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Current Literature. 
Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany. Vol. XXIV. 
No. 162. Vaizey : On the Anatomy and Development of the Sporogonium of 
Mosses. 
Henslow : Transpiration as a Function of living Protoplasm. Tran- 
spiration and evaporation in a saturated atmosphere. 
Ridley : A revision of the genera Microstylis and Malaxis. 
J ournal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society and Field Club. 
Vol. IV. (1886-87). 
Druce : The Flora of Northamptonshire. 
Dixon : Lycopodium clavcitum , L. in Northamptonshire. 
: Phenological Notes. 
— : A Bank Holiday Moss Foray. 
: Poly podium Robertianum , Hoffm., in Northamptonshire. 
• : Second supplementary list of Northamptonshire Mosses. 
: Botanical Notes. 
: Alisma ranunculoides , L. in Northamptonshire. 
: Northamptonshire Mosses. 
Scriven : On the age of trees. 
J ournal and Transactions, Pharmaceutical. Series 3. 
No. 916. Hooper : Bark of Michelia Nilagirica . 
„ — Hesse : Contributions to the Chemistry of Cinchona Alkaloids. 
— A few notes on the Microscopic Fungi. 
„ 917* Warden : Embelia Ribes. 
„ 918. Shand : The tea industry of Ceylon continued in No. 923). 
„ 919. De Bary : Asa Gray (necrology). 
„ 920. Mac Evan : Note on Sandall Wood Oil. 
„ 921. Hooper: Bark of Rhamnus Wightii. 
,, — Power and Weimar : The constituents of Wild Cherry Bark. 
,, 922. Hill : Notes on a species of Astragalus from Cyprus. 
„ — Dunstan : The formation of Alkaloids in Plants. 
,, — Salamon : Yeast, its Morphology and Culture. 
,, 923. Freire : Alkaloid from Solatium grandifloi'a. 
,, 924. Amadeo : The Botany and Vegetable Materia Medica of the Island of 
Porto-Rico (continued in Nos. 930 and 931). 
„ 925. Squire : The identification of the Chinese Dye-Bark Hwang-Peh. 
,, — Ransom : Note on striated Ipecacuanhas. 
„ — Meier and Webber : An examination of Casara sagrada. 
5 , — Hill : Occurrence of Canary Grass near Edinburgh. 
,3 — : Flowering rush in an unlikely place. 
„ 927. Luff : The Ptomaines. 
,, 928. Hooper: Leaves of Adhadota vasica. 
,, — Notes on Gambier. 
„ 929. Mander : Ghatti and other Indian substitutes for Gum Arabic. 
,3 932. Elborne : Jambul ( Eugenia Jambolana , Lam.). 
,, 935. Thiselton-Dyer : Note on Cineraria maritima in the treatment of 
Cataract. 
,, — Warden : Cocotannic acid from the leaves of Erythroxylon Coca 
grown in India. 
„ 936. : Note on Erythoxylon Coca grown in India (continued in 
No. 937). 
