LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. V 



February 17th, 1857. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, iii the Chair. 



Vaughan Henry Alexander Holberton, Esq., was elected a 

 FeUow. 



Eead, first, a " Note on the so-called perforations of Bliynco- 

 nella;" by W. B. Carpenter, Esq., M.D., F.E.S., F.L.S. 



Read, secondly, " Description of a new species of Euplectella 

 {E. Cmumer, Owen);" by Prof Owen, F.E.S., F.L.S. (See 

 "Transactions," vol. xsii. p. 117.) 



Read, thirdly, the commencement of a Memoir " On the Cha- 

 racters, Principles of Division, and Primary Groups of the Class 

 Mammalia;" by Prof Owen, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. (See "Zoolo- 

 gical Proceedings," vol. ii. p. 1.) 



March 3rd, 1857. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Alfred Newton, Esq., M.A., and the Rev. Henry B. Tristram, 

 M.A., were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Bentham, F.L.S., exhibited a specimen of Orchis pyrami- 

 dalis, L., in wliich every flower of the spike was entirely destitute 

 of spur ; and also a specimen of Cardamine hirsuta, L., transmitted 

 to him by Miss LlewelljTi of PenUergare, in which the leaves had 

 become proliferous. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. ii. p. 53.) 



Read, first, a " Svnopsis of the genus Clitoria, L. ;" by George 

 Bentham, Esq., F.L.S. (See "Botanical Proceedings," vol. ii. 

 p. 33.) 



Read, secondly, the fii'st of a series of Papers, entitled " Prje- 

 cursores ad Floi-am Indicam;" by J. D. Hooker, Esq., M.D., 

 F.R.S., F.L.S., and T. Thomson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. (See 

 "Botanical Proceedings," vol. ii. p. 1.) 



Read, thirdly, a Note " On the Principles of Generic Nomen- 

 clature in Botany;" by George Bentham, Esq., F.L.S. (See 

 "Botanical Proceedings," vol. ii. p. 30.) 



