# Transactions of the Linnean Society of London/Volume 8

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THE
TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
LINNEAN SOCIETY
OF
LONDON
* VOLUME VIII.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR AND CO., SHOE-LANE, FLEET-STREET. SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S HOUSE, NO. 9, GERARD-STREET, SOHO; AND BY JOHN WHITE, FLEET-STREET.
MDCCCVII.
CONTENTS.
| I. Observations on the Perigynous Insertion of the Stamina of Plants. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. V.P.L.S. | p. 1 |
| II. A Descriptive Catalogue of the British Testacea. By William George Maton , M.D. V.P.L.S., &c. and the Reverend Thomas Rackett, M.A. F.L.S., &c. | p. 17 |
| III. Some Account of the Pitch-lake in the Island of Trinidad, in two Letters: The first from Samuel Span , Esq. to James Tobin , Esq. F.L.S.; and the other from Mr. Tobin to Charles Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S.; with Observations by Mr. Hatchett | p. 251 |
| IV. Description of a New Species of Lichen. By Dawson Turner, Esq. F.R.S. A.S. and L.S. | p. 260 ​ |
| V. Account of crystallized Oxalic Acid produced from the Boletus sulphurens. By Robert Scott, M.D. of Dublin. Communicated by Dawson Turner, Esq. F.R.S. A.S. and L.S. | p. 262 |
| VI. Observations respecting a Species of Phalarope, and some other rare British Birds. By T. W. Simmonds. Communicated by Adrian Hardy Haworth, Esq. F.L.S. | p. 264 |
| VII. An Account of some remarkable Shells, found in Cavities of a calcareous Stone called by the Stone-masons Plymough-rag. By William George Maton, M.D. V.P.L.S. &c., and the Rev. Thomas Rackett, M.A. F.L.S., &c. With some additional Observations relative to the Mytilus lithophagus, by Mr. James Sowerby, F.L.S. | p. 270 |
| VIII. Account of the Bromus triflorus of Linnæus, in a Letter to Alexander M$^c$Leay Esq, Sec. L.S. By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S. | p. 276 |
| IX. Description of a Species of Jerboa found in the upper Provinces of Hindustan, between Benares and Hurdwar. By Lieut. Col. Thomas Hardwicke, F.L.S. | p. 279 |
| X. Characters of Three New Species of Boronia. By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S. | p. 282 ​ |
| XI. An Account of a Storm of Salt, which fell in January 1803. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. | p. 286 |
| XII. Description of Seven New Species of Plants from New Holland. By Edward Rudge, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. | p. 291 |
| XIII. Observations on the Genera of Trollius, Eranthis, Helleborus, Coptis, and Isopyrum. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. | p. 300 |
| XIV. The Characters of several Genera in the Natural Order of Coniferæ. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. | p. 308 |
| XV. Description of a New Species of Macropus from New Holland. By Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. F.R.S. V.P.L.S. | p. 318 |
| XVI. Experiments upon a Substance called Dapéche from South America. By William Allen, Esq. F.L.S. | p. 320 |
| XVII. Account of a New British Species of Caltha. By Thomas Furly Forster, Esq. F.L.S. | p. 323 |
| XVIII. Description of a New Genus in the Natural Order of Rubiaceæ, called Rudgea. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S. | p. 325 ​ |
| XIX. A New Arrangement of the Plants of the Monandrian Class usually called Scitamineæ. By William Roscoe, Esq. M.P. F.L.S. | p. 330 |
| XX. Extracts from the Minute-Book of the Linnean Society of London | p. 358 |
| Catalogue of the Library of the Linnean Society, continued from Page 313 of Vol. VII. of the Society's Transactions | p. 360 |
| List of Donors to the Library of the Linnean Society. | p. 363 |