LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. Ill 



Eead, first, a Paper " On a New Form of Corynoid Polypes ;" 

 by Philip Henry Gosse, Esq., F.E.S., A.L.S. (See "Trans- 

 actions," vol. xxii. p. 113.) 



Read, secondly, a " Note on the African species of Copal ;" by 

 Thomas C. Archer, Esq. ; communicated by the President. (See 

 " Botanical Proceedings," vol. i. p. 151.) 



Read, thirdly, a "Note respecting certain glandular Append- 

 ages of the leaves in the autumn rosettes of Epilobium monta- 

 num;'^ by Daniel Oliver, jun., Esq., E.L.S. (See "Botanical 

 Proceedings," vol. i. p. 190.) 



Eead, fourthly, the commencement of a Memoir " On the Phse- 

 nomena of Torpidity and the production of fat in Hybernating 

 Animals ;" by G. Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D. ; communicated by 

 tlie Secretary. 



December 16th, 1856. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair, 



The Eev. Charles Kingsley, A.M., and G. H. Kingsley, Esq., 

 M.D., were elected Fellows. 



Eead, first, a Paper " On a species oi Piloholus ;" by Frederick 

 Currey, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. i. 

 p. 162.) 



Eead, secondly, the conclusion of Dr. G. Calvert Holland's 

 Memoir "On the Phaenomena of Torpidity," &c., commenced at 

 the last Meeting. 



Eead, thirdly, a " Note on the use of the Ehizoma of Uteris 

 aquilma, L., as an Article of Food ;" by the Eev. M J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S. (See "Botanical Proceedings," vol. i. p. 156.) 



January 20th, 1857. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Major-General Edward Sabine, E.A. ; Charles Wentwortli 

 Dilke, Esq. ; William Vernon Guise, Esq. ; William Henry 



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