PROCEEDINGS 



or THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(SESSION 1874-75.) 



November 5th, 1874. 



Prof. Allman, M.D., LL.D., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



William H. Archer, Esq., E-egistrar- General of Victoria, Regi- 

 nald A. Pryor, Esq., and WUliam Wright Wilson, Esq., were 

 elected Eellows. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Revision of the Genera and Species of Asparagaceae, a sec- 

 tion of the Natural Order Liliace^e." By J. G. Baker, Esq., 

 E.L.S., Assistant in the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. 



The paper was illustrated by Plates of three new genera, viz. 

 Campylandra, Gonioscyplia, and Speirantha ; and by a fourth Plate 

 showing the peculiar structure of the stigma, and its relation to 

 the other parts of the flower, in Plectogyne. 



2. " Notice of a Floating Island in Derwentwater Lake, formed 

 of Matted Boots of Lobelia Dortmanna, Linn." By .T. E. Howard, 

 Esq., F.L.S. 



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