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.




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
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 McLeay Esq, Sec. L.S. By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.
p. 276
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