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growth, and, what is remarkable, many produce in the axils of the bracts 

 foliaceous buds. These characteristics ally it with S. hncanthemifolia of 

 the Pyrenees, and decidedly to S.foliolosa of Robert Brown, described in 

 Torrey and Gray's American Flora. On reCernniJ^ to notices already 

 given of these forms of saxifrages, I was not surprised to find in the 

 eleventh volume of the 'Annals of Natural History,' in an article by 

 John Ball, Esq., a well-known European botanist, that he bad gathered 

 in the Otzal in the Tyrol the plant described as S. leucanthenufolia, 

 Lapeyr., by Reichenbach and other German botanists, and is quite of the 

 opinion of Bertoloni, that it is only a state of S. dellar'is. Mr. Ball gives 

 its characteristics, showing how near to or identical it is with some of the 

 forms of S. dellans. He mentions a variety of S. slellaris found by him 

 in Curslieve, in Mayo, which is much more different from the ordinary 

 form. It is larger, hairy, and somewhat viscose, the panicle widely 

 spreading, the bracts foliaceous. He considers this to be the same as 

 -S". Clmii, variety a. of De CandoUe's ' Prodromus.' Similar forms have 

 been found by me in Kerry. The late Professor Kinahan mentioned to 

 me that he had noticed in Mayo tiie singular form »S'. Andrewsii." These 

 notes are merely intended as reference to the plants exhibited, not to any 

 definite descriptions of their botanical characteristics. 



Notice had been given at the General Meeting, held on the 5th of 

 April last, " That it would be submitted to the members the necessity of 

 the removal of the museum collections of the Society from Mr. Williams's 

 rooms. Dame Sti'cet, and to adopt means for their further disposal." 

 The following resolutions were proposed and seconded, and passed 

 unanimously: — "That the following gentlemen be nominated to form a 

 Committee for the purpose of reporting the best means for the disposal of 

 the museum collections, viz. Professor Haughton, P. U.S. ; K. P. Williams, 

 Esq. ; Dr. A. W. Poot ; Robert J. Montgomery, Esq., and Artliur An- 

 drews, Esq. That Mr. Montgomery be appointed to act as Secretary to 

 the Comunttee. That the library of the Society be deposited in charge 

 of the Treasurer, Mr. Arthur Andrews." 



The members of the Morocco Exploring Expedition returned to Eng- 

 land in safety. Dr. Hooker arrived on Wednesday, the 20tli June, by a 

 private vessel, leaving the collector behind at Gibraltar to pack up the 

 specimens, and follow by the regular steamer. The collections, both 

 living and dried, have reached Kew in good condition, and their deter- 

 mination will soon be commenced ; but of course, from the size and intri- 

 cacy of the numerous large genera of the Mediterranean flora, this will 

 be a work of considerable time and labour. The living plants consist 

 principally of bulbs, Orchids, and Crassulaceae, and the species which/are 

 suitable for general cultivation will, as they reach the proper condition, 

 be figured in the ' Botanical IMagazine.' The dried collection is estimated 

 to contain at least 1000 species. The Atlas collection alone fills four 

 large boxes, and no doubt will yield many interesting novelties, and en- 

 able us to understand clearly the general botanical characteristics of the 



