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destroyed by cattle, and all were in rather an advanced state of 

 flowering. 



From the specimens then collected Mr. Babington gives a detailed 

 description of the plant, which diiFers in a slight degree from that 

 furnished to Sir J. E. Smith by Mr. Drummond. He thinks it may 

 fairly be referred to the genus Spiranthes, although diff^ering from 

 the other European species in some particulars ; the most remarkable 

 of these differences consisting in the connexion of all the sepals with 

 the two lateral petals. The difference in habit is considerable in 

 consequence of the great density of the spike, and the arrangement 

 of the flowers in three spiral lines*. 



A notice of a specimen of this plant, exhibited before the Society 

 on the 7th of February 1843, by the Rev. WilHam Hincks, F.L.S. 

 &c., will be found at p. 162 of the ' Proceedings.' 



Read also a continuation of Mr. Griffith's memoir, comprehending 

 the parts relating to Cytinus and to Mystropetalon. 



March 19. 

 E. Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chuir. 

 Thomas Bridges, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Read the commencement of a " Monograph on the Class Myria- 

 poda. Order CMlopoda ; with observations on the general arrange- 

 ment of the Articulata." By George Newport, Esq., Fellow of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons, President of the Entomological Society, 

 &c. Communicated by the Secretary. 



* In a subsequent communication Mr. Babiiigton states that he has iden- 

 tified the Irish plant with specimens o( Spiranthes certiua, Rich., from North 

 America, in the herbarium of Sir W. J. Hooker. 



