Xviii PEOCEEDINGS OE THE 



Hooker, Esq., M.D., E.E.S., E.L.S. Ac. (See " Botanical Pro- 

 ceedings," p. 114.) 



Bead further, a Paper " On the Botany of Eaoul Island, one of 

 the Kermadec Group, in the South Pacific Ocean;" by J. D. 

 Hooker, Esq., M.D., E.E.S., E.L.S. &c. (See "Botanical Pro- 

 ceedings," p. 125.) 



April 15th, 1856. 



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



Erederick Currey, Esq., M.A., was elected a Eellow. 



Eead, an Extract of a Letter from E. Spruce, Esq., addressed to 

 G. Bentham, Esq., E.L.S., giving an account of Tarapota in Peru, 

 from whence the Letter is dated, and of its vegetation. 



Eead also, a " Note on Oholaria Virginica, L. ; by Asa Gray, 

 M.D., E.M.L.S. &c. (See " Botanical Proceedings," p. 129.) 



Eead also, a " Note on the Chinese Insect-wax," by Daniel 

 Hanbury, Esq., E.L.S. (See " Zoological Proceedings," p. 103.) 



Eead also, a " Note on "Wax-producing Insects from Port Natal 

 and China," by J. O. Westwood, Esq., E.L.S. &c. (See " Zoolo- 

 gical Proceedings," p. 103.) 



Eead further, the Commencement of a Memoir " On several 

 instances of the anomalous development of the Eaphe in Seeds, 

 and the probable causes of such deviations from the usual course 

 of structure, especially in reference to Stemonurus (Urcmdra of 

 Thwaites);" by John Miers, Esq., E.E.S., E.L.S. &c. (See 

 " Transactions," vol. xxii. p. 97.) 



May 6th, 1856. 



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



John Samuel Gaskoin, Esq., E.L.S., exhibited some of the so- 

 called " Jumping-seeds," described by Sir W. J. Hooker and J. O. 

 Westwood, Esq., in the " Kew Journal of Botany ;" the motion of 

 which is due to the larva of a small insect enclosed in the seed. 



Eead, a Paper " On the Action of Sea- water on the Germination 

 of Seeds;" by Charles Darwin, Esq., E.E.S., E.L.S. &c. (See 

 " Botanical Proceedings," p. 130.) 



