Iloyal Society. 4:59 



gives out a scent like that o{ \\\q Antkoxanthum odoratum^ or 

 of the WoodruiF. Tub. 29. Fnccinia Fahc, a new species of 

 the genus found on the leaves of the common Bean, and thus 

 distinguished: " bifrons nigra, depressa, oibiculata. Sporidia 

 1-loculata, ovato-globosa, pedicellis elongatis, gracilibus, al- 

 bis," Grev. Tab. iJO. Gloionema apiculatum, a new species 

 of marine yi/^^p, at least only jn-eviously described by Mr. Gre- 

 ville in the Transactions of llieWernerian Society of Edinburgh. 

 The genus is invented by Agardli, and has for its character : 

 " Fila gelatinosa, tcnacia, continua, intus granulis ellipticis vel 

 cylindricis longitudinaliter farcta." The Spec.Chau. "fronde 

 continua, filifbrme, ramosa, aliqiiando iasciculata; granulis cy- 

 lindraceo-oblongis apicibus ra)nulorum incrassatis apiculatis." 

 Grev. 



Another British species of the gen.us is the Conferva Jceti da 

 oi TiiWw. {^Gloionema fa'tidumWook, Fl. Scot.) 



The Botanical Register. No. 91'. 

 Plate 669 represents Polygala myrtifoUa, and PI. 670. Spa- 

 thelia simplex, tv.o Linntcan species long cultivated in our 

 gardens. PI. 671. Mclastoma granulosa, from Brazil, a country 

 abounding in these beautifid and very gracei'ul plants. PI. 672. 

 Mclastoma mcdahailtrica, from China. PI. 673. Passijlora pic- 

 turata, a new species, stated to have flowered at Mr. Lee's 

 Nursery last September. This ])larit was, liowevcr, nrst in- 

 troduced into this country by INIr. Swainson, who sent it to 

 the Liverpool garden in 1816, from Pernambuco, where it 

 is abundant, though in the southern })ro\inces it has never 

 been found ; the fruit, according to INIr. Swainson, is about 

 the size of a small pipjjin, and most delicious. PI. 674. Os- 

 heckia stellata, a new species i'roni Nepal : " O. foliis lanceolato- 

 oblongis acuminatis 5-nerviis ramisijue hispidis, calyce urceo- 

 lato oblongo muricibus radiato-setosis implexe hirsuto : stami- 

 nibus adscendentibus, antheris flexuosis iilamento longioribus. 

 PI. 675. Geodurwn dilatatum: the figure ol" this j)lant is ob- 

 jectionable, inasmuch as the artist has drav. n it with the spike 

 bent downwards, giving it a pendent app<earance (juite foreign 

 to the real habit of tlie plant. 



XC\'. Proceedings cj/' Learned Societies. 



UOVAI- SOCILTY. 



vJn Saturday, November 30lh, being St. Andrew's Day, the 



Jioyal Society held their Aimiversary Meeting at Sonierset- 



Hcusc. A great number of jncmbers were in alteruiancc at 



.'5 M 2 twelve 



