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Main ; for it does not appear that it ever was obtained from Ja- 

 maica, or even from the Bahama Islands (from one of which the ap- 

 pellation Eluteria or Eleutheria is derived) ; and it is now ascertain- 

 ed from the recent observations of Messrs. Schiede and Deppe, that 

 a bark agreeing in every respect with the Cascarilla bark of the 

 shops, is collected in the vicinity of Jalapa, at Actopan, and in the 

 district of Plan del Rio, in the province of Vera Cruz, in Mexico, 

 where it is known by the names of Copalche, or Quina blanca. To 

 this plant Mr. Don recommends the application of the name of Cro- 

 ton Cascarilla, that of Pseudo-C/iina, e;'n'en to it by Professor Schlech- 

 tendal in his recent treatise on the subject, being in many respects 

 objectionable; and leaving to the Croton Cascarilla of Linnaeus the 

 more recent epithet of iinearis, applied to it by Jacquin, being per- 

 fectly convinced of the identity of the latter with the Linnaean Cas- 

 carilla. 



May 24. — This day the Anniversary Meeting of the Society was 

 held, the President, Lord Stanley, in the chair. 



The President read the list of Members deceased or withdrawn 

 from the Society during the past year, particularizing the more dis- 

 tinguished individuals whose names it contained. Among the thirteen 

 Fellows of the Society deceased, were Sir Thomas Gery CuUum, 

 Bart., who contributed largely to the works of Hudson, Withering, 

 and Smith, and commenced himself a Flora of Englaml ; The Rev. 

 T. Orlebar Marsh; William Roscoe, Esq.j Thomas Walford, Esq. ; 

 John White, M.D., who accompanied Governor Phillips to New 

 South Wales, in the capacity of Surgeon-General to the Colony, and 

 published a Journal of the voyage, having made ample collections 

 in every department of natural history in the new colony. The 

 list of Foreign Members deceased comprised the names of Le Chevalier 

 Aubert Aubert Du Petit Thouars, Member of the Institute of France, 

 author of Nova Genera Madagascariensia, and otiier botanical works, 

 and also of several works on Vegetable Physiology, in which he 

 was profoundly versed ; Prof. Bonelli, Director of the Royal Museum 

 of Natural History at Turin, a distinguished Entomologist ; Mons. 

 le Vicompte de Cassini, Member of the French Institute, celebrated 

 for his profound knowledge of the Composites, of which he was the 

 first to attempt a natural classification ; The Rev. J. S. Wyttenbach, 

 of Berne, author of a new edition of Haller's Swiss Plants ; and Mons. 

 le Baron Cuvier, whose lamented decease has so recently taken place. 

 The list of deceased Members included also that of one Associate, 

 the late Mr. Miller of Bristol, of whom a memoir was given in the 

 Phil. Mag. and Annals, N. S. vol. ix. p. 4. 



Thirty-one Fellows and two .Associates have been added to the 

 Society since the last Anniversary. 



Tlie Society then proceeded to the election of Council and Offi- 

 cers for the ensuing year, when the following were chosen : 



Council: — Edward Lord Stanley; G. Bentham, Esq.; W.J. 

 Broderip, Esq. ; Robert Brown, Esq. ; W. J. Burchell, Esq. ; Edward 



Forster, 



