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Welwitschia, J. D. Hooker on, 308

Wheat, experiments on, 236-237

Wieland, on fossil plants, 253

Wilfarth, 267

Williamson, William Crawford, life of, =243-260=

---- ---- collections of, 258

---- ---- early life of, 247

---- ---- as Fossil Botanist, 7, 253

---- ---- as Geologist, 249

---- ---- as Lecturer, 250, 251

---- ---- at Manchester, 250

---- ---- mistakes of, 257, 258

---- ---- as Naturalist, 248

---- ---- results of, 256

---- ---- Ward and, 264

---- ---- as Zoologist, 4

Williamsonia, 253

Witham, 243-245, 307

Yorkshire, palaeontology of, 247

Zamia, Williamson on, 253

Zoologist, Williamson as, 4

---- Berkeley as, 226

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Italic text is denoted by underscores. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Superscripts are denoted by ^ and have not been expanded. Subscripts in chemical formulae are denoted by eg CO2.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

All botanical terms in the text have been retained. Except for those changes noted below, misspelling by the authors, inconsistent or archaic usage, has been retained. For example, cell-walls, cell walls; sea-weed, seaweed; Linnæus Linnaeus;

p 69 'limped' changed to 'limpid'. p 106 'concensus' changed to 'consensus'. Footnote 'completer' changed to 'more complete'. Footnote 'p. 8*.' changed to 'p. 8.'. p 173 'Endogens' (repeated in list) changed to 'Exogens'. p 220 'deterrants' changed to 'deterrents'. p 248 'estuarian' changed to 'estuarine'. p 300 'Walker Arnott' changed to 'Walker-Arnott'.

Index: 'Anabaena' changed to 'Anabena'. Index: (De Candolle:) 'Prodomus' changed to 'Prodromus'. Index: 'Elfing' changed to 'Elfving'. Index: (Ward:) '261-279' made bold '=261-279='.

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