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MuREx RADiCATUs. Muv. testd fusiformi, pallide lutescente, multi' 

 varicosd; varicibus quints, laciniatis, antice ahruptis ; laciniis 

 compressis, subquadratis, medio lined dupUcatis, postice medio in- 

 terstitiorum exsilientibus ; aperturd ovali, productd ; labro intils 

 l(Bvi; canalifere clauso, ad basin subrecurvo. Axis 10 lin. 

 Hab, San Bias, west coast of Mexico. From eleven fathoms, 



among mud. 

 In this species the lacinise of the varix take root near the centre 

 of the interspace, whence they proceed directly forwards. They are 

 of a squarish compressed shape* and are partially divided in their 

 middle by an impressed line. 



MuREx PERiTUs. Mut. tcstd subrkomboidcd, albidd, multi'Oancosd ; 

 anfractibus septenis, snpern^ angulatis et fuscis, ultimo elongato 

 in canalem attenuato, transversim striatis ; varicibus senis tenuibus, 

 laciniatis, antice inter lacinias seriehus duabus eleganter crenatis ; 

 laciniis acuminatis, uncinatis, gradatim minoribus ; aperturd ob- 

 ovatd ; canali aperto, ad basin subrecurvo. Axis 9^ lin. 

 Hab. Bay of Madalena, California^ From seven fathoms* on a 

 sandy floor. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Nov. 18, 1843.— J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. &c.. President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Bromfield presented a species of Calamintka new to the British 

 flora, discovered by him in the Isle of Wight. 



Read " Notes of a Botanical Excursion to Warwickshire, Worces- 

 tershire, Wales and Ireland in August last,'* by Mr. S. P. Woodward. 



Nov. 29. — At the seventh Anniversary Meeting, J. Reynolds, Esq., 

 Treasurer, in the Chair, the following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year : — J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. , President ; Mr. G. E. Den- 

 nes and Mr. T. Sansom were respectively re-elected Treasurer, Se- 

 cretary and Librarian. 



Dec. 13. — ^The President nominated Hewett C. Watson, Esq., 

 P.L.S., and John Miers, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-Presidents. 



Feb. 2, 1844.— A. Gerard, Esq., in the Chair. 



Read the commencement of a paper by Edwin Lees, Esq., F.L.S., 

 being " A Synoptical View of the British Fruticose Rubi, arranged 

 in groups, with explanatory remarks." 



The groups into which Mr. Lees unites the species have been al- 

 ready reported (Annals, No. 74, p. 68). The list of species will shortly 

 be published in a new catalogue of British Plants, now in the press, for 

 the Botanical Society of London. The following explanations, in 

 the words of the author, will sufficiently show that his arrangement 

 has not been founded upon any brief or superficial study of his 

 Subject. 



•• Having previously designated the general groups into which the 

 British Fruticose Rubi are divisible, I now proceed to attempt the 

 more difficult task of describing the species in each group, and 

 tracing them in succession in a synoptical form. In doing this, as I 

 must necessarily propose some alterations, it is advisable that the 



