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CONTENTS. 
No. I. 
PAGE 
Marshall Ward, H., and Dunlop, John. — On some points in 
the Histology and Physiology of the Fruits and Seeds of 
Rhamnus. (With Plates I & II) i 
Gardiner, W., and Ito, Tokutaro. — On the structure of the mu- 
cilage secreting cells of Blechnum occidentale, L., and Os- 
munda regalis, L. (With Plates III & IV) . . . 27 
Calvert, Agnes, and Boodle, L. A.- — On laticiferous tissue in the 
pith of Manihot Glaziovii, and on the presence of Nuclei 
in this Tissue. (With Plate V) 55 
Gregg, W. H. — Anomalous thickening in the roots of Cycas See- 
manni, Al. Braun. (With Plate VI) 63 
NOTES. 
Oliver, F. W. — Phenomenon analogous to leaf-fail . . . . 71 
Vaizey, J. Reynolds. — The transpiration of the Sporophore of 
the Musci .......... 73 
Blake, J. H. — The prickle-pores of Victoria regia .... 74 
Calvert, Agnes. — The laticiferous tissue in the stem of Hevea 
brasiliensis 75 
Bayley Balfour, Isaac. — ‘ Sporophore ’ and ‘ Sporophyte * . 77 
REVIEW. 
Lectures on the Physiology of Plants, by Julius v. Sachs. Translated 
by H. Marshall Ward 81 
RECORD OF CURRENT LITERATURE i-xli 
No. II. 
Hooker, Sir J. D. — On Hydrothrix, a new genus of Pontederia- 
ceae. (With Plate VII) 89 
Oliver, F. W. — On the obliteration of the Sieve-tubes in La- 
minariae. (With Plates VIII & IX) 95 
Treub, Melchior.— Some words on the life-history of Lycopods . 119 
Bower, F. O. 
On the modes of climbing in the genus Calamus. (With wood- 
cuts 1-3) 125 
On the limits of the use of the terms Phyllome and Caulome. 
A suggestion ......... 133 
Vaizey, J. Reynolds. — O n the absorption of water, and its relation 
to the constitution of the cell- wall in Mosses . . . 147 
Morris, D. — On the use of certain plants as Alexipharmics or 
Snake-bite antidotes . 153 
Robinson, Benjamin L.— Notes on the genus Taphrina . . . 163 
NOTES. 
Vines, S. H. — Apospory in Characeae 177 
Schonland, Selmar. 
Method for preserving the colours of Flowers in dried specimens 178 
The apical meristem in the roots of Pontederiaceae. (With wood- 
cuts 4 and 5) 
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