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THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 

 Series B. Vol. 82. No. B 560. 



BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



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

 By \V. B. BOTTOM LEY, M.A., Professor of Botany in King's College, 

 London . 627 



On the Structure, Development, and Morphological Interpretation of the 

 Pineal Organs and Adjacent Parts of the Brain in the Tuatara 

 (Sphenodon 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, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ...... 638 



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

 Communication.) 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 ...... • — x 



Index ............. xi 



Title, Contents, etc. 



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