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and iiaii mass of learning and research, and has established, I 
conclusions advocated by Dr. Smitt will be finally adopted, is a question 
am not qualified to discuss. Prof. Andersson has described a new grass 
(Colpodium Malmgreni). Dr. Cleve has reviewed the Diatomaces, and 
r. Lindberg the mosses of Spitzberg, while Prof. Heer* has reprae 
the fossil (miocene) plants of Spitzber g and Walrussia, and D ind- 
stróm has analyzed some of the rocks of Spitzberg. But b itid these 
efforts of a more Special character have been made the sitire en- 
deavors characteristic of the pupils of Linneeus, to clear up the fauna, 
flora, and mineral wealth of Sweden itself. I cannot here enumerate all 
rs relating to this subject, but will only state that you will find 
several local faunas and floras, as well as special or local lists of "ome 
classes of plants or animals, i. e., of the fishes of Finmarken, with m 
" a us 
cite the iovis of Prof. remitir “Characteristics of Annulata” 
collected during the voyage of the ** Eugenie,” a sort of prodromus of the 
elabora qoe nibus to be given in the report of that son published 
ed a 
Prof. 
Kinberg has also published a "e on the “ Origin of the second cervical 
Vertebra torii in Mammals, through the fusion together of two 
Vertebrge n Mammalia, generally, the odontoid process is separated 
epistrop 
ostical review of the Hemiptera (Reduviade, Hyd 
ete.) will, I do not doubt, add to the author's high reputation for accu- 
racy and acumen, and might the more be recommended to the attention 
of American entomologists, since many American bugs are reviewed in 
Papers, which, written in Latin, are quite accessible to men of all 

“A more detailed account is to be found in Prof. Heer's great work. “ Flora fossilis Arctica,” 
dependent Mt Prineipatly on materials emia together | by Santon sage vian travellers and natural- 
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