464. ORDINARY AND SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, 



the centre of the lobes towards the throat becoming yellowish, 

 dotted with red : sometimes these markings are bronzy on three 

 lobes, sometimes yellowish and confined to one of the lobes. It 

 was adjudged to be a distinct plant, worthy of cultivation. 



73. Cyrtodeira cupreata. 



Sent as Achimenes cupreata by Messrs. Low & Co. A dwarf 

 evergreen stoloniferous plant, producing comparatively large 

 coppery tinted leaves, and small bright scarlet flowers. It is an 

 elegant plant suitable for growing suspended in moist hot-houses. 



73. Scheeria Mexicana. 



This was sent as Achimenes Chirita by Messrs. Low & Co. 

 and Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son. It is a dwarfish erect 

 plant, with large axillary Gloxinia-like flowers, which are cre- 

 nelled at the margin, and have an open throat ; the colour is 

 violet-purple, paler in the throat, and becoming white towards 

 the base. It is an ornamental species. 



74. Scheeria lanata. 



This was sent as Achimenes lanata by M. Van Houtte, and 

 has also been called Mandirola lanata, Kornickea lanata, and 

 Eucodonia Ehrenbergi. It is a dwarfish robust plant, with 

 broad leaves clothed with soft whitish hairs, and producing near 

 the top of the stem several large axillary flowers, which stand 

 up above the foliage : these flowers are Gloxinia-like, of a pale 

 bluish-lilac, white in the throat, and spotted inside. It is a 

 pretty plant, but not very showy. 



LX.— ORDINAKY AND SPECIAL GENEEAL 

 MEETING, March 19, 1861. 



An Ordinary Meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, the 

 19th March, in the Council Room at the New Gardens, South 

 Kensington, the Right Reverend the Bishop of Winchesteb in 

 the Chair, when the following candidates were balloted for and 

 elected Fellows, viz. :— 



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