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Mr. Mole also exliibited the larva of a beetle found by Mr. 

 Guilbert on the east coast. 



Mr. Broadway said that at the Annual Meeting, Mr. Gatty 

 stated it as his opinion, the members of the Club should inform 

 themselves more in Botany than they had done, and in order to 

 try to give this idea a start he had brought a few specimens of 

 dried plants collected by Mr. Urich and himself at Dieb^ to 

 show how such specimens were mounted and prepared for the 

 Herbarium. Some people had told him that when they went 

 out they only saw bush, which was not worth while collecting. 

 If they only took the trouble to collect the bush as they termed 

 it and looked at it a little closely, they would soon find out that 

 it was far more interesting than they first thought. The plants 

 exhibited, presented a very neat appearance and excited the 

 admiration of all the members present, especially when Mr. 

 Broadway explained various jioints of interest in connection 

 with some of them. The specimens had been dried by the kind 

 permission of Mr. Hart and mounted at the office of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens. Mr. Hart had also kindly named some of 

 them. The following is a list of the plants collected : — 



Brassica alba, L. var.— Wild mustard, probably an intro- 

 duced plant. 



Miconia multlflora^ D.C., 



Budgea Hostmanniana, Benth. 



Eupatorium macropliyllum, Sw. (Hebeclinium macropliyUum 

 B.C.,) "Herbe Chat." 



Ce strum sp. 



Solanum verhascifolium, L. ? 



Oestrum sp. 



Fhytolacca icosandra, L. " Poke weed." — A ubiquitoiis 

 plant ; native of various countries. 



Borsfenia Controjerva, L. — " Contrayerva Root." 



Urera haccifera, Gaud. — Stings severely. A large nettle 

 the leaves of which were completely " riddled" by black 

 hairy caterpillars. 



Calathea AUonija, Liudl. — "Topic tambour" of markets of 

 Port-of-Spain. 



Hedychium Gardnerianum. — (Wild ginger of Jamaica.) 



Di'chorlsdfndra Av.hlctiana, K. & S., 



PhtlodeudroH sp. — Common in Trinidad, but apparently 

 undescribed. 



