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INDEX TO THE PKOCEEDINGS. 



SESSIOX 1872-73. 



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Additions to the Library, Ke- 



port on xlix 



Address of the President, May 



24,1873 viii 



Agave americana, Floweriug 

 plants, over 90 years old, Pho- 

 tograpli of, exhibited by W. 

 T. T. Dyer, Esq., F.L.S. . . iv 



AigOR, British and Australian, 

 Specimens of, sent for exliibi- 

 tion, by Mrs. Mcrrifield, of 

 Brigliton vi 



Amomtim 3Ielegi(eta, Eoscoe 

 (" Grains of Paradise "), Speci- 

 men in fruit, exhibited by Mr. 

 Hanbury, from liis garden at 

 Clapham xlviii 



Anniversary Meeting, May 24, 



1873, Report on viii 



Araucaria BidivilU, Half-ripe 

 cone of, from the Eoyal gar- 

 dens, Kew, exhibited by Dr. 

 Hooker, Y.P.L.S v 



Sanlcsia marcescens, Cones of, 

 with ripe seeds, from the Gar- 

 den of M. Thuret, F.M.L.S., 

 at Antibes, exhibited by D. 

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



Satarrea pJialloides, Specimen 

 of, exliibited by W. G. Smith, 

 Esq., F.L.S iii 



Branched Palms, Drawings of, 

 exhibited by Arthur Grote, 

 Esq., F.L.S iv 



Brisbane Botanic Garden, Pho- 

 tographs of trees from, ex- 

 hibited 1 



Coffee-tree, Wood of, perforated 

 by the Coffee-borer {Xylotri- 

 chus quadrupes), exhibited by 

 Dr. Hooker, V.P.L.S., from 

 the Kew Museum .... vi 



Election of Council and Officers 



Fellows deceased, List of . . . 



Financial Statement .... 



Foreign Member deceased 



Fungi, Drawings of, exhibited by 

 W. G. Smith, Esq., F.L.S. . 



Fungus, Gelatinous, probably 

 new {Laschia, sp. ?), from the 

 stem of a Cyead, exhibited by 

 W. G. Smith, Esq., F.L.S. . 



" Grains of Paradise." See Amo- 

 mum. 



" Hen - and - Chickens " Daisy, 

 Wild specimen of, exhibited 

 by Mr. Alford 



Lalia elegans. Monstrosity of, 

 with nearly regular flower, ex- 

 hibited by Prof. Dyer . . . 



Laschia, ? new species, from the 

 stem of a Cvcad, exhibited by 

 W. G. Smith, F.L.S. . . . 



Lobelia nreiis, from Kilmiugton 

 Common, near Axminster, ex- 

 hibited by T. B. Flower, F.L.S. 



M'Leay, Alexander, Presentation 

 of Letters from 



Mallet and Ball used at Mont- 

 pelher in the game of " Jeu de 

 Mad," the handle made of 

 Celtis australis; the head of 

 Quereus Ilex, exhibited by 

 Dr. Prior, F.L.S. . . . '. 



Medicago tribuloides, Plants of, 

 M'ith fruits singularly modified 

 by the action of a species of 

 Smut ( Ustilago), exhibited by 

 G. C. Joad, Esq., F.L.S. . . 



Obituaet Notices : — 



Forster, John, Esq 



Jerdon, T. C, Esq 



M'Andrew, Eobert, Esq. . . 

 Sutcliffe, Joshua, Esq. . . . 



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