Linncean Society. 225 



lato-linearibus longe mucronatis marginibus recurvisi caule pubes- 

 centi lignoso. 



P. mucronatunif Royle MSS. 



32. P. recumbens. 



Floribus axillaribus parvis pedicello brevi, achenio trigone laevi 

 nitido angulis rotundatis segmentis caiinatis perigonii claubi tecto, 

 ochreis lanceolatis acutis deruum laceris : nervis 2 excurrentibus 

 foliis ovatis brevi-petiolatis margine nervisque subtiis scabris. 



P. recumbens f Royle MSS. 



33. P. confertum. 



Floribus axillaribus parvis globosis, pedicello brevi, achenio com- 

 presso trigonove laevi nitido segmentis non-carinacis perigonii cam- 

 panulati tecto,ochreis lanceolatis acutis demum laceris : nervis abbre; 

 viatis foliis oblongis 1-nervosis brevi-petiolatis margine nervoque 

 subtiis scabris. ,■ 



P. confertum, Royle MSS. 



Fagopyrum, Gcertn. 



1. F. rotundatum. 



Floribus parvis paniculato-racemosis, achenio trigono angulis 

 rotundatis in superiori parte carinatis calyce 4< — 5-pld longiore fa- 

 ciebus oblongo-ovatis rugosis, foliis triangulari-hastatis paulo lon- 

 gioribus quam latis petiolatis, caule erecto annuo. 



2. F. esculentum, Mcench, \ 3. F. emarginatum. 

 Floribus paniculatis parvis pedicello elongato, achenio trigono 



angulis alatis integris calyce obtuso duplo longiore faciebus ovatis 

 longioribus quam latis, foliis petiolatis triangularibus acutis, angulis 

 inferioribus rotundatis. 

 P, emarginatum^ Roth? Cat. Bot. I. 48. Don? Prod. 73. Meisn.? 



Mon. 62. 



^, F. cymosum^ Meisn. 



Jan. 17, 1837. — Read the commencement of a paper by John 

 O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S., entitled '* Illustrations of the Relation- 

 ships existing amongst natural Objects termed Affinity and Analogy, 

 selected from the class of Insects." 



Feb. 7. — Read a notice, accompanied by specimens, of the dis- 

 covery of Polygonum dumetorum and Epipactis purpurata in the 

 vicinity of Reigate, Surrey. By Mr. George Luxford, A.L.S. 



The chief distinctions of Polygonum dumetorum consist in its per- 

 fectly cylindrical stem, elongated pedicels, and smooth and shining 

 fruit. The P. Convolvulus varies in the breadth of the margins of 

 its sepals, and in some states it equals that of the former species. 

 The racemes and pedicels in the latter are always much shorter, 

 the stems angular, and the fruit opake, and beset with minute 

 elevated dots. 



The Epipactis purpurata, first described in the fourth volume of 

 the " English Flora," appears to be only a variety of E. latifolia. 



Specimens of a remarkable variety of Pinus Pumiiio, having the 

 scales of the cones singularly lengthened and reflexed, were exhi- 



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