^i rROCEEDINGS OF THE 



March 1st, 1860. 



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



Henry Gr. Bohn, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Eead, first, "Botanical Notes made during a tour to Moul- 

 myne, in February, 1859;" by the Eev. C. Parish. Commu- 

 nicated by Sir W. J. Hooker, E.E.S., F.L.S. 



E-ead, secondly, " On the value of Hairs, as a character in deter- 

 mining the limits of subordinate groups of Compositce ;" by William 

 Archer, Esq., E.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol, v. 

 p. 17.) 



E.ead, thirdly, " Mosses of the Amazon and Andes ; " by Richard 

 Spruce, Esq. Communicated by George Bentham, Esq., V.P.L.S. 

 (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. v. p. 45.) 



Head, fourthly, " OnSphcerocoona, a new genus oi CaryopliylJeop, 

 from Aden;" by Thomas Anderson, Esq., M.D., E.L.S. (See 

 " Botanical Proceedings," vol. v. p. 15.) 



March 15th, 1860. 



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



G. E. Pryer, Esq., C. H. Gatty, Esq., G. G. Little, Esq., 

 George Maw, Esq., and John Shortt, Esq., M.D., were elected 

 Fellows. 



Eead, first, " On Sycopsis, a new genus of Hamamelidecd ; " by 

 Daniel Oliver, Esq., F.L.S. (See "Transactions," vol. xxiii. 

 p. 83.) 



Bead, secondly, " On Apocynum androscEmifolium ;'''' by J. P. 

 Litchfield, M.D. Communicated by the Secretary. 



Eead, thirdly, " On some new species of Musci, from Tropical 

 Africa, in the Herbarium of Sir W. J. Hooker ; " by William 

 Mitten, Esq., A.L.S. (See " Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 51.) 



