ed from ammonia, by Humphry Davy, Esq. Sec. R.S. M.R.I.A.....p. 333.
Presents received by the Royal Society from November 1807, to July 1808....p. 371.
Index....p. 377.
The ninth volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society is published, and the following are the contents:1. The genus apion of Herbst’s Natursystem considered, its character laid down, and many of the species described, by the Rev. William Kirby, F.L.S. 2. Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire, by George Montagu, Esq. F.L.S.3. An account of the Indian badger, the ursus Indicus of Shaw’s Zoology, by Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Hardwick, F.L.S.4. A botanical sketch of the genus conchium, by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.5. An inquiry into the genus of the tree called by Pona Ablicea cretica, by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.6. An inquiry into the real daucus gingidium of Linnaeus, by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.7. Descriptions of eight new British lichens, by Dawson Turner, Esq. F.R.S. A.S. and L.S.8. An illustration of the species of lycium, which grow wild at the Cape of Good Hope, by Sir Charles Peter Thunberg, Knight of the Order of Wasa, professor of botany at Upsal, F.M.L.S.9. Some observations on an insect that destroys the wheat, supposed to be the wire-worm, by Thomas Watford, Esq. F.A.S. and L.S. with an additional note by Thomas Marsham, Esq. Treas. L.S.10. An account of the larger and lesser species of horseshoe bats, proving them to be distinct, together with a description of vespertilio barbastellus, taken in the south of Devonshire, by George Montagu, Esq. F.R.S.11. Descriptions of two new species of didelphis, from Van Diemen’s Land, by G. P. Harris, Esq. communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. Pres. R.S.H. M.L.S.12. Description of a species of dimorpha, by Edward Rudge, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S.13. Some interesting additions to the natural history of falcocyaneus and pygargus, together with remarks on some other British birds, by George Montagu, Esq. F.R.S.14. An account of some new species of piper, with a few cursory observations on the genus, by Mr. John Vaughan Thompson, communicated by the Right Hon. Lord Seaforth, F.R.S. and L.S.15. An inquiry into the structure of seeds, and especially into the true nature of that part called by Gærtner the vitellus, by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.16. Observations on nauclea gambir, the plant producing the drug called gutta gambeer, with characters of two other species, by William Hunter, Esq. secretary to the Asiatic Society, communicated by the president.17. Observations respecting several British species of hieracium, by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.18. Specific characters of the decandrous papilionaceous plants of New Holland, by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.19. On the variegation of plants, in a letter to Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq.
