PROCEEDIKGS OF THE 



Darwin, Esq., F.E.S., F.L.S. (Sec " Zoclogical Proceedings," 

 vol. iv. p. 172.) 



November 17tb, 1859. 



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



Jabez Hogg, Esq., and "William Henry Ince, Esq. were elected 

 Eellows. 



The special Thanks of the Society were directed to be given to 

 Drs. Hooker and Thomson, for an extensive and valuable collection 

 of plants, formed by them in the Upper Himalaya. 



Eead, first, " Descriptions of some new species of Utricularia 

 from South America, with notes upon the genera Polypomflwlyx 

 and Akentra ; " by Daniel Oliver, Esq., E.L.S. (See " Botanical 

 Proceedings," vol. iv. p. 169.) 



Read, secondly, a Memoir " On tlie Fimiaria eapreolata of 

 Britain;" by c' C. Babington, Esq., M.A., E.E.S., E.L.S. (See 

 "Botanical Proceedings," vol. iv. p. 157.) 



Eead, thirdly, " Sjniopsis Crescentiacearum ; an Enumeration 

 of all the Crescentiaceous plants known ;" by Berthold Seemann, 

 Esq., Ph.D., E.L.S. (See " Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 1.) 



Eead, fourthly, " On Combrettcm hutyrosum, a new kind of Buttei'- 

 tree from South-eastern Africa;" by Sig. T. Caruel, of Florence. 

 Communicated by J. D. Hooker, Esq., M.D., F.E.S., E.L.S. (See 

 " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iv. p. 167.) 



December 1st, 1859. 



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



Alfred Henry Barford, Esq., Peter Hinckes Bird, Esq., Arthur 

 Edward Durham, Esq., John M. Jones, Esq., and Salter Livesay, 

 M.D., were elected Eellows. 



The special Thanks of the Society w^ere directed to be given to 

 C. C. Babington, Esq., F.E.S., F.L.S., for an extensive series of 

 Dried Plants for the British Herbarium. 



