1841.] Linnean Society. 99 



belong to Barkhausia taraxacifolia. The only British specimens in 

 the Society's possession that Mr. Kippist believes to be referrible 

 with certainty to Crepis biennis are two in the Hortus Siccus of 

 Mr. Woodward, with ripe achenia and perfectly sessile pappus ; the 

 habitats of the plants are not given, but in all probability they were 

 gathered either in Suffolk or Norfolk. 



Read also an " Extract from a Letter to John Miers, Esq., F.L.S., 

 from George Gardner, Esq.," dated Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 16, 1840, 

 in which Mr. Gardner gives some account of his journeys in the in- 

 terior of Brazil, and of the collections made by him subsequent to 

 May last. 



April 6. 



Mr, Forster, V.P., in the Chair. 



Read, an Extract of a Letter from J. Bumham, Esq., to Hyde 

 Clarke, Esq., F.L.S., on a supposed new British Juncus. 



Read also the commencement of " An Appendix or Supplement 

 to a Treatise on the (Estri and Cuterebree of various Animals." By 

 Bracy Clark, Esq., F.L.S., Corresp. Memb. of the French Institute. 



April 20. 



Mr. Brown, V.P., in the Chair. 



John Branton, Esq., of Bush Hall, near Hatfield, Herts, was 

 elected a Fellow. 



His Grace the Duke of Northimiberland, F.L.S., sent for exhibi- 

 tion a specimen of the fruit of Chrysophyllum monopyrenum, Sw., 

 from his living collection at Syon House. 



W. Felkin, Esq., F.L.S., sent for exhibition specimens of Sea- 

 Island Cotton grown in a cotton-mill situate in the centre of Man- 

 chester, accompanied by a Notice of the circumstances xmder which 

 the experiment was made. The details have been given in the 

 Transactions of the British Association. 



