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THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



Series B. Vol. 87. No. B 596. 



BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 



CONTENTS. 



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Experiments on the Restoration of Paralysed Muscles by Means of Nerve 

 Anastomosis. Part II. — Anastomosis of the Nerves supplying Limb 

 Muscles. By ROBERT KENNEDY, M.A., D.Sc , M.D., St. Mungo 

 Professor of Surgery in the University of Glasgow. (Abstract) . . 33 1 



Variations in the Sex Ratio of Mus rattus Associated with an Unusual 

 Mortality of Adult Females. By F. NORMAN WHITE, M.D. (Lend.), 

 Capt. I.M.S 335 



The Conduction of the Pulse Wave and the Measurement of Arterial 

 Pressure. By LEONARD HILL, F.R.S., JAMES MCQUEEN, and 

 MARTIN FLACK 344 



On the Floral Mechanism of Welwitschia mirabilis, Hooker. By ARTHUR 



H A R R Y C H U RC H , Lecturer in Botany, University of Oxford . (Abstract) 354 



The Influence of the Position of the Cut upon Regeneration in Gunda ulvae. 

 By DOROTHY JORDAN LLOYD, B.Sc., Bathurst Student of Newnham 

 College, Cambridge .......... 355 



Investigations dealing with the Phenomena of " Clot " Formations. Part II. — 

 The Formation of a Gel from Cholate Solutions having Many Properties 

 analogous to those of Cell Membranes. By S. B. SCHRYVER . . 366 



A New Malaria Parasite of Man. By J. W. W. STEPHENS, M.D., Sir 

 Alfred Jones Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool. 

 (Plates 14-16) 375 



Formaldehyde as an Oxidation Product of Chlorophyll Extracts. By 



CHARLES HORNE WARNER, B.Sc, F.I.C 37» 



The Action of Light on Chlorophyll. By HAROLD WAGER, F.R.S. . 386 



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