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The Anatomy and Morphology of the Leaves and Inflorescences of Welivitschia 

 mirahilis. By Miss M. G. Sj'kes. Communicated by Prof. A. C. Seward, F.K.S. 

 (Abstract) 625 



No. B 560.— September 23, 1910. 



The Assimilation of Nitrogen by certain Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in the Soil. 

 By W. B. Bottomley, M.A., Professor of Botany in King's College, London. 

 Communicated by Prof. J. Reynolds Green, F.R.S 627 



On the Structure, Development, and Morphological Interpretation of the Pineal 

 Organs and Adjacent Parts of the Brain in the Tuatai-a {Spkenodon punctatus). 

 By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S. , Sec.L.S., Professor of Zoology in King's 

 College (University of London). (Abstract) 629 



The Opposite Electrification produced by Animal and Vegetable Life. By W. M. 

 Thornton, D.Sc, D.Eng., Professor of Electrical Engineering in Armstrong 

 College, Nevrcastle-upon-Tyne. Communicated by Dr. A. D. Waller, F.R.S. ... 638 



The Fermentation of Galactose by Yeast and Yeast-juice. (Preliminary Com- 

 munication.) By Arthur Harden, F.R.S., and Roland V. Norris 645 



The Lignite of Bovey Tracey. By Clement Reid, F.R.S., and Eleanor M. Reid, B.Sc. 



(Abstract) 650 



Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased : — E. F. W. Pfliiger ; William Henry 



Dallinger ; Thomas William Bridge i — x 



Inde.\ xi 



