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ON PLANTS IN RELATION TO ANIMALS. 
with vision (as shown by the patient hitting himself against 
projecting points).” These observations sufficed to enable 
Arloing to diagnose injury of the left sigmoid gyrus of the 
cerebrum. This was confirmed on post-mortem examination. 
Spicules of the cranial wall penetrated the brain at the 
point indicated. This exact diagnosis leads the professor to 
conclude— 
“(1) This case shows the complete resemblance between 
the results of experimental and accidental lesions of the 
cortex cerebri, when free from complications. 
“ (2) It proves that we can with profit apply physiological 
knowledge to the diagnosis of lesions having their seat in 
the cranial region. 
(3) It shows, as M. Lucas-Champonniere has recently 
remarked, that surgical intervention, when considered ad¬ 
visable, should be practised, not at the seat of the external 
wound, but at that part of the surface of the cranium which 
corresponds to that region of the cortex lesion of which gives 
rise to the symptoms which are present in the case.” 
ON PLANTS IN RELATION TO ANIMALS. 
By Professor James Buckman, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. 
{Continued from p. 471.) 
We shall devote a paper to an examination of the Clovers, 
the generic description of which is expressed by Syme as 
follows: 
“ TRIFOLIUM, Linn. 
“ Calyx bell-shaped or tubular, 5-toothed ; teeth elongate, 
generally unequal. Corolla persistent and withering, some¬ 
times retaining its form, but becoming scarious after flower¬ 
ing; more rarely deciduous; petals usually united; standard 
scarcely spreading, equalling or exceeding the wings and 
keel; wings free at the apex, often diverging; keel obtuse. 
Stamens diadelphous, more or less adhering to the petals; 
filaments slightly thickened towards the apex. Style fili¬ 
form, glabrous. Stigma terminal, capitate. Pod short, ses¬ 
sile, and included in the tube of the calyx, or stipulate and 
slightly exserted, ovoid, not compressed, 1- to 4-seeded, often 
indehiscent. 
“ Herbs with leaves, digitately trifoliate (rarely pinnately 
bifoliate), the leaflets often toothed, and the stipules 
adnate. 
