NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
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No. 85, February:—(Dr. F. Mueller) Definitions of rare, or hitherto unde¬ 
scribed Australian Plants. Dr. Mueller and the North Australian Exploring 
Expedition. (H. Cleghorn, M.D.) Note on the Sand-binding Plants of the 
Madras Beach. These plants are seven in number—viz., Spinifex Squarrosus, 
Ipomoea Pescaprse, Hydrophylax maritima, Microrhyncbus sarmentosus, Papalia 
orbiculata, Pandanus odoratissimus, Ehretia arenaria. Notice of De Candolle’s 
Geographie Botanique Raisonnee. 
No. 86, March:—(Dr. F. Mueller) Definitions of rare, or hitherto unde¬ 
scribed Australian Plants, and on Duttonia, a new genus of Myoporineas from 
South Australia. (Sir W J. Hooker) On the Balsam-bog. This plant, the 
Bolax glebaria of Commerson, has at length been obtained for the Museum at 
Kew. The specimen, which was brought over by George Rennie, Esq., from 
the Falkland Isles, weighed 303 lbs. ; it yields a moderately soft gum resin, 
becoming fluid with heat, and very adhesive, which is used as an application to 
cuts and other lesions with apparent effect. Notices of New Books, &c. 
AMERICA. 
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 4to. Washington. Vol. VII. 
1855. 
(Bailey) Notes on new species and localities of Microscopic Organisms ; with 
a plate—pp. 16. (Leidey) Memoir on the extinct Sloth tribe of North America ; 
with sixteen plates—pp. 70. The following species are illustrated; Megalonyx 
jeffersonii , dissimilis Leidy; Ereptodon priscus Leidy ; Mylodon harlani Owen, 
(and by comparison the South American M. darwynii r robustus ) ; Megatherium 
mirabile Leidy, n. sp.; Gnathopsis oweni Leidy. 
The American Journal of Science and Arts; conducted by Professors 
Silliman and James D. Dana, &c. Second Series. 8vo. New York. 1856. 
Zoology_ (Conrad) Unio diversus, n. sp. — p. 172. (Nickles) On the pre¬ 
sence of Vivianite in human bones—p. 402, Botany. —(Braun) The vege® 
table Individual, in its relation to Species; continued—p. 58-79. (Bailey) 
On the non-existence of polarizing Silica in the Organic Kingdoms— p. 357, 
358. Geology, Paleontology, etc.—(Coan) Kilauea volcano—p. 100-102. 
(Same) On the recent eruption of Mauna Loa—p. 237-241. (Dana) Supple¬ 
ment to his Mineralogy; Number II.—p. 193-212. (Same) On volcanic action 
at Mauna Loa—p. 241-244 (Hayes) On a specimen of native Iron from 
Liberia, Africa—p. 153-157. (Same) On Serpentine rock—p. 382-385. 
(Hitchcock) On a fossil fish of a new family, and new fossil footmarks—p. 96- 
100. (Isbister) Geology of the Hudson’s Bay Territories, and of portions of 
the Arctic and N. W. Regions of N. America—p, 313-338. (Murchison) 
Occurrence of fragments of Firwood in the islands of the Arctic Archipelago ; 
with remarks on the Rock specimens brought from that Region ; Extract from 
Journal of Geol. Soc. of London—p. 377-382. (Rogers) Origin and accumula¬ 
tion of the Protocarbonate of Iron in Coal-measures—p. 339-343. (Sedgwick 
and McCoy) Subdivisions of the Paheozoic strata of G. Britain ; Extract—p. 
343-356. (Shepard) New localities of Meteoric iron—p. 213-216. Micro¬ 
scopical and Optical Science, etc. (Bailey) New method of disintegrating 
masses of fossil Diatomacese—p. 356. (Same) Remarks on Mr. Wenham’s 
paper on the Aperture of Object-glasses—p. 105-106. (Johnson) Indicator 
stage for Microscopes—p. 386-388. (Rogers) On binocular vision ; continued 
and concluded—p. 80-95, 173-189. (Rood) Adaptations of the Compound 
Microscope—p. 106-111. (Wenham) On the Aperture of Object-glasses; 
Extract from Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London—p. 103-104. 
Correspondence— p. 117-124, 254-261, 403-408. Scientific Intelli¬ 
gence— p. 125-152, 262-304, 409-451. 
The Canadian Journal. New Series. 8vo. Toronto.—No. 1, January ; No. 2, 
March, 1856, contain the following articles on Natural History. (Hodgins)The 
Proteus of the lakes—p. 19-22. According to the Report of committee of exami¬ 
nation, the species is Menobranchus lateralis —p. 23. (Bovell) Notes on some points 
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