
  

   faces, 
  and 
  groups 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  individuals 
  occur 
  

   in 
  the 
  series. 
  In 
  most 
  cases 
  the 
  replacing 
  material 
  is 
  calcite 
  

   with 
  a 
  considerable 
  admixture 
  of 
  clay, 
  in 
  some 
  gypsum 
  (selenite) 
  

   forms 
  the 
  pseudomorph 
  and 
  in 
  others 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  shell 
  of 
  clayey 
  

   calcite 
  from 
  less 
  than 
  0"5 
  mm 
  to 
  several 
  millimeters 
  in 
  thickness, 
  

   preserving 
  the 
  outward 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  crystal 
  and 
  surrounding 
  

   pure 
  selenite 
  or 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  selenite, 
  clayey 
  calcite 
  and 
  iron 
  

   oxide. 
  The 
  specimens 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  hard, 
  gray 
  clay 
  or 
  shale 
  

   from 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  west 
  of 
  Easington, 
  Parish 
  of 
  St. 
  Thomas 
  

   (formerly 
  St. 
  David) 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  further 
  interest 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   statement 
  made 
  by 
  J. 
  G. 
  Sawkins 
  in 
  his 
  Reports 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  

   of 
  Jamaica, 
  p. 
  37, 
  that 
  "deposits 
  of 
  mineral 
  salt 
  are 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  island." 
  Sawkins 
  (p. 
  54) 
  mentions 
  gypsum, 
  however, 
  as 
  

   occurring 
  near 
  Easington 
  in 
  beds 
  between 
  the 
  Carbonaceous 
  

   shales 
  and 
  the 
  yellow 
  limestone. 
  

  

  9. 
  Flora 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  United 
  States 
  : 
  containing 
  an 
  abridged 
  

   description 
  of 
  the 
  Flowering 
  Plants 
  and 
  Ferns 
  of 
  Tennessee, 
  

   North 
  and 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  Georgia, 
  Alabama, 
  Mississippi, 
  and 
  

   Florida 
  : 
  arranged 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  System 
  ; 
  by 
  A. 
  W. 
  

   Chapman, 
  M.D.,LL.D. 
  Third 
  edition. 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass. 
  Cam- 
  

   bridge 
  Botanical 
  Supply 
  Company. 
  1897. 
  — 
  The 
  title 
  above 
  

   given 
  indicates 
  sufficiently 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  this 
  work. 
  The 
  revision 
  

   incorporates 
  considerable 
  new 
  material, 
  and, 
  still, 
  by 
  judicious 
  

   abbreviation 
  and 
  condensation, 
  keeps 
  within 
  convenient 
  form. 
  To 
  

   the 
  increasing 
  numbers 
  of 
  visitors 
  to 
  health 
  resorts 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  

   states, 
  and 
  who 
  have 
  anxiously 
  but 
  vainly 
  sought 
  for 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  

   two 
  previous 
  editions, 
  the 
  present 
  revision 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  accept- 
  

   able. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  

   in 
  the 
  elucidation 
  of 
  our 
  southern 
  flora: 
  Dr. 
  Chapman's 
  useful 
  

   treatise 
  will 
  long 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  such 
  local 
  research 
  and 
  a 
  

   most 
  handy 
  work 
  of 
  reference. 
  We 
  trust 
  that 
  the 
  venerable 
  

   botanist 
  may 
  long 
  be 
  spared 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  his 
  intention 
  of 
  publish- 
  

   ing 
  further 
  issues 
  as 
  occasion 
  may 
  require. 
  g. 
  l. 
  g. 
  

  

  10. 
  Neural 
  Terms, 
  International 
  and 
  National 
  ; 
  by 
  Burt 
  G. 
  

   Wilder. 
  (From 
  the 
  Journ. 
  Comp. 
  Neurology, 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  pp. 
  216- 
  

   352, 
  1897.) 
  — 
  This 
  paper, 
  the 
  latest 
  of 
  Professor 
  Wilder'** 
  contri- 
  

   butions 
  to 
  a 
  revision 
  of 
  anatomical 
  nomenclature, 
  is 
  largely 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  an 
  unfortunate 
  controversy 
  with 
  Professor 
  Wilhelm 
  

   His 
  and 
  the 
  " 
  Anatomische 
  Gesellschaft." 
  The 
  principles 
  of 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Wilder's 
  nomenclature 
  are 
  very 
  fully 
  discussed 
  and 
  eluci- 
  

   dated 
  and 
  a 
  useful 
  list 
  of 
  anatomical 
  terms 
  applied 
  to 
  the- 
  nervous 
  

   system 
  is 
  given. 
  

  

  