XX.K.U PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. "Bryological Remarks," by S. 0. Lindberg, M.D, 



2. " Notes on the TremeUineous Fungi and their Analogues," by 

 L. R. Tulasne, F.M.L.S., and C. Tulasne. 



March 2nd, 1871. 

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



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " On the Tamil popular names of plants," by the Rev. Samuel 

 Mateer, F.L.S. 



2. *' Contributions towards a knowledge of the Curculionidce, 

 part 2," by Francis P. Pascoe, Esq., F.L.S. 



March 16th, 1871. 



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



Lieut.-Colonel James Augustus Grant, C.B., C.S.I., &c., was 

 elected a Fellow. 



The President exhibited specimens of Cwpania cinerea, Poeppig, 

 collected by Mr. Spruce in Peru, with the observation that '' the 

 embryos fall out of the seeds ; while the latter, with their aril, 

 contained in the burst capsule, still remain on." 



Dr. Seemann, F.L.S., exhibited a beetle, allied to Dynastes and 

 supposed to be the largest Coleopterous insect of America. This, 

 the only specimen found, though much search had been made for 

 others, was obtained from the Chontales mountains of Nicaragua, 



The following communications were read, viz. : — 



1. Extract of a letter from General Munro, C.B., to Dr. Hooker, 

 V.P.L.S., dated H.M.S. 'Royal Alfred,' Caribbean Sea, February 21, 

 1871, and containing notes on the botany of Antigua, Trinidad, 

 St. Vincent's (with its extinct volcano Souffriere), and other West- 

 India Islands. 



2, A letter from Henry Reeks, Esq., F.L.S., on the varieties of 

 Aspidinm ocuhatum and angulare. The letter was accompanied by 

 a series of specimens, all gathered at East Woodhay, near Newbury. 



