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is perhaps in most instances dissolved at an early period, and the 

 sporules recede a little from each other, but are still kept in the tri- 

 angular form by the mother cell. It is not uncommon however to 

 find the connexion unbroken after the sporules have arrived at ma- 

 turity, and in these instances there seems to be a general adhesion 

 at the opposing faces of the sporules. 



The author concludes his paper with some remarks on the analogy 

 that exists between sporules and pollen, which he observes, is so re- 

 markable, and the particulars so numerous, that the essential identity 

 of the two can be scarcely a matter of opinion. 



May 24. 

 The Lord Bishop of Norwich, President, in the Chair. 



This day, the Anniversary of the birthday of Linnaeus, and that 

 appointed in the charter for the election of Council and Officers, the 

 President opened the business of the Meeting, and in stating the 

 number of Members whom the Society had lost during the past year, 

 gave the following notices of some of them : 



Samuel Brookes, Esq. — Mr. Brookes was devoted to the science of 

 Conchology, and possessed a valuable collection of British and Fo- 

 reign Testacea. He was the author of an Introduction to the Study 

 of Conchology which appeared in 1815. 



The Rev. Martin Davy, D.D., F.R.S., Master of Caius College, 

 Cambridge. 



The Rev. Richard Dreyer, LL.B. 



John Lord Farnham. 



Charles Holford, Esq. 



Lawrence Brock Hollinshead, Esq. 



John Hull, M.D. — Dr. Hull was ardently attached to the study of 

 Botany, and in the midst of an extensive medical practice, he found 

 occasional moments of leisure to devote to the cultivation of his 

 favourite pursuit. "We are indebted to him for the publication of a 

 British Flora in 1799, of which a second edition appeared in 1808 ; 

 and the Elements of Botany, in 2 volumes, 8vo, in 1800. These 

 works, highly creditable to their author, tended to increase the taste 

 for botanical pursuits. 



