203 TELLINA tenuis. Tellina planata. Plain Tellina. A beautiful, delicate, Shell. 219 CARDIUM aculeatum. Aculeated, or prickly Cockle. 297 304 OSTREA maxima. BURROW, p. 196. Scollop or Mary-Shell. ...... edulis. Common Oyster. MYTILUS edulis. Mussel. 354 BULLA cylindracea. Cylindric Dipper, 390 BUCCINUM Pullus. Brown Whelk. BURROW. Plate XVI. No. 4. 392 MUREX despectus. Common Whelk-or Despised Murex. 396 ...... corneus. Long Whelk, or Horny Murex. 424 TROCHUS umbilicatus. Umbilical Top Shell. 430 TURBO Clathrus. Barred-wreath. Two varieties: one called the Cockspur, the other the Wire Shell: the latter resembling the Wentletrap. 535 HELIX nemoralis. Common garden Snail. Great numbers of these were found on the sands, washed up by the sea. 567 NERITA glaucina. Livid Nerite, or Sea Snail. 573 HALIOTIS tuberculata. Common Ear Shell. Very rare. 575 PATELLA vulgata. Common Limpet. 577 ........ 590 Hungarica. Bonnet, or Fool's-cap Limpet. DENTALIUM Entalis. Striated Tooth Shell. 611 SERPULA Spirorbis. Spiral Serpula. Several varieties are found. Order 1V. ZOOPHYTES. 668 SPONGIA oculata. Branched Sponge. 696 CORALLINA officinalis. Common Coralline. 700 704 732 operculata. Sea hair. Grows in thick tufts. On procuring any fresh shells, "the most expeditious mode of depriving the animal of life, is to immerse it in spirits of wine. After the animal is dead, the shell with its contents may be placed in hot water for some time, by which the body of the animal will become firm, and may easily be removed with any sharp instrument. Care should be taken that the whole of the animal is extracted, as, if any parts are left within the shell they often give out a stain which is injurious to the markings of the shells. If any difficulty is experienced in removing the whole of the body, the burying the shell for some hours in an ant hill, will generally answer the purpose most effectually. A considerable variety of shells are fit for the cabinet, as soon as the animal is removed, possessing an extremely high natural polish when fished up. Others are covered with an epidermis which it is necessary to remove, to have a view of their colours. In some this is scabrous, laminated, or fibrous, in others it has the appearance of a fine close pile, like velvet, Some kinds when taken, are covered with extraneous substances, as corallines, fuci, &c. To remove these, the shells should be steeped in hot water, and suffered to remain therein for twenty-four hours, frequently adding boiling water thereto. When taken out they should be cleansed with a brush, but if the substances still adhere, the shells may be placed in some diluted acid, which will generally remove all adhering substances. The preparation should not exceed one-eighth part of Muriatic acid mixed with water, and it will be necessary to observe that this does not act upon any part of the shell but that requisite to be cleared, as the substance of all shells being calcareous, the action of the acid is injurious, and no acid should be used but in cases of necessity. To remove the epidermis, the above named mixture will be found effective, it should be poured into a shallow saucer, or plate, so that only a small part of the shell is acted on at one time. The shell should not be suffered to remain in it but a minute or two at most, without examination; it should be taken out and put into cold water, and the surface washed with a soft brush and soap. If the purpose is not effected, it may be placed in the acid again till the epidermis is removed; but it would be well for all collectors to retain one specimen of each shell in its natural state. When the shell is quite clean, it should be rubbed with flannel or a brush, with a little fine emery to polish the parts cleaned, or where the acid has been accidentally suffered to get on the uncoated parts. Some persons use oil to rub over those shells that have been placed in the acid, and then rub them with flannel. Olive oil is also frequently used to rub over such shells as have a thin flakey epidermis, which prevents its peeling off, a circumstance that often happens to shells that have been long kept in cabinets." The Vegetable Kingdom. N. B. The figures refer to the pages in "THE ENGLISH FLORA" by SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, so far as that admirable work is completed. Where any alteration has taken place, the old name is added, and a reference made to the page where it will be found in "THE FLORA BRITANNICA " of the same distinguished author. For instance"ERYTHREA Centaurium. Common Centaury, p. 320, Eng; Flora"Chironia centaurium, p. 257, Flora Britannica. The first volume of the English Flora ends with the first Order of the Class Pentandria. The second volume ends with the Class. Icosandria. Sygenesia. Each volume being paged separately, it will be necessary to remember this. The figures added to the names of the plants of the remaining Classes, refer to the "Flora Britannica," and to the "Compendium Flore Britannica" of the indefatigable and worthy PRESIDENT of the LINNEAN SOCIETY. CLASS I. MONANDRIA. Order I. MONOGYNIA. SALICORNIA herbacea. Jointed glass-wort. Marsh Sampire. VOL. I. p. 2. HIPPURIS vulgaris. Mare's-tail. 4 ZOSTERA marina. Grass-wrack. 5 CHARA vulgaris. Common Chara. 6 hispida. Prickly Chara. 7 CLASS II. DIANDRIA. Order I. MONOGYNIA. CIRCEA lutetiana. Common Enchanter's Nightshade. 15 ......... Anagallis. Water Speedwell. Long-leaved Brooklime. 21 UTRICULARIA vulgaris. Greater Bladder-wort. 30 LYCOPUS europeus. Gipsy-wort. Water Horehound. 34 CLASS III. TRIANDRIA. Order I. MONOGYNIA. FEDIA olitoria. Common Corn-sallad, or Lamb's Lettuce. 45, Valeriana Locusta. Fl. Br. 39 L IRIS Pseud-acorus. Yellow Water Iris. Yellow Flags. 48 ERIOPHORUM polystachion. Broad-leaved Cotton grass. augustifolium. Common Cotton grass. 69 NARDUS stricta. Mat-grass. 70 Order II. DIGYNIA. 67 "An entirely natural order, consisting of Gramina. Linn. 4.—71. Grasses yield more substance to man and to the larger animals, than all the rest of the vegetable kingdom together. Their herbage, so perpetually springing, and so tenacious of life, accommodated, in one instance or other, to almost every climate, soil and situation, affords to Nature, her most welcome clothing, and to the cultivator of the soil his chief riches. Nothing poisonous or injurious is found among them, if we except the intoxicating quality attributed to the seeds of Lolium; but many are gratefully aromatic. Their farinaceous albumen supplies man with the staff of life, in Wheat, Rye, Barley, Rice and Maize, and makes a great part of the food of many birds and small quadrupeds." ENG: FLO: 73 PHLEUM pratense. Cat's-tail grass. Timothy grass. 75 arenarium. Sea Cat's-tail grass. 78 ALOPECURUS pratensis. Meadow Fox-tail grass. 79 ........... agrestis. Slender Fox-tail grass. 80 POLYPOGON littoralis. Perennial Beard-grass. 86. Agrostis littoralis. Sea-side Bent-grass. Fl. Br. 78 AIRA caryophyllea. Silver Hair-grass. 106 GLYCERIA rigida. Hard Sweet-grass. 119. Poa rigida. Hard Meadowgrass. Fl. Br. 99 FESTUCA rubra. Creeping Fescue-grass. 141 uniglumis. Single-husked Fescue-grass. 143 AVENA strigosa. Bristle-pointed Oat. 163 ARUNDO arenaria. Sea Reed. Marram. Sea Mat-weed. 171. (See p. 76 ELYMUS arenarius. Upright Sea Lyme-grass. 177. ? HORDEUM murinum. Wall Barley. Mouse Barley. Way Bennet. 179 TRITICUM junceum. Sea Rushy Wheat-grass. 182 caninum. Fibrous-rooted Wheat-grass. 184 GALIUM palustre. White Water Bed-straw. 199 verum. Yellow Bed straw. 208 ........ PLANTAGO major. Greater Plantain. 213 lanceolata. Ribwort Plantain. 214 Coronopus. Buck's-horn Plantain. Star of the Earth. 216 SANGUISORBA officinalis. Great Burnet. 218 Order III. TETRAGYNIA. SAGINA procumbens. Procumbent Pearl-wort. 238 CLASS V. PENTANDRIA. Order I. MONOGYNIA. MYOSOTIS palustris. Great Water Scorpion-grass. 249. Myosotis CYNOGLOSSUM officinale. Common Hound's tongue. 260 ECHIUM vulgare. Viper's Bugloss. 268. Very rare. PRIMULA elatior. Oxlip Primrose. 270 MENYANTHES trifoliata. Common Buckbean, or Bog-bean. Marsh Trefoil. 274 HOTTONIA palustris. Water Featherfoil. Common Water-Violet. 276 LYSIMACHIA vulgaris. Great Yellow Loosestrife. 277 nemorum. Wood Loosestrife. Yellow Pimpernel. 278 ANAGALLIS arvensis. Scarlet Pimpernel. 280 ....... tenella. Bog Pimpernel. 281 CONVOLVULUS arvensis. Small Bindweed. 284 Soldanella. Sea Bindweed. 285 CAMPANULA rotundifolia. Round-leaved Bell-ffower. 287 JASIONE montana. Sheep's bit. Sheep's Scabious. 296. lutea. Yellow Mountain Violet, or Yellow Pansey. 306 VERBASCUM Thapsus. Great Mullein. High Taper. 308 HYOSCYAMUS niger. Henbane. 315 SOLANUM Dulcamara. Woody Nightshade. Bitter-sweet. 317 nigrum. Common, or Garden, Nightshade. 318 .......... ERYTHRÆA Centaurium. Common Centaury. 320. Chironia Centau、 rium. Fl. Br. 257 littoralis. Dwarf Tufted Centaury. 320. B. Ch. Centaurium variety 1st.-Fl. Br. 1393 |