Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Botany, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857 - Botany |
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Acacia acuminatis acutis alaribus angustis apice apicem axillaribus Beechey Island Benth Blume bracteis brevi brevibus breviore brevioribus calycis Calyx Capsula caule cellulis Ceylon corolla dentibus elongatis erectis evanido fere Flores floribus flowers Folia foliis foliis patentibus foliorum Gardner genera genus glaberrima glabra gracili Griff Griffith Himalaya Himalayæ orient Hook Hypnum Icon integerrimis interdum J. D. Hooker Khasian Kumaon labello Labellum lanceolatis lata latis Lindl linearibus lobis Loganiacea longa longi longiore longioribus margine marginibus Mitten mont Müller Nepal nervo Nilghiri oblongis obtusis opacis Operculum orientali ovali Ovarium ovatis parvis patulis pedicellis pedunculo elongato perichætialibus peristomio petalis petiolatis Phyllodia plant Prodr ramis ramulis sæpe sæpius Sched sed foliis seeds Semina sensim sepalis serrulatis Sikkim similis species specimens stamens Stamina Strachey et Winterbottom subtus subulatis superne temp temperata theca in pedunculo Thomson Tibetia tubo Wall Wallich Wellington Channel Wight Wils
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Page xxiii - Association,' &c. The list of his publications in the ' Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologies' of the liay Society amounts to sixty-seven. It would be improper, however, to omit noticing here his sole contribution to our own ' Transactions,' a paper " On the Adaptation of the Structure of the Sloths to their peculiar mode of life...
Page 35 - Asia by a small number of species, which gradually diminish or altogether disappear as we proceed westward toward the Atlantic limits of Europe ; whilst the types peculiar to the extreme west of Europe (excluding of course the Arctic flora) are wholly deficient in America. These are among the considerations which suggest an ancient continuity of territory between America and Asia, under a latitude, or at any rate with a climate, more meridional than would be effected by a junction through the chains...
Page xxi - ... British Ornithology, adapted to popular use, and dedicated to his Fellow-Members of the Wernerian Club." In the following year he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and in 1852, he printed, under the title of " The Mystic Number, a glance at the System of Nature...
Page xxix - King published an interesting narrative of liis adventures, and his charts were published by the Admiralty. In September, 1825, from the feeling of confidence with which he had impressed the Admiralty, in the discharge of his Late duties, he was appointed to the Adventure sloop, and ordered to survey the southern coast of America, from the entrance of the Rio Plata, round to Chiloe, and of Terra del Fuego. He was paid off on his arrival in England, November 16, 1830, and was not afterwards employed.
Page xviii - In Man, the brain presents an ascensive step in development, higher and more strongly marked than that by which the preceding sub-class was distinguished from the one below it. Not only do the cerebral hemispheres overlap the olfactory lobes and cerebellum, but they extend in advance of the one and further back than the other.
Page 32 - ... and how easy it is, in the immense variety of language, to coin these names indefinitely ; but it is not perceived that in attempting to introduce them all into ordinary botanical language, the memory is taxed beyond the capabilities of any mind, and the original and legitimate object of the Linnean nomenclature is wholly lost sight of. In a purely scientific point of view it matters little if the orders are converted into classes or alliances, the genera into orders, and the sections and subsections...
Page lv - TO THE MEDICINE CHEST ; intended as a Source of Easy Reference for Clergymen, and for Families residing at a Distance from Professional Assistance. Seventh Edition. 12mo. cloth, 5s. ,.. DR. SCHACHT. THE MICROSCOPE, AND ITS APPLICATION TO VEGETABLE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
Page xxii - Moseley, Canon of Bristol Cathedral and Vicar of Olveston, Gloucestershire, died on the 20th. He was born about the year 1802, and was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took his Bachelor's degree in 1826, coming out a high wrangler. He was ordained in due course, and for some years held the Professorship of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in King's College, London ; and he was one of the first clergymen who were appointed her Majesty's inspectors of schools. In 1853, under Lord...
Page xliv - Narrative of the Origin and Formation of the International Association for obtaining a Uniform Decimal System of Measures, Weights, and Coins.
Page xxxi - On the Cirrhipeda, Conch ifera, and Mollusca collected by the Officers of HMS Adventure and Beagle in the years 1826-1830," Zool. Journ. v. 332 ; " Characters of New Genera and Species of Birds from the Straits of Magellan,