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Dr. E. Perceval Wright then exhibited a specimen of a Sea-anemone 

 recently obtained by Professor J. Reay Greene on the coast of Cork. It 

 belonged to the genus Bunodes of Gosse, differing, however, from B. cras- 

 sicornis and its allies in the much greater smoothness of the column, in 

 the absence of the crenated margin round the upper edge of the disk, 

 and in the extreme length and slenderness of the tentacles. Its habit, 

 too, would appear to be somewhat different from that of a Bunodes, and 

 to resemble more that of Actinia nmembryanthemum ; indeed, when fully 

 expanded, it might almost have been taken for the variety of that species 

 in which the blue or red spherules are absent. Its attachment to the rock- 

 work in my aquarium was very slight, in this differing from any of the 

 species of Bunodes with which I am acquainted; and in its original habitat 

 it was discovered not secluded in the narrow clefts of the rocks, which 

 abound on the coast of Cork, but adhering to the side of the rock at low- 

 water mark. All these peculiarities have induced me to exhibit the speci- 

 men. Should it prove to be but a variety of B. crassicornis, it will be, even 

 as a variety, worth recording, as, so far as my experience goes, this species 

 is not subject to much variation in form or appearance, though it sports 

 so many varied hues ; and should it, upon further examination, prove to 

 be a distinct species, I would propose for it the name of B, Greenii, 

 after its discoverer. 



Professor Harvey, in the absence of Mr. John Bain, Curator of the 

 College Botanic Gardens, next exhibited a fine plant of Soicerbcea juncea, 

 and at the same time mentioned that the College Gardens were indebted 

 for the successful culture of this and many other rare plants to the skill 

 and attention of Mr. Bain. He also communicated the following descrip- 

 tion of — 



A NEW MYRTLE. (PLATE XII.) 



Hypocalymna ( CardiomyrUis)Phillipsii: ramis junioribus ferrugineo- 

 tomentosis teretibus; foliis oppositis oblongo-ovatis basi subcordatis 

 sessilibus semi-amplexicaulibus obtusis margine piano cartilagineo- 

 denticulatis uninerviis viridibus pellucide punctatis ; floribus axillaribus 

 solitariis (v. geminatis ?) pedunculatis, pedunculo pubescenti brevi. 



Hab. : described from a cultivated specimen, grown in the College 

 Botanic Gardens from seeds communicated, through the Archbishop of 

 Dublin, by Mr. Phillips, of King George's Sound. 



A shrub 3-4 feet high or more, densely leafy. Branches frequently 

 forking from the abortion of the terminal bud and the development of 



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