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and sometimes as large as the seed itself, entirp, and attached to the funi- 

 culus, all along the raphe. The subsiance of this arillus is rather firm 

 and con-ists of very small cells, in the common gooseberry between 0.01 

 and 0.05 1. in diameter. The arilli of different seeds are apt to coalesce. 



The epidermis appears as a seemingly gelatinous transparent coating of 

 the seed. It consists of simple, prismatic, 5 or mostly 6 angled, connate 

 cells, each, in the different species examined, 0.06-0.10 1. in diameter, and 

 0.03-0.05 1. high, near the raphe much shorter. The contents of the cells 

 are very pale red or colorless, the green or buff color of the seed apper- 

 taining to the testa itself. In some cultivated varieties these cells may 

 finally become detached, forming a Irue pulp ; but in the fruits examined 

 by him such was not the case. If that part of the funiculus which forms 

 the raphe at last becomes detached from the seed, as has been stated, it 

 must be after a separation of these epidermis cells. 



Dr. E. noticed that the inner coating of the carpellary cavity of R. 

 rubrum consisted of a singular deposit of crustaceous and brittle, striated 

 cells or cell-walls, which he had not observed in any other species exam- 

 ined by him. 



June 1G, 1862. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmanx, in the chair. 



Five members present. 



Letters were read from the Royal Society of Sciences, Gottingen, Feb. 

 12,1862; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, May 31, 1862; Zool.- 

 mineral. Verein, Regensburg, 1862 ; 1. R. Institnto Veneto, Venice, 

 Oct. 25, 1861; Naturh. Verein, Bonn, Jan. 22, 1862; K. Akad. der 

 Wissenschaften, Berlin, Feb. 18, 1862; Universite' Cathohque de Lou- 

 vain, Nov. 26, 1860 ; K. K. Akad. der Wissensch. Wien, Dec. 28, 1861 ; 

 RoyalHorticultural Soc, S. Kensington W., Sept. 25, 1861 ; Phil. & Lit. 

 Soc. Leeds, Oct. 21,1861 ; Nafurf. Gesellschaft, Bern, Feb. 1862; Smith- 

 sonian Instit., Washington, June, 1862; Academia Rnal das Sciencias de 

 Lisboa, Mar. 22, 1862, acknowledging receipt of the Transactions of the 

 Academy and announcing publications sent. From M. J. Bosquet, Maes- 

 tricht, May 20, 1862, acknowledging his election as a Corresponding 

 Member, and from Dr. William Carr Lane, acknowledging his election 

 as an Associate Member. 



The following donations to the library were received : 



Jahrbuch der K. K. geol. Reichsanstalt, Wien, Bd. VII., No. 1, 1861-2, 

 from the Society. Schriften der K. Phys.-okonom. Gesell-chaft, Komgs- 

 "berg, Jahrg. 11.1861, Abth. I., from the Society. Nachrichten von der 

 Georg^-Augusts-Universilat u. der K. Gesellsch. der Wissensch., Gottin- 

 gen, No. 1-22, 1861, from the Society. Bull, de la Soc. des Sciences Na- 

 turelles de Neufchatel, T. V., cah. 3, 1861, from the Society. Flora, No. 

 38-48, Regensburg, 1861, from Dr. Fliigel. Correspondenz-Blatt des 

 zool.-mineral. Vereins, Regensburg, Jahrg. XV., 1861, from the Society. 

 Atti dell' I. R. Istituto Veneto, T. VI., Ser. iii., Disp. 10, 1860-1; T. 

 VII Disp. 1-2, 1861-2, from the Institute. Verhandl. des naturvv. Ve- 

 reins, Bonn, Jahrg. XVIII., Heft 1-2, 1861, from the Society. Archiv. des 

 Vereins der Freunde der Naturg., Mekleuburg, 1861, from the Society. 

 Monatsb. der K. Akad. der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1 Halite, 1861, from 

 the Academy. Universite Catholique de Louvain— Anniiaire i860: Theses, 

 232-243 Theol., 52-53 Med., 13 Phil., 1-3 Droit; Programme des Cours 

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 der K. K. Akad. der Wissenschaften, Wien, 1861, Abth. 6-8, II. 8, math.- 

 naturw. Classe, from the Academy. Proc. Roy. Horticultural Soc. Lon- 



