, 1875-03-27
1aner Ia cohclu,le That tha rlsnt brran,d grcea
4, hnforA 1t ,naurod nti that, on exlUsurs to lhs

pE1fIH HlE1 SAl'VHAl NS +Ib
air hlono.it lost ~ rod color. =!
|, In 1ali Bnron Wral,gel declared the plant ~
bolo,s 10 Tho liehena. t*nianB It irGr1sSta ke'-
tncsind. Trn yoarh aftes ~. Grayll!c; Of lstl'n.
E.ir,nore anil lie. wilh Agarsih. kuasanctl tho
tlccjton nf I,rovs,. LATER bIr William Hooker
confirmed icir We've. giving Tho p]nnt Tho name
oi I'nif"Ha ,icalis, slshorgl Agardh hu.l tre-
yn,iafy Ha1ftttit r,nfncn cnccitA nsCalia.
l'.st tic nature Of rel anov WAS mt yet tci4
nil,fy rr,trl. 1T 19s!', Atr. Shutlow6rth T.
nn,inc,l rrccincnB Will, tho mtcr.~cu,":, n,n' tr-
terfniaeh The rre+r"ca Of aaimnlc1i"9. si"nrr
ha tlrcatrt that tho su.eaDleh pnnt was rrnly
III animal. i se .follnxME year. I'r"f: s@a~ei,
entered into tho discussion, antl. rr"tn,ins ,eh
tnow iron, tho elacics Of Aar. in fhr Airs. ap-
coyorsd four .a'hl.lia! = ''"s H., Of an..
ciurions of pr. st,nttlrsJ:tn. Il i'aA .'ilsr,
iInwtyer. heon EaliHfartn'y demonstrated lint
Tho FrofWMtT"s IL l'l,oIy ,":,'ia!le ORGANISM;
and that ltH r1arh fs III i'r' lnwt7t family "
it consist. .'os hrsia"t s:'"hni"s. Ut" ';nn Ea,-
tea. Hea!ed on Ilit not inll.'It''i m !" .:rtai-
mons nsasx."
All al,n .ucnacr4 of .l,e I'd'mf!u,G rra.aga.n
by EnrnIIiaLiuEl. Eelnf: fntlI tubular lilanIrilt*
finn their tos.. IL, extromltics ot thesc illa-
ncnts slintn ito lluT tclir. mich lIIRily ceit1e
i1lc'r cennrcinn viii tho rarchs plant a1isl III.
coma i,lclrnt'e1t il"iliidlaa. i'ils ylI,uE cells
linn. nwity In lhc rariA s,hra!un " the eli.
(finn hair, w>t, wlHri, they fG,the;l. T's.s
fnwar rf r,u.n, ,tnrn ce,t4ru. aud i:.', the rr.i
ccflr rrc mntnrc. mud rcahr thfHsrls"- t"tri'sn.
lied .lnw is fonnd .bovn ~ ,ln;,. uorsl, lat,
t,sle nnd fAr south NJ Snm Sl,ota,ul. III III
tlrg~ h"slh latiltl. Parry found 1t on thu ice-
tuItln Ut SinIIbcrfu. AMI kNlIv nie& with. u ~
cc.iIue] III Mlew ftotn land It occurs on nloli,-
lanH aboyo lin Hnuw-lino. nhd !las recently bern
found nron the nu,ntnits of tito Sierra SnSala,
at heish. of lA00n fec. above tile sea,
.:Af'other tls1"a Of tho genn, P.oia.'prfns, tlf
T.. pfucinfis, iH fnntMl in ,Ata.nanL raIn-matcn
Ia color III uFnnlly green. bit occasionally It p
red. Tile yo,1', rcn Often scll:i forth two vi
lfntory ella hy means of which they move witl,
considerable rarltlityt !f> ,rted slowly. tl,'s
panl retains vitality. s,tl rcsuues ns fn1'rioi'H
lin being Hs!aiu ntulHteEcl.
, SURVEY. Of COSTA RIGA.
Several vunrn H;:'. Ftu(. tiabG a:rejltcd all III!
vltatlon frt,n tho Government Of Costa I.ica to
tuLe .elnfgo of All investigation Into tue re-
aorrrcs ot al,a, country. IIa has riucs been nc.
tively o,lsagcd III ttn prosecution Of tho work
in tbs regions bordering Oil. The Atlantic slope.
His last fapor. an,loist,cca tic completion nf tho
geological aE ethnplogicsl su,ysy of the district
1f 1atn,nasra. Prof. Nabb fss, sitil four as-
aietausr. hetidcs Indian 1Ahorors, carefully OK
anlii1cd n traet nt about 3,DU0 a,luaro ,nes. ex.
tc,idinE from tho borders Of civilization on the
nqrt', Il, tho houudatcs NJ Panama on tho south,
anil (rnRi tlln Atlantic to tho crGBt Of tue CBFdi
feraH. and has mapped ita tontire cxie,st will,
more "ceiracy thafl lns marscd TIC denno1sion
at "J u,et a' nss nSa ,,,,n''s no".a 'sa
rcpor. uf Ihin dintri.t, f,i,es - ho,sy
uf trustworthy ntatistit.a rrt,nr,iinI. NJ, n~rj,
cultural cu,,niry y,,!l;ciotiy }arro. fertile and
heaIthfui. to ,yip,,ort tho ontire I,onujatiun Of
only 1.22s IuIang and lwulye foreigners. or
whnnn hnt nm i, ,yh,tn. II in wnioretl IL river
nnyivnhin lie ynar rotnd AMI rcacl,iup 10 within
~ niles of to u,o.t rou,ots y,ortou of lila couu
frr In addition 10 tho slntiaics Of llln survey
propor, l'rof Cali, l,ns Entlcrel information re-
Hars to @ ,,Ii''sr ISsGfGss IT, o. .o 1es,on aaa
t;,,.. l." ,o far"r,ca y hin, ~ ,i,s sn,ith
| soninu i i,,s,itntion for Identification. hmong
tllcte nro loo specimens al monkeys, with insli-
r''i!'hlH ~ f. other niammna' h!rlt, &C., III pro"
no,a' ~" @ eSnausHo muf1ea '.i; o ~ ~ OH
iecti1ns. itxsWiso rcnt to washington. Sun,sr-
Qua .yoczby,laties, with several dialects, have
hccn obtained. thai prousise nuc4 totl,o pl'i'ln-
gsi'' - 80:
e,,,,-wr:.eT,,u,,,y ,t.
Nh, y,,o';';, ',,,u;,,, ;iras, ys,,;;., c,,.o,.,
."nt M A"
tlio Gou1nnH ef Aaft4rRs '.Iho transit ut Fan1lA
wer .tlta run h \ phenon.e,lon Whereby t!,e
ast,onon,ers coU ,,o,crin;,n III. ia,,c. ~ III.
.,. go. H.. s:.,t> 49,, ~ ,,,'.I'..: -.
snA .'c. ''!o ua!.n' u'.' NV u'"',"''''s ~ Wy
oshaf method. se'. transit will he vis,lls i
little aftcr o'clock, If ta ,ftathcr be fir; aud
naycr moro for this asc, nor poshaps f.ir many
ura. tn c,,tur si1I u,tcb a i}inuot,rnnp re ue.n
Is iii. ,,,,,rtr GS ~. ,,nttj trl. nur;,,o Ill,
:! -" 'l"astct ~ s"9 "u.H't y" EtN'eHs' pvI's