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NOTES. 
Farmer, J. B.—Observations on the Effect of Desiccation of Albumin 
upon its Coagulability.307 
Burrage, J. H.—On Nuytsia floribunda, R. Br. (with one Figure in 
the Text) ... . 312 
Boodle, L. A.—On the Structure of the Stem in two Species of Lyco¬ 
podium . .315 
Worsdell, W. C.—The Vascular Structure of the Ovule of Cephalo- 
taxus . . . ..317 
Thomas, Miss E. N.—On the Presence of Vermiform Nuclei in a 
Dicotyledon.. . .318 
No. LV, September, 1900. 
Harper, R. A.—Sexual Reproduction in Pyronema confluens and the 
Morphology of the Ascocarp. (With Plates XIX-XXI) . 321 
Ito, T.—A short Memoir of Ito Keisuke, Rigaku Hakushi (Doctor of 
Philosophy). (With a Portrait, Plate XXII) . . .401 
Scott, D. H., and Hill, T. G. —The Structure of Isoetes Hystrix. 
(With Plates XXIII and XXIV, and two Figures in the Text) 413 
Boodle, L. A.—Comparative Anatomy of the Hymenophyllaceae, 
Schizaeaceae and Gleicheniaceae. I. On the Anatomy of the 
Hymenophyllaceae. (With Plates XXV-XXVII) . -455 
Shove, Miss R. F.—On the Structure of the Stem of Angiopteris 
evecta. (With Plates XXVIII and XXIX) . . . 497 
Thomas, Miss E. N.—Double Fertilization in a Dicotyledon—Caltha 
palustris. (With Plate XXX) . . . . .527 
NOTE. 
Brown, H. T., and Escombe, F.—Static Diffusion of Gases and 
Liquids in Relation to the Assimilation of Carbon and Trans- 
location in Plants.537 
No. LVI, December, 1900. 
Buller, A. H. R.—Contributions to our Knowledge of the Physiology 
of the Spermatozoa of Ferns.543 
Murrill, W. A.—The Development of the Archegonium and Fertiliza¬ 
tion in the Hemlock Spruce (Tsuga canadensis, Carr.). (With 
Plates XXXI and XXXII). .583 
Thiselton-Dyer, Sir W. T.—Note on the Sugar-cane Disease of 
the West Indies . . . ..609 
Howard, A.—On Trichosphaeria Sacchari, Massee; a Fungus causing 
a Disease of the Sugar-cane known as * Rind Fungus ’ . . 617 
Sargant, Miss E.—A New Type of Transition from Stem to Root 
in the Vascular System of Seedlings. (With Plate XXXIII) 633 
Wallace, W.—On the Stem-Structure of Actinostemma biglandulosa. 
(With Plate XXXIV) ........ 639 
Blackman, F. F.—The Primitive Algae and the Flagellata. An 
Account of modern Work bearing on the Evolution of the 
Algae. (With two Figures in the Text) .... 647 
