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one (roughly parallel to the torrent of the Veneau), probably pro- 

 duced the excessive disturbance of the strata of lias near La Grave, 

 which have been jostled between the two granite masses. 



These views are supported, partly by a consideration of the ex- 

 ternal contour of the group, and partly by direct observations of the 

 bearincr and dip of the strata. 



The following Donations were presented to the Society 

 since the last Meeting : — 



Lexicon Syriacum Chrestomathiae Kirschianse denuo editse accomnio- 



datum a Georgio Henrico Bernstein. Part 2.—B^ the Author. 



Madras Journal of Literature and Science. Oct. and Dec. 1840. 



B// the Madras Lit. Society. 



Letter to the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 from J. E. D. Bethune, Esq. on Weights and Measures. — 

 By the Author. 

 Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological So- 

 ciety of London, on the 19th of February 1841 ; and the an- 

 nouncement of the award of the Wollaston Medal and Dona- 

 tion Fund for the same year. By the Rev. Professor Buck- 

 land, D.D. &c. — By the Author. 

 The American Journal of Science and Arts, conducted by Professor 



Silliman, for January 1842.— ZJ^/ '^« Editor. 

 Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France. Tome 4, ptie. 2.— 



By the Society. 

 A Lecture on the employment of the Microscope in Medical Studies. 



By John Hughes Bennett, 'SIM.— By the Author. 

 Notes sur le Developpement de Nerfs Particuliers a la surface du 

 Cervelet. Par le Docteur Bennett. — By the Author. 



Monday, 2\st March 1842. 

 Dr ABERCROMBIE, V. P., in the Chair. 



The following communications were read : — 

 1. On a New Species of British Grass of the genus Holcus, 

 and Observations on some of the more closely allied spe- 

 cies of Grasses found in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 

 By Richard Parnell, M.D., F.R.S.E. 

 This grass of the genus Holcus was stated to be new to the Bri- 

 tish Flora, since no mention of it is made in the works either of Sir 

 James Smyth or Sir WiUiam Hooker ; and as the author was unable 



