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2. Letter from Mr. Atkin to Dr. Hooker on the vegetation of the 

 Solomon Islands. 



3. "Note on the genus Byrsanihus, GuiU., and its floral con- 

 formation," by Maxwell T. Masters, M.D., F.R. & L.S. 



Eead, also, a letter from Baron Hochschild, the Swedish Minister, 

 announcing, on the part of Mr, Oscar Dickson, of Gothenburg, the 

 donation of documents relating to Linnseus's discovery of a mode of 

 producing artificial Pearls ; and also transmitting, for the inspection 

 of the Fellows, a photographic Album " In Memoriam Caroli a 

 Linne," recently published in Sweden. 



February 2nd, 1871. 

 George Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Charles Whitehead, Esq., was elected a FeUow. 



Dr. Hooker, V.P.L.S., exhibited fruit-bearing specimens, preserved 

 in fltiid, of the India-rubber plant of Tropical Africa {Landoljphia 

 jlonda, Benth. ?), collected on the Congo River by Dr. Hilliard, and 

 sent to the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Messrs. Sinclair and Hamilton ; 

 also, two flowering specimens from the Kew Herbarium, collected by 

 the late Mr. Barter during the Niger Expedition. 



The following paper was read, viz. : — 



'• Natural History of Deep-sea Soundings (2800 fathoms) between 

 Galle and Java," by Capt. William Chimmo, of H.M.S. 'Nassau.' 

 Communicated by Dr. Carpenter, F.L.S. &c. 



February 16th, 1871. 

 George Busk, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Hooker, on behalf of the following Subscribers, presented to 

 the Society a portrait, in oil, of the President, painted by Lowes 

 Dickinson, Esq. ; and the Chairman, on the part of the Fellows of 

 the Society, expressed their sense of obligation to the Subscribers. 



