iv PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
Read, first, “On Prolification in Flowers, and especially on 
that form termed Median Prolification ;’ by Maxwell T. Masters, 
Esq., F.L.S. (See “ Transactions,’’ vol. xxii. part 2.) 
Read, secondly, Extract from a Letter, addressed to Sir W. J. 
Hooker, by Dr. Frederick Welwitsch, dated 8. 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. 
William Carruthers, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 
Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S., F.L.8., exhibited a specimen of a 
new species of Araucaria (A. Rulei, Ferd. Mill.) from a volcanic 
islet off New Caledonia. 
Read, a paper “On the Occurrence of Festuca ambigua, Le 
Gall, in the Isle of Wight ;’’ by Alexander G. More, Esq., F.L.S. 
(See “ Botanical Proceedings,”’ vol. v.) 
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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 William 
and Dr. Hooker by Mr. Gustay Mann, giving an account of his 
second Ascent of Clarence Peak, Fernando Po. (See “ Botanical 
Proceedings,”’ vol vi.) 

