APPENDIX AND CORRECTIONS. 



Page 3, line 6 from top. An account of the anatomy is deferred. 

 7, line 19 from bottom, for xiii. read xii. 



for (1883). read (1884), 402. 



for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 402. 



for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 402. 



for Eschab. 'Eschab. read Eschab or 'Eschab (Schweinf.). 



for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 402. 



for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 403. 



for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 403. 



for Boheng. read Bobeng (Schweinf). 



for Petala, read Petala. 

 bottom, for Nom Vern. read Nom. Vern. 



for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 403. 



for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 403. 

 49, as first line insert Nom. Vern. Tenage (Schweinf). 

 49, line 2 from top, after n. 603 insert Schweinf. 



49, „ 3 „ bottom, delete Hab. 



50, line 16 from top. An account of the anatomy is deferred. 

 Professor Dobbie of Bangor, and Dr G. G. Henderson of Glasgow University, have 



kindly analysed ' ameero,' and supply the following account of its constitution : — 

 " ' Ameero ' forms drops agglomerated to a sticky brown-coloured plastic mass. It 



can be easily separated into two portions by the action of water, alcohol, or ether, in 



all of which it is only partially soluble. 



" Its percentage composition, after separating out the impurities (vegetable tissue, 



sand, &c), is approximately 



7, , 



IS , 





10, , 



, 16 , 



, to] 



11, , 



, 7 , 





11, , 



, 12 , 





17, , 



, 13 , 





20, , 



, 21 , 





23, , 



, 10 , 





35, , 



, 3 , 





36, , 



, 10 , 





40, , 



, 13 , 



, bot 



43, , 



, 3 , 





45, , 



, 2 , 



, to] 



Portion soluble in ether, . 

 Portion insoluble in ether, 

 Volatile oil soluble in ether, 



77 



20 



3 



100 



" The portion soluble in ether is a hard, brittle, transparent yellow resin, insoluble in 

 water and petroleum -ether, but soluble in alcohol, carbon bisulphide, chloroform, and 

 benzene. It is not acted upon by caustic soda. With lead acetate its alcoholic solu- 

 tion gives a white precipitate. Two combustions gave the following numbers : — 



