PROCEEDINGS. 



leaves, and shaggy, with long purple hairs ; the petals are 

 singularly unequal-sided, the postei'ior half being twice as 

 broad as the anterior, and much undulated ; they are, more- 

 over, notched at the point, as if a piece had been struck out 

 by a circular punch ; the lower sepal is apiculate, and not 

 merely obtuse. There is a general resemblance in colour, 

 but the upper sepal, instead of being decorated with dark 

 circular spots, has merely a deeply discoloured set of veins 

 along the middle, and the petals, which look as if varnished, 

 are a rich warm brown on the upper or posterior half, but 

 green on the lower half, with a deep rich brown line of 

 separation. 



Banksian Medal : — 



To Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, for a flowering specimen of 

 Vallota miniata, a beautiful greenhouse bulbous plant, with 

 fleshy narrow pale green leaves, resembling those of Clivea 

 (Imato2)hyIIwn) and the inflorescence of Vallota purpurea, 

 from which it differs in the flowers being much smaller, of a 

 clear delicate brilliant vermilion colour, passing into Indian 

 yellow in their lower half, and in the tube not exceeding 4 

 lines in length. The sepaline divisions of the perianth are 

 about one third narrower, and slightly shorter than the 

 others. Tne stamens are somewhat declinate, and nearly as 

 long as the perianth, in which i-espect, as well as in some 

 others, this diff'ers from the previously known species of 

 Vallota. It has nevertheless (for the present at least) been 

 placed in that genus. It was purchased by Messrs. Lee 

 some years ago from Messrs. Backhouse, of York, who are 

 said to have received its bulbs from Caffraria. 



To Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Road Nursery, 

 St. John's Wood, for a collection of Cyclamens. They were 

 essentially all vai'ieties of C. persicum ; but they differed 

 veiy much from that species in colour, varying from deep 

 purple to pure white. 



To Mr. Ingram, gardener to Her IVIajesty at Frogmore, for 

 two handsomely grown smooth-leaved Cayenne Pine-apples, 

 forming perfect cones in shape, and weighing respectively 

 Gib. 4oz. They were stated to have been produced by 

 suckers, planted on a bed of leaves in March, 1853. 



To Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl de Grey, F. H. S., Wrest Park, 



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