420 General Notes. 
Caspian sea. It is a brownish-black, sticky mass, almost entirely 
soluble in boiling benzine. On extracting it with ether, a hard 
residue remains, which contains a paraffine whose melting point 
is 79°, and sp. gr. 0.939. This paraffine forms lustrous crystals 
and is very stable. It has been named leken.——Celestite has 
been found in three localities in Kansas, as announced by W. 
terite. The iron was all in the ferrous condition ——™ 
occurs in brilliant, dark-blue crystals in the cavities of human 
bones taken out of a supposed Roman well near the ie aS 
of Rio Tinto, Sierra Morena. Professor M. F. Hed Pi 
found topaz associated with thorite, magnetite, angst ae : 
in the syenite of Ben Loyal, Sutherland, Scotland ——/ ale 
a greenish-yellow color, and of unusually interesite > 
Vesuvius, Norway and elsewhere contains one per a 
oe f Fi i xaminé Hon ode 
glistening swellings of the pedicels. Further a somapgen st 
these swellings upon most of the pedicels, and their sligt: 
ness to the touch quickly suggested their | reper re 
They were accordingly taken to the laboratory Su 
studied. 
the remaining and interior parts, as 5$ 3 
accompanying camera sketches. ed the gland 
A higher power of the microscope show His 
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