1847.] Linnean Society. 343 



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. Tlie following five FeUows were elected 

 into the Council in the room of others going out : viz. James Scott 

 Bowerbank, Esq. ; William John BurcheU, Esq., D.C.L. ; Frederic 

 Halsey Janson, Esq. ; Daniel Sharpe, Esq., and Nathaniel Wallich, 

 Esq., M.D. 



June 1. 



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



Sudlow Roots, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Read a "Description oi Athalamia, a new genus oi Marckantie(e." 

 By Hugh Falconer, M.D., F.L.S. &c. 



Athal.\mia. 



Char. Gen. Flores masciiWl Capituli foeminei receptaculum nullum; 

 Jloribus immediate pedunculo insertis, erectis. Involucrum nullum. 

 InvoluceUa tubulosa, vertice bivalvia, basi inter se connata. Calyptra 

 persistens, siib-bifidolacerata. Sporangium in lacinias 4 v. 5 demum 

 revolutas dehiscens ; pedicello elongato sub-exserto. — Frons simijlex, 

 V. radiatim 3-loba, crasse carnosa, subtus margine squamis foUueeis 

 pluri-seriatis inslructa ; lobis oblongis, concavis, margine attenuatis ; 

 pedunculo pedicellisque crassis, succulentis, teretibus. 



Athalamia pinguis, Falc. 



Ilab. 



The absence of a common receptacle and the erect flowers appear 

 to be the most characteristic marks of the genus Athalamia, which 

 is most nearly allied to Lunularia, Micheli, in the dehiscence of the 

 sporangium and elongation of the pedicel. 



Read also a further portion of Dr. Buchanan Hamilton's Commen- 

 tary on the 8th part of Van Rheede's Hortiis Malabaricus. 



