. Science-gossip . ub employed the prussian-bluetest, familiar to all chemists in ascertaining thepresence or absence of hydrocyanic acid in anytissue of the plant. The position, then, that wehave reached through Treubs researches, is that inPangium cdule, pruisic acid—a comparatively simplecompound—is the first visible nitrogenous organicbody to be synthesised in the plant; whether thisis the case throughout the vegetable kingdom orwhether it is the plan adopted in this single instanceonly, or in one or two other plants as well, remainsfor the future to decide. Any who feel interestedin the s
. Science-gossip . ub employed the prussian-bluetest, familiar to all chemists in ascertaining thepresence or absence of hydrocyanic acid in anytissue of the plant. The position, then, that wehave reached through Treubs researches, is that inPangium cdule, pruisic acid—a comparatively simplecompound—is the first visible nitrogenous organicbody to be synthesised in the plant; whether thisis the case throughout the vegetable kingdom orwhether it is the plan adopted in this single instanceonly, or in one or two other plants as well, remainsfor the future to decide. Any who feel interestedin the subject should certainly refer to Treubsoriginal article ( Sur la localisation, etc., de Iacidecyanhjdrique dans le Paiigiiou ediile Ann. duJardin Botanique de Buitenzorg. Vol. xiii., 1895,pp. 1-S9), or to the report of the Paper he readbefore the British Association at Ipswich last year,or to the admirable summary in the BotanischeZeitung (Bot. Zeit., No. 7, 1S96, p. 102).—RudolJBeer, Elvnvood, Bickley, Lepiddptkra in- NoKWAV.^-Can any one lell methrough the pages of Science-Gossip what lepidop-tera 1 am likely to find near the Nordfjord inAugust, and if there are many species then out inthat region ?—{Rev.) J. M. Hick, Jrimdon Vicarage,Trimdoii Grange, Elephus Africanus.—Can any reader imformme through your pages where I might be able toobtain some information relative to the occurrenceof Elephus Africanus in the fossil state in England ?If so he would greatly —/. H. Cooke, 123,Monks Road, Lincoln. Pied-wagtail in Winter.—An apparentlysolitary specimen of the pied-wagtail is spendingthe winter here and is constantly to be seensearching for food in the garden and about thebuildings. Is it not somewhat unusual for thisbird to be found so far north at this time of theyear.— Vernon B. Crowther-Beynon, The Grange,Edith Weston, Stamford; February gth, iSg6. Little Auk in Sussex.—As an addendum toProfessor Newtons article on page i of the lastv
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