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3. Finally, there is a new Polynesian genus, doubtless Loganiaceous, 

 although the coi-olla and consequently the stamens are unknown. It is 

 remarkable for having an indehiscent, nucumentaceous, or possibly sub- 

 drupaceous, club-shaped fruit, on which account it does not fall into 

 either of Bentham's four tribes. It is dedicated to Joseph P. Cou- 

 thouy, Esq., the zealous Conchologist of the Expedition of which the 

 plant is one of the fruits. 



COUTHOVIA, Nov. Gen. 



Calyx 5-partitus ; segmentis rotundatis crassis imbricatis intus basi 

 biglandulosis ? Corolla et stamina ignota. Ovarium liberum, ova- 

 tum, calyce subinclusum, stigmate sessili apiculatum, biloculare. Ovula 

 in placentis crassis, medio dissepimento adnatis, plurima, amphitropa. 

 Fructus lignosus, maturus forte subdrupaceus, clavatus vel fusiformis, 

 basi stipitiformi calyce parvo persistente stipata, bilocularis, indehis- 

 cens. Semina baud visa. — Frutex vel arbor Vitiensis, Fagrcea facie, 

 stipulis vaginatis Labordece ; cyma terminali ; floribus parvis. 



CouTHOViA CORTNOCARPA (^Gray, I. c). — Ovolau and Sandal-wood 

 Bay, Feejee Islands. 



Four Iiaudred and seventieth meeting. 



October 11, 1859. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read several letters relative 

 to the exchanges of the Academy. 



Professor Felton presented, from the Hon. George P. 

 Marsh, a circular letter in behalf of the new dictionary of 

 the English Language undertaken by the Philological So- 

 ciety of London. 



Professor Felton also exhibited a series of recent photo- 

 graphs from Athens, representing different views of the Par- 

 thenon, and some sculptures discovered upon the Acropolis 

 in the course of excavations made during the present year. 



Professor Lovering presented a memoir upon the Secular 

 Periodicity of the Aurora Borealis ; in which he referred to 

 the manuscript records of the Academy as follows : — 



