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560588Transactions of the Linnean Society of London — Volume 21796

TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

LINNEAN SOCIETY.

VOLUME II.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY J. DAVIS.
SOLD BY B. AND J. WHITE, FLEET-STREET.
M.DCC.XCIV.

CONTENTS.

I. THE History and Descriptions of four new Species of Phalæna. By the late Mr. John Beckwith, F. L. S.	Page 1
II. Remarks on Scolopendra electrica, and Sc. subterranea. By George Shaw, M.D. F.R.S. and L.S.	p. 7
III. Remarks on the Abbé Wulfen's Descriptions of Lichens; published among his rare Plants of Carinthia, in Professor Jacquin's Collectanea, Vol. II. 112. By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. and P.L.S.	p. 10
IV. Account of the Gizzard of the Shell called by Linnæus Bulla lignaria, addressed to the President. By Mr. George Humphrey, A. L. S.	p. 15
V. Account of the Difference of Structure in the Flowers of six Species of Passiflora. By Mr. James Sowerby, A. L. S.	p. 19
VI. Descriptions of two new British Fuci. By Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Esq. F. L. S.	p. 29
VII. An Essay towards an History of the British Stellated Lycoperdons: being an Account of such Species as have been found in the Neighbourhood of Bungay, in Suffolk. By Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Esq. F.L.S.	p. 32
VIII. A new Arrangement of Papilios, in a Letter to the President. By Mr. William Jones, F.L.S.	p. 63
IX. Descriptions of several Species of Pancratium. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.L.S.	p. 70
X. Some Account of the Musca Pumilionis of Gmelin's Edition of the Syst. Naturæ. By William Markwick, Esq. F.L.S. With additional Remarks by T. Marsham, Esq. Sec.L.S.	p. 76
XI. Description of Paspalum stoloniferum. By Mr. Lewis Bosc, F.M.L.S.	p. 83
XII. Observations on the Structure and Oeconomy of some curious Species of Aranea. By Mr. Dorthes, F.M.L.S.	p. 86
XIII. Account of the Germination and Raising of Ferns from the Seed. By Mr. John Lindsay, Surgeon in Jamaica. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. and H.M.L.S.	p. 93
XIV. Additional Observations relating to Festuca spadicea and Anthoxanthum paniculatum. By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S, and P.L.S.	p. 101
XV. Plantæ Eboracenses; or, A Catalogue of the more rare Plants which grow wild in the Neighbourhood of Castle Howard, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, disposed according to the Linnean System. By Mr. Robert Teesdale, F.L.S.	p. 103
XVI. Observations on the British Species of Carex. By the Rev. Samuel Goodenough, LL.D. F.R.S. Tr.L.S.	p. 126
XVII. On Genera and Species of Plants which occur twice or three times, under different Names, in Professor Gmelin's Edition of Linnæus's Systema Naturæ. By Jonas Dryander, M.A. Libr.R.S. and F.L.S.	p. 212
XVIII. Remarks on Centaurea solstitialis and C. melitensis. By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.	p. 236
XIX. Description of Fucus dasyphyllus. By Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Esq. F.L.S.	p. 239
XX. The Characters of Two Species of Oxalis. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. and F.L.S.	p. 242
XXI. Description of a New Species of Warbler, called the Wood Wren, observed in May 1792. By Mr. Thomas Lamb, A.L.S.	p. 245
XXII. Observations upon the Structure and Oeconomy of those Intestinal Worms called Tæniæ. By Mr. Anthony Carlisle, F.L.S.	p. 247
IX. A New Method of preserving Fungi, &c. By William Withering, M.D. F.R.S. and F.L.S.	p. 263
XXIV. Objections against the Perceptivity of Plants, so far as is evinced by their external Motions, in Answer to Dr. Percival's Memoir in the Manchester Transactions. By Robert Townson, Esq. F.R.S. Edinb.	p. 267
XXV. An Essay on the various Species of Sawfish. By Mr. John Latham, F.R. and A.S.S. and F.L.S.	p. 273
XXVI. Descriptions of Four New British Lichens. By the Rev. Hugh Davies, F.L.S.	p. 283
XXVII. An Account of some Plants newly discovered in Scotland. By Mr. James Dickson, F.L.S.	p. 286
XXVIII. Remarks on the genus Dianthus. By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. and P.L.S.	p. 292
XXIX. The History and Description of a Minute Epiphyllous Lycoperdon, growing on the Leaves of the Anemone nemorosa. By Richard Pulteney, M.D. F.R.S.S.Lond. and Edin. and F.L.S.	p. 305
XXX. Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Lindsay, Surgeon in Jamaica, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. and H.M.L.S. dated June 30, 1792.	p. 313
Additional Remarks, by James Edward Smith, M.D. P.L.S.	p. 314
XXXI. Descriptions of Three New Species of Hirudo. By the Reverend William Kirby, A.L.S.	p. 212
Additional Note, by George Shaw, M.D. F.R.S. and F.L.S.	p. 319
XXXII. Additional Observations on Fucus Hypoglossum, p. 30. By T. J. Woodward, Esq. F.L.S.	p. 321
Additional Note to the Essay on the Stellated Lycoperdons, referred to L. recolligens, at p. 58. By the same.	p. 323
XXXIII. Additional Remarks on the Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola. By William Markwick, Esq. F.L.S.	p. 325
XXXIV. Botanical Observations on the Flora Japonica. By Charles Peter Thunberg, Knight of the Order of Wasa, Professor of Botany and Medicine in the University of Upsal, F.M.L.S.	p. 326
XXXV. Description of Sagina cerastoides, a new British Plant discovered in Scotland by Mr. James Dickson, F.L.S. By the President.	p. 343
XXXVI. An Account of two new Genera of Plants from New South Wales, presented to the Linnean Society by Mr. Thomas Hoy, F.L.S. and Mr. John Fairbairn, F.L.S. By the President.	p. 346
XXXVII. Extracts from the Minute Book of the Linnean Society.	p. 353