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A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF SIR WILLIAM 
JACKSON HOOKER, by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. 
(With Portrait) . ix-ccxx 
Narrative . i x 
Appendices . • • xci 
NOTES. 
Barnard, J. E., and MacfAdyen, A.— On Luminous Bacteria 
Macfadyen, A., and Rowland, S — On the Suspension of Life at 
Low Temperatures ......... 
Dixon, H. H. — Resistance of Seeds to High Temperatures 
Matthaei, G. L. C. — The Effect of Temperature on Carbon Dioxide 
Assimilation . . . .... 
Willis, J. C.— On the Dorsiventrality of the Podostemaceae, with 
Reference to current Views on Evolution 
Wright, H.-- Foliar Periodicity in Ceylon . . 
Worsdell, W. C.— The Morphology of Sporangial Integuments 
— The Nature of the Vascular System of the Stem 
in certain Dicotyledonous Orders 
Lomax, J— On some New Features in Relation to Lyginodendron 
oldhamium 
—On the Occurrence of the Nodular Concretions (Coal 
Bails) in the Lower Coal Measures ...... 
CONTENTS OF VOL. XVI 
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