Jan. 15, 1839.] Linnean Society. 9 



January 15, 1839. 



Edward Forster, Esq., V. P., in the Chair. 



Major Thomas Best Jervis, E. I. C. Engineer Sendee ; Thomas 

 Bruges Flower, Esq., Bath ; J. C. Hall, Esq., Kensington ; R. M. 

 Lingwood, Esq., B.A., Uckfield, Sussex ; and F. J. White, M.D., 

 Wcirminster, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Read, " A notice of the Encephalartos horridus, which flowered at 

 Kinmel Park." By Mr. Thomas Forrest. Communicated by the 

 Secretary. 



This brief notice was accompanied by the male spadix, which had 

 flowered at Kinmel Park, the seat of Lord Dinorben, and was sent 

 for exhibition to the meeting by command of His Royal Highness the 

 Duke of Sussex. The plant had been sent to Lord Dinorben from 

 the Cape of Good Hope about six years ago by Lord John Spencer 

 Churchill, Capt. R.N. The spadix was of unusual size, and bore a 

 strong resemblance to a gigantic pine cone. The most remarkable 

 peculiarity observable was, that several scales, less developed than 

 the others, bore only a single unilateral mass of anthers, whilst in 

 others the two masses were scarcely confluent. 



Read, " An account of the Indian Species of Juncus and Luzula." 

 ByD. Don, Esq., Libr.L.S., Prof. Bot. King's College. 



The species described in this paper are all from Northern India, 

 and were mostly collected by Dr. Royle in the range of the Hima- 

 laya, included between the Ganges and Sutlej. Of the eight spe- 

 cies described, seven belong to Juncus, and only one to Luzula. 

 Three of the former genus are entirely new, two had been previously 

 gathered by Dr. Wallich's collectors in Nepal, and of the two others, 

 one (/. bufonius) is common throughout the northern hemisphere, 

 and the other (/. glaucus) is abundant in northern and central 

 Europe. The Luzula is spicata, which occurs on the mountains of 

 the north of England, Scotland, and throughout Europe, reaching 

 as high as 71" north latitude, and which is likewise found on the 

 Caucasus and Altai mountains in northern 'Asia. The present va-r 

 riety is from Lippa in Kunawur, a country situated beyond the 

 Himalaya, in about 31° 33' north latitude, being about 11° more to 

 the south than any station previously recorded for Luzula spicata. 

 The variety differs in its broader sepals, blunt capsule, with obovate 

 valves, and in the seeds not being above half the size. 



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