yi PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Ehizopodal Fauna of the Shetlands ;" by Henry B. Brady, Esq., 

 E.L.S. 



March 3, 1864. 



G-eorge Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Charles W. Villiers Bradford, Esq., B.A., Bernard Edward 

 Brodhurst, Esq., and Hammett Hailey, Esq., were elected EeUows. 



It was proposed' by Dr. Hooker, seconded by Mr. Hanbury, 

 and unanimously resolved, that the following Memorial be ad- 

 dressed to his Excellency the Grovernor of the Mauritius : — 



" The Linnean Society of London beg to call the attention of 

 his ExceUeney the Grovernor of the Mauritius and Seychelles 

 Islands to a statement of JNIr. Ward, Civil Commissioner of these 

 islands, relating to the wanton destruction of the Sea Cocoa-nut 

 tree, threatening its total extinction ; and to express their con- 

 fident hope that his Excellency will see the expediency of taking 

 some steps towards the preservation of a tree of such high scien- 

 tific interest, independently of its practical importance." 



The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " On the Identity of Finns Pence, Grriseb., of Macedonia 

 with the P. excelsa of the Himalaya Mountains ;" by J. D. 

 Hooker, M.D., Y.P.E.S. & L.S. (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' 

 vol. viii.) 



2. " On the Double Cocoa-nut of the Seychelles (Lodoicea 

 Seyc'hellarum') ;" by Swinburn Ward, Esq., Civil Commissioner. 

 Communicated by Sir W. J. Hooker, K.H., P.E. & L.S. (See 

 ' Botanical Proceedings,' vol. viii.) 



3. " On Frerea, a new genus oi Asclepiadece ;" by N. A. Dalzell, 

 Esq., Superintendent of the Botanic Grarden, Bombay. Commu- 

 nicated by Dr. Thomson, F.E. & L.S. (See ' Botanical Proceed- 

 ings,' vol. viii.) 



4. " Description of Brandisia, a new genus of ScrqphularirKs 



