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Current Literature. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society. 
No. 256. Ito and Gardiner: On the structure of the mucilage cells of 
Blechnum occidentale , L., and Osmunda regalis , L. 
„ — Ward ; On the tubercular swellings on the roots of Vida Faba. 
„ — Massee : On Gasterolichenes , a new type of the Group Lichenes. 
„ — Williamson : On the true fructification of the carboniferous Calamites. 
,, 259. Lawes and Gilbert : On the present position of the question of the 
sources of the Nitrogen of Vegetation, with some new results, 
and preliminary notice of new lines of investigation. Prelimi- 
nary notice. 
„ 260. Gardiner: On the power of contractility exhibited by the protoplasm of 
certain plant-cells. Preliminary communication. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
No. 123. Griffiths : Researches on Microorganisms, including ideas of a new 
method for their destruction in certain cases of contagious 
disease. 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1887. 
Poulton : The experimental proof of the protective value of colour 
and markings in insects in reference to their vertebrate enemies. 
Quarterly Record of the Royal Botanical Society of London, 1887. 
Prior : On the edible acorns called Ballotas. 
Annual Report of the Wellington College Natural Science Society. XVII. 
Phenological Report. 
Brighton and Sussex Natural History and Philosophical Society. Annual 
Report, 1887. 
Jago: Yeast. 
Crane : The succession of life on the earth and its possible migration 
from the polar regions. 
Science Gossip ( continued '). 
No. 271. Swan : Studies of common plants (continued in No. 272). 
,, — Parkinson : The Coral-Roots of Switzerland. 
„ — Hobson : Seedlings of Heracleum. 
,, — R. B. P. : C ephalanthera ensifolia , etc. 
„ — Arnold: Lepidium latifolium and L. Draba. 
„ — Gain : A new British Alga. 
„ — J. W. D. : Crocuses flowering underground. 
,, 272. Gibbs: The flowering of Crocuses. 
,, 273. Addison : Some remarks on Fungi. 
,, — Lamb : Notes on the Flora of the North Downs. 
„ — Cockerell : British plants in America. 
„ — - Turner : Note on Hildebrandtia. 
,, — Horn : Crocuses blooming underground. 
,, — Wire: Cohnia roseo-persicina. 
„ — Swinton : Varieties of the common poppy. 
,, — George: Floral malformation {Digitalis purpurea). 
,, 274. R. B. P. : Natural History notes in Germany. 
„ — Bulman : A red leaf. — A Study in Botany. 
