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elected IVeasurer ; 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. : 

 Thomas Bell, Esq., Francis Boott, M.D., John Gould, Esq., John 

 Hogg, Esq., and Richard Horsman Solly, Esq. 



Among the presents announced by the Secretary were the follow- 

 ing : — 



The herbarium of the late Thomas Walter, Esq., author of the 

 'Flora Caroliniana;' presented by John Eraser, Esq., A.L.S. 



A Portrait of the late Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet, K.B., painted 

 by the late Thomas Phillips, Esq., R.A. ; presented by Captain Sir 

 E. Home, Bart., R.N. 



A Lithographed Portrait of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of 

 Norwich, Pres. L.S., by T. H. Alaguire ; presented by G. Ransome, 

 Esq., F.L.S. 



There were also presented by W. A. Bromfield, ALD., F.L.S. , 

 specimens of a Luzula growing abundantly at Apse Castle, near 

 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and described by Dr. Bromfield as having 

 the divaricate and reflexed panicle of L. pilosa, with the fruit of 

 L. Forsteri, excepting that the seeds are scarcely above one-third or 

 one-fourth the size of those of the latter species. The capsules (not 

 yet ripe) seem to be naturally smaller than in L. Forsteri, and much 

 shorter than the sepals, v.hich thus appear to conceal them. Be- 

 sides their much smaller size, the seeds of the plant exhibited appear 

 to be rounder than in L. Forsteri, with a still shorter and very 

 obtuse appendage, and to come later to maturity than in that or 

 L. pilosa, as was shown by the accompanying specimens of both, 

 in which the Capsules had attained to nearly their full dimensions, 

 whilst those of the new plant were much less advanced. This new 

 form is the prevailing one at Apse Castle, greatly exceeding either 

 of the two others or L. sylvatica (which also grows there) in quan- 

 tity, and is extremely plentiful on dry sloping banks amongst bushes, 

 and either growing alone or intermixed with the other three. The 

 form of the seeds proves, in Dr. Bromfield's opinion, that it cannot be 

 a variety oi L. pilosa, whilst their very small size and the form of 

 the capsule militate against its connection with L. Forsteri. So 

 far as yet observed, the plant is taller than either of these, with 

 longer roots and lower stem leaves ; the leaves as broad as in L. 

 pilosa, and from their greater length more lax or drooping at 

 their extremities. The panicle, though much like that of L. pilosa, 

 would seem to be less compounded, and narrower or more oblong 

 in contour, and this last character coupled with the small size of 



