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embryo abundantly covered with scaly hairs similar to those on the 

 bark and leaves. To this list of M. De Candolle may be added Aglaia 

 Roxburghiana, which Mr. Hiern has described as having a pilose 

 radicle, and the well-known instance in a member of another family, 

 Connaracea — we a llude to Byrsocarpus. 



J^roccctsing^ of ^^ocictic^* 



LiKNEAN SociETr.— iVb?;. 2, 1876.— G. J. Allman, F.R.S., President, 

 in the chair. — Mr. I. B. iJalfour and Rev. 11. Clarke were received as 

 Fellows of the Society. A specimen of Tordylium maximum, collected 

 on August 30, near Tilbury Fort, Essex, by Mr. E. de Crespigny, was 

 exhibited. It grew plentifully on the sides of a ditch near the rail- 

 way station. The following botanical papers were read: — " On the 

 Classification and Terminology of Monocotyledons," by G. Bentham. 

 Lindley, in his *' Vegetable Kingdom," proposed the separation of a 

 distinct class, Didyogens, for certain genera with reticulate venation ; 

 a division generally rejected. E. Fries (1835) taking the perianth 

 established four primary divisions partially corresponding to those 

 here adopted. Brongniart (1843) relied on the nature of the albumen 

 for a rearrangement of the Disotyledons and Monocotyledons ; from 

 this, however, serious exceptions detract. Other characters have 

 been considered important by different botanists, but none strictly 

 followed out in detail. The subjoined classification is that now recom- 

 mended as combining practical convenience along with supposed 

 natural afiinities. In consequence, however, of the necessity for a 

 linear series (not in nature) some of the Orders have got separated 

 from near connections. 



I. EpiGYNiE. 



Hydrocharidese. 



Scitamineae (Musaceae, &c.). 



II. COKONARIE^. 



Roxburghiaceae, 

 Liliaceae (Smilacece, Melantha- 

 cese, &c.). 



Pontcderiacese. 



Orchidese. 



Burmanniaceae. 



Philhydracete. 



Iridese Xyrideas. 

 Araaryllidese (Ha^modoreae, &c.). Commelynaccse. 

 Taccaceae. 



Juncaceae. 



Dioscorideae. Palmae. 



Bromeliaceae. 



III. NuDIFLOBaJ. 



Pandanese. 



Aroideae. 



Typhacea;. 



Lemnaceae. 



jN^aiadeae (Juncaginece). 



IV. Glumaies. 

 Eriocauloneae. 

 Centrolepidefe. 

 llestiaceas 

 Cyperaceas. 

 Gramineae. 



AlismaccK. 



