11 PEOOEEDINGS OF THE 



beautiful series of photographs of trees &c. taken in the Botanic 

 Garden, Brisbane, Queensland. 



The President exhibited, on the part of Mr. Martin Alford, 

 a specimen of the " Hen and Chickens " Daisy, found by him 

 in September last, apparently wild, at the edge of a grass-field 

 near Bridgewater. 



The Secretary exhibited the fruit of a variety of Fyrus japo- 

 nica, grown in the garden of Daniel Edwards, Esq., of TJckfield, 

 Sussex. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " Note on the Buds developed on Leaves of Malaxis,^'' by 

 George Dickie, M.D., E.L.S., Regius Professor at the Univer- 

 sity, Aberdeen. 



2. " On a Menispermaceous Plant, called by Yelloz Cissam- 

 pelos Vitis, and figured in his * Elora Fluminensis,' vol. x.," by 

 Senor J. C. De MeUo, of Campiiias, Brazil ; translated by John 

 Miers, Esq., F.E. & L.S. Communicated by Daniel Hanbury, 

 Esq., F.R. & L.S. 



3. " Notes on Keropia crassirostris, Gmel.," by Thomas H. 

 Potts, Esq., E.L.S. 



November 21st, 1872. 

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



Cuthbert Cartwright Grundy, Esq., and Edward Harris, Esq., 

 were elected Fellows. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " Catalogue of the Compositae of Bengal," by Charles Baron 

 Clarke, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 



2. " On HydrotropTius, a new Genus of Hydrocharideae," by 

 the same. 



3. " On Diversitv of Evokxtion under one set of External Con- 



