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which was intended to be on a very extensive scale, has never ap- 

 peared. He was author of ' An Introductory Lecture on the Study 

 of Zoology/ of a memoir ' On a new Species of Antelope,' in the 

 5th volume of the ' Zoological Journal,' and of one or two notices 

 in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society.' A few years before 

 his death he quitted the neighbourhood of London and returned to 

 Bath, where he became Secretary to the Literary Institution, and 

 died on the 18th of August last, at the age of 46. 



The President also announced that twelve Fellows, three Foreign 

 Members, and two Associates had been elected into the Society 

 since the last Anniversary. 



At the election, which subsequently took place, the Lord Bishop 

 of Norwich was re-elected President ; Edward Forster, Esq., Trea- 

 surer ; John Joseph Bennett, Esq., Secretary ; and Richard Taylor, 

 Esq., Under-Secretary. The following five Fellows were elected 

 into the Council in the room of others going out, viz. Sir Wm. 

 Jackson Hooker ; Joseph Janson, Esq. ; The Most Honourable the 

 Marquis of Northampton ; John Parkinson, Esq. ; and John Obadiah 

 Westwood, Esq. 



June 1. 



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



Read the conclusion of Mr. Bunbury's " Remarks on certain 



Plants of Brazil, with descriptions of some which appear to be new." 



The following are the characters of the species described as new : 



Lasiandra calyptrata, raniis teretibus ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis petio- 

 latis ovato-oblongis acutis 5-nervibus subsetoso-hirsutis subtus dense 

 villosis, racemis terminalibus paucifloris, pedicellis oppositis 1-3-floris, 

 bracteis hispido-pilosis convolutis calyptriformibus, calyce sericeo, fila- 

 mentis styloque hirsutis. 



Hah. prope Gongo Soco, in prov. Minas Geraes. 



CUdemia ? glabrata, ramulis subtetragonis glabris, foliis petiolatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis subcordatis acuminatis serrulato-ciliatis 5-nervibus utrinque 

 glabris: petiolis ciliatis, panicula terminali tricbotoma divaricata glabra, 

 fioribus verticillato-aggregatis sessilibus ebracteatis, petalis lanceolatis. 



Uab. prope Gongo Soco, in prov. Minas Geraes. 



CUdemia defiexa, ramis subtetragonis petiolis paniculisque setoso-hispi- 

 dissimis, foliis ovatis acuminatis quintuplinervibus subdenticulatis cili- 



