Index:Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 12.djvu

Title	Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 12
Year	1818
Publisher	Linnean Society of London
Location	London
Source	djvu
Progress	To be proofread
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CONTENTS.

I.	Some Information respecting the Lignum Rhodium of Pocock's Travels, in a Letter to Alexander MacLeay, Esq. F.R.S. Sec. L.S. By Sir James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. Pr.L.S., &c. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 1
II.	Of the Formation of the Vegetable Epidermis. By the Rev. Patrick Keith, F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 6
III.	On the Classification of the Natural Tribe of Insects Notonectides, with Descriptions of the British Species. By William Elford Leach, M.D. F.R.S. and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 10
IV.	Some Remarks on the Natural History of the Black Stork, for the first time captured in Great Britain. By George Montagu, Esq. F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 19
V.	Some Account of the Tantalus Ephouskyca, a rare American Bird. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. F.M.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 24
VI.	Observations on the Orchis militaris of Linnæus. By Mr. J. E. Bicheno, F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 28
VII.	Glyphis and Chiodecton, two new Genera of the Family of Lichenes, with Descriptions and Figures of the Species hitherto discovered. By Erik Acharius, M.D. F.M.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 35
VIII.	On the Power of Sarracenia adunca to entrap Insects. In a Letter to Sir J. E. Smith, Pres. Linn. Soc, from James Macbride, M.D. of South Carolina .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 48
IX.	Observations on the Nature and Formation of the Stone incrusting the Skeletons which have been found in the Island of Guadaloupe, with some Account of the Origin of those Skeletons. In a Report made to General Ernouf, late Governor of the Colony. Communicated by the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.G.C.B. Pres.R.S. H.M.L.S. &c. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 53
X.	Descriptions of a new Genus of Plants named Araujia, and of a new Species of Passiflora. By Felix de Avellar Brotero, Professor of Botany in the University of Coimbra, F.M.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 62
XI.	Some Observations on the natural Family of Plants called Compositæ. By Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Libr.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 76
XII.	On some remarkable Deviations from the usual Structure of Seeds and Fruits. By Robert Brown, F.R.S., Lib. L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 143
XIII.	Remarks on two Genera of Plants to be referred to the Family of the Rosaceæ, in a Letter from Mr. A. P. Decandolle. Professor of Natural History in the Academy of Geneva, Corresp. R. Acad. Sc. Paris, &c. to Sir James Edward Smith, President of the Linnean Society .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 152
XIV.	A Synopsis of the British Species of Rosa. By Joseph Woods, Esq. F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 159
XV.	A Botanical History of the Genus Tofieldia. By Sir James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 235
XVI.	A Monograph of the Genus Pæonia. By the late George Anderson, Esq. F.L.S. &c. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 248
PART II.
XVII.	Observations on the Linnean Genus Juncus, with the Characters of those Species which have been found growing wild in Great Britain. By James Ebenezer Bicheno, Esq., F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 291
XVIII.	Descriptions of two new Shells. By Captain Frederic Marryat, R.N. F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 338
XIX.	Descriptions of five British Species of the Genus Terebella of Linné: By the late George Montagu, Esq. F.L.S. Communicated by William Elford Leach, M.D. F.R.S. and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 340
XX.	Characters of two Species of Tordylium. By Sir James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 345
XXI.	Observations on a Viper found in Cranborne Chace, Dorsetshire. By the Rev. Thomas Rackett, F.R.S.and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 349
XXII.	Description of select Indian Plants. By Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 351
XXIII.	Upon the different Species of esculent Strawberries. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. Pres. Hort.Soc. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 362
XXIV.	On the Germination of Lycopodium denticulatum, in a Letter to the Secretary from Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 365
XXV.	Some Account of the Lycoperdon solidum of the Flora Virginica, the Lycoperdon cervinum of Walter. By James Macbride, M.D. of South Carolina. Communicated by the President. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 368
XXVI.	An Account of Rhizomorpha medullaris, a new British Fungus. By Sir James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 372
XXVII.	A Century of Insects, including several new Genera described from his Cabinet. By the Rev. William Kirby M.A.F.R. and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 375
XXVIII.	A Description of several new Species of Insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S., Libr. Linn. Soc. By the Rev. William Kirby, M.A.F R. and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 454
XXIX.	Some Account of the Island of Tristan da Cunha and of its Natural Productions. By Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 483
XXX.	Some Account of the Spiral Tubes or Ligaments in the Genus Terebratula of Lamarck, as observed in several Species of Fossil Shells. By Mr. James Sowerby, F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 514
XXXI.	On the Use of the Pedes scansorii of Birds; in a Letter to the Rev. William Kirby, F.R.S. and L.S. By the Rev. Revett Sheppard, F.L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 517
XXXII.	An Account of a new Species of Gull lately discovered on the West Coast of Greenland. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. &c. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 520
XXXIII.	Remarks on the Changes of the Plumage of Birds. By the Rev. William Whitear, of Starston in Norfolk. Communicated by Joseph Sabine, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S., &c. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 524
XXXIV.	A Memoir on the Birds of Greenland; with Descriptions and Notes on the Species observed in the late Voyage of Discovery in Davis's Straits and Baffin's Bay. By Capt. Edward Sabine, of the Royal Artillery, F.R.S. and L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 527
XXXV.	Characters and Description of Lyellia, a new Genus of Mosses, with Observations on the Section of the Order to which it belongs; and some Remarks on Leptostotum and Buxbaumia. By Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S., Libr. L.S. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 560
XXXVI.	Extracts from the Minute-Book of the Linnean Society of London .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .	p. 584
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