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No. XXXVII, March, 1896. 
Humphrey, J. E. — The Development of the Seed in the Scitamineae. 
(With Plates I-IV) ........ 
Penhallow, D. P. — Nematophyton Ortoni, n. sp. (With Plate V) . 
Davis, B. M. — The Fertilization of Batrachospermum. (With Plates 
VI and VII) 
Harvey Gibson, R. J. — Contributions towards a Knowledge of the 
Anatomy of the Genus Selaginella, Spr. : Part II, The 
Ligule. (With Plate VIII) . 
NOTES. 
Wager, H. — Reproduction and Fertilization in Cystopus candidus 
Groom, P. — Preliminary Note on the Relation between Calcium and 
the Conduction of Carbohydrates in Plants .... 
Phillips, R. W. — Note on Saccorhiza bulbosa, J. G. Ag., and Alaria 
esculenta, Grev. ......... 
Barber, C. A. — Thorns with Corky Bases; a Correction . 
Hartog, M. — The Cytology of Saprolegnia 
Bower, F. O. 
Studies in the Morphology of Spore-producing Members. Part II : 
Ophioglossaceae ......... 
Preliminary Statement on the Sorus of Danaea . 
Sargant, E. — Direct Nuclear Division in the Embryo-sac of Lilium 
Martagon 
No. XXXVIII, June, 1896. 
Brebner, G. — On the Prothallus and Embryo of Danaea simplicifolia, 
Rudge. (With Plate IX) 
Massee, G. — A Revision of the Genus Coprinus. (With Plates X 
and XI) 
Phillips, R. W. — On the Development of the Cystocarp in Rhodo- 
melaceae (II). (With Plates XII and XIII) 
Seward, A. C. — Notes on the Geological History of Monocotyledons. 
(With Plate XIV) 
Hemsley, W. B. — The Flora of Lord Howe Island . . . . 
NOTES. 
Farmer, J. B. — Respiration and Assimilation in Cells containing 
Chlorophyll 
Gwynne-Vaughan, D. T. — A New Case of Polystely in Dicotyledons 
Vines, S. H. 
Demonstration of Root-pressure and Transpiration 
The Digestive Ferment of Nepenthes 
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