458 Linncean Society. 



corrected by himself, but which correction seems to have escaped 

 observation ; and partly in the assumption that the Samara lata of 

 Swartz, refeiTcd to in his ' Flora Indise Occidentalis,' must therefore 

 be a plant of the West Indies. With regard to the affinities of the 

 genus, he notices Mr. Brown's reference to Myrsine of the three spe- 

 cies added by Swartz, Solander and Willdenow, and also Jussieu's 

 suggestion that Samara is related to Myrsine, both published in IS 10. 

 A detailed examination of the three specimens of Samara lata pre- 

 served in the Linnean Herbarium, and of three specimens from 

 China referred to that species in the Banksian Herbarium, follows ; 

 and he concludes from this examination that Samara, L., is identical 

 with Choripetalum, A. DeC, which is scarcely distinguishable from 

 Emhelia, L., except in the quaternary instead of quinary division of 

 the flower, although perhaps the aestivation may also slightly differ. 

 The following are the characters which Dr. Arnott gives of the spe- 

 cies hitherto known to him : — 



1. S. lata, floribus corymbosis, bracteis pedicello dupl6 brevioribus, pe- 

 talis intus glabris, foliis membranaceis planis. 



Samara Iseta, L., Sw. 8jC. 

 Hah. in China. 



2. S. undulafa, floribus vacemosis, bracteis pedicello multo brevioribus, 

 petalis intus glabris, foliis membranaceis undulatis. 



Myrsine? undulata, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. i. p. 299. 

 Choripetalum undulatum, Alph. DeC. in Linn. Trans, xvii. p. 131. 

 Hah. in Nepalia. 



3. S. viridifiora, floribus racemosis, bracteis pedicello dupld brevioribus, 

 petalis subacutis intus subvelutinis, foliis subcoriaceis. 



Choripetalum viridiflorura, Alph. DeC. Prodr. viii. p. 88. 

 Hab. in Jav^. 



4. S. aurantiaca, floribus spicato-racemosis, bracteis pedicellum fer^ supe- 

 rantibus, petalis intiis velutinis, foliis coriaceis. 



Myrsine ? aurantiaca, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 300. 

 Choripetalum aurantiacum, Alph. DeC. in Linn. Trans, xvii. p. 131. 

 Hah. in Peninsula Indiae Orientalis, ad Quiion. 



5. S. atropunctata, floribus racemosis, bracteolis pedicello florigero duplo 

 longioribus, petalis obtusis intus glabris, foliis coriaceis. 



Hah. in Peninsula Indise Orientalis, ad Quiion. 



Of the stability of this latter species, however, although apparently 

 distinct from S. aurantiaca in the characters given, Dr. Arnott en- 

 tertains some doubts. 



April 6.— R. Brown, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Read a " Note on Cryptophagus cellaris, Payk." By George New- 

 port, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 



The author states that in his first memoir on Meloe he described a 

 larva, of which he had found three specimens in the cell of Antho- 

 phora retusa, and which, although they were of small size, he then 

 thought might ultimately prove to be the young of Meloe, at a pe- 

 riod of growth between that in which it is now known to come from 



