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oribus anguste-triangularibus margine villosis, interioribus ligulaefor- 

 mibus glabris duplo longioribus. 



Hab In Kreili's Country, Caffraria, Henry Bowker, Esa. (Herb. 



T.C.D.) 



De8cr. — Root? Stem solitary, 1-2 ft high, sub- compressed, a line 

 broad, quite simple. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 2 lines broad, lanceolate- 

 linear, acute at each end, glabrous, the margin sub-reflexed and tliick- 

 ened, and the rib prominent below. Pedicels J inch long, single flow- 

 ered, axillary, bracteate at base. Calyx lobe9 very slender, linear- subu- 

 late, mottled with purple. Corolla-tube 2 J times longer than the calyx, 

 marked with purple striae, swollen at base, constricted in the middle, 

 and again expanded at the summit, about an inch in length ; limb as 

 long, each lobe from a cordate, reflexed base, broadly linear, acute, 1 J 

 lines broad, villous within, and margined with long, golden, gland- 

 tipped, horizontal cilia?. Outer coronastaminea obconical, with'ten 

 narrow-triangular, wholly-edged lobes, approaching in pairs; inner 

 twice as long, of 5 glabrous, strap-shaped leaflets. Follicles unknown. 



A very beautiful and curious species, for which I am indebted to 

 Mrs. Barber ; and, in giving it her family name, I express my gratitude 

 to the donor as well as the discoverer. 



Fig. 1, Ceropegia Bowker i , the natural size. Fig. 2, a calyx; 3, 

 one of the segments of the corolla ; 4, the corona-staminea ; 5, a pair of 

 erect pollen masses. 



Dr. E. Perceval Wright, F. L. S., read a paper, entitled " Notes on 

 Professor Steenstrup's Paper" on Hectocotyli, with especial reference to 

 the Collection of Irish Cephalopoda in the University Collection." 



Dr. E. Perceval "Wright stated that the Botanical Committee had 

 entered warmly into the project proposed by Mr. Babington (vide p. 246) 

 of forming as many local collections as possible through Ireland. They 

 had great pleasure in reporting that the Flora of Dublin was in a very 

 forward state, and they trusted the Association would soon be enabled 

 to publish it ; also, that very valuable collections had been made in r the 

 counties of Antrim, Londonderry, and Donegal by Mr. David Moore, 

 A.L.S, which were still in existence in the Museum of Irish Industry. 

 Sir R. Kane, F. It. S., had kindly allowed the Committee to examine 

 and make a catalogue of them. 



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