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Current Literature. 
Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions {continued). 
No. 880. Holmes : Tangkwang fat or Vegetable Tallow. 
„ — : Fat derived from the sapotaceous plants in Sumatra and the 
neighbouring islands. 
„ — : Note on false Strophanthus seed. 
„ — Elborne: Note on spurious Chiretta. 
„ 881. Gerrard : Strophanthus and strophanthin. 
„ — Baker, E. G. : Structure of the flower of the Petaloid Monocotyledones. 
„ 882. Boa : Irish Moss as a substitute for Gum- Acacia in Pharmacy. 
„ 884. Fluckiger : The distribution of Safrol. 
„ 885. Paul : Note on Catha edulis. 
,, 886. Fluckiger : Contribution to the History of Wars. 
„ — Clarke : On the Saffron plant ( Crocus sativus , Linn.) and in con- 
nection with the name of the town of Saffron Walden. 
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Vol. 
CLXXVIII b. 
Frankland : A new Method for the quantitative Estimation of the 
Micro-organisms present in the Atmosphere. 
Green : On the Changes in the Proteids in the Seed which accompany 
Germination. 
Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Vol. VI, Part 1. 
Vines and Rendle : Note on the ‘Vesicular Vessels’ of the Onion. 
Potter : On Epiclemmydia lusitanica , a new species of Algae. 
Gardiner : On a peculiar organ of Hodgsonia heteroclita. 
Proceedings of the Liverpool Biological Society, 1886-7. 
Gibson : The comparative value of the gamopetalous and polypetal ous 
Corolla as a protection to the essential organs during high 
winds. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Vol. XLII. 
No. 251. Williamson: On the Organisation of the Fossil Plants of the 
coal-measures. Heterangium tiliaoides Will., and Kaloxylon 
Hookeri. 
„ 253. Frankland: Studies of some new micro-organisms obtained from 
air. 
„ — Schunck : Contributions to the chemistry of Chlorophyll, ii. 
„ 255. Ward : The tubercular swellings on the roots of the Leguminosse. 
„ — Martin : The Proteids of Abrus precatorius (Jequirity). 
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. XLIII. 
Starkie Gardner : On the Leaf-beds and Gravels of Ardtun, Carsaig, 
etc. 
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. Vol. XXVII, Part 3. 
Hartog : On the Formation and Liberation of the Zoospores in the 
Saprolegnieae. 
Ward : Illustrations of the Structure and Life-History of Phytophthoi-a 
infestans . 
Hankin : Some new methods of using Anilin Dyes for staining Bacteria. 
