1853.] Linnean Society* 231 



Rio de la Plata, ^schynomene ciliata ranges at least from Guiana 

 to Buenos Ayres, and, as Mr. Bentham observes, is scarcely distin- 

 guishable from the North American ^. hispida, which is found as far 

 north as Philadelphia ; and ViXioXher uEschynomene from Buenos Ayres 

 seems to agree with jE. conferta from British Guiana. 



Anniversary Meeting. 



May 24. 

 Robert Brown, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



This day, the Anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus, and that ap- 

 pointed by the Charter for the Election of Council and Officers, the 

 President opened the business of the Meeting, and the Secretary 

 read the following notices of Members who had died since the last 

 Anniversary. 



John Marten Cripps, Esq., F.S.A., was a Member of Jesus College 

 Cambridge, and graduated M.A. per literas Regias in 1803, in which 

 year he also became a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He inherited 

 considerable property from his uncle John Marten, of Stantons ; but 

 before settling as a country gentleman upon his estate he travelled, 

 accompanied by Dr. E. D. Clarke as his tutor, and partly also by 

 Dr. Otter, the late Bishop of Chichester, through Russia, Tartary, 

 Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Palestine, and the North of Europe, making 

 considerable collections both antiquarian and botanical. A relation 

 of these well-known travels, published by Dr. Clarke, passed through 

 several editions. In the Preface Dr. Clarke speaks warmly of " his 

 fi'iend, the cause and companion of his travels," and states that " the 

 plants collected during the route were the result of their mutual 

 labour ; but the whole of the Meteorological Statement in the Ap- 

 pendix, together with the Account given of Relays and Distances, 

 are due to his [Mr. Cripps's] patient observation and industry." 

 The most important part of these collections was, however, the her- 

 barium of Pallas, purchased by Mr. Cripps during his residence 

 with the Professor, and afterwards transferred to the late Mr. Lam- 

 bert, at whose sale the greater part of it was obtained for the col- 

 lection of the British Museum. On their return Mr. Cripps and 



