iv PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



Eead, first, " On Prolification in Flowers, and especially on 

 that form termed Median Prolification ;" by Maxwell T. Masters, 

 Esq., F.L.S. (See " Transactions," vol. xxiii. part 2.) 



Read, secondly. Extract from a Letter, addressed to Sir W. J. 

 Hooker, by Dr. Erederick Welwitsch, dated S. Paul de Loanda, 

 Aug. 16th, 1860 ; and giving some account of the Botany of Ben- 

 guela, Mossamedes, &c., in Western Africa. (See " Botanical 

 Proceedings," vol. v.) • 



Certain alterations in the Bye-laws, agreed to by the Council, 

 were read by the President, and ordered to be hung up in the 

 Meeting-room. 



February 7th, 1861. 

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



WiUiam Carruthers, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.E.S., F.L.S., exhibited a specimen of a 

 new species of Araucaria (A. Rulei, Ferd. Miill.) from a volcanic 

 islet off New Caledonia. 



Read, a paper " On the Occurrence of Festuca ambigua, Le 

 G-all, in the Isle of Wight ;" by Alexander G. More, Esq., F.L.S. 

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



February 21st, 1861. 



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



Arthur William Crichton, Esq. ; Henry Tattershall Knowles 

 Kempton, Esq. ; Capt. Augustus Frederick Lendy ; David Moore, 

 Esq. ; and Christopher Knox Ord, Esq., M.D., were elected Fel- 

 lows ; and Mr. William Laughrin was elected an Associate. 



Read, first. Extracts from Letters addressed to Sir WiUiam 

 and Dr. Hooker by Mr. Gustav Mann, giving an account of his 

 second Ascent of Clarence Peak, Fernando Po. (See " Botanical 

 Proceedings," vol vi.) 



