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tion. Saporta's papers on the Tertiary flora of France have been translated. 
Daring the past year 13 ordinary members have been added to our list, and 
1 foreign member. The total number of ordinary members is 335 ; of honorary 
members, 23 ; of foreign members, 81 ; of hfe members (ladies), 11 ; associates, 
25 : in all, 475. Dr. Balfour proceeded to the consideration of what had re- 
cently been done in the ^vay of completing our colonial floras, particularly 
noticing the floras of In dia," Australia, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, West 
Indian Islands, Ceylon, and Hongkong. The following communications were 
read : — On the position of the Carpellary Grroups in Malope and Kitaibelia, 
By Alexander Dickson, M.D. The author finds that the development of the an- 
drcecium, as regards the evolution of the staminal lobes, is essentially the same 
in both genera. — On the Discovery of Trichomanes radlcans in Arran. By 
Walter Gait, Esq. The author doubts that this Fern is native in Arran, and 
tries to show that in all probablity the Fern has been planted.^Xote on the 
Discovery of Jsplenitan viride^ near Edinburgh. By Mr. John Sadler. This Fern 
grows abundantly near that place. It was first found by Dr. Carruthers there 
in 1862. 
Becemler 8. — Dr. Alexander Dictson, President, in the chair, Tlie fol- 
lowing communications were read : — Description of New Species of Diatoms 
from the South Pacific. By K. K. Greville, LL.D. Part III., viz. Campylo* 
discus hiimilis, Melosira nohilis, Aulisens Ansfraliensis, Rhizosolenia striata^ 
Cj^mhella Lmdsayana^ JSfavieuIa Hobertsiana, iV\ sulcata, Statironels decora^ 
S. ohesaj Mastogloia Macdonaldii, — Beport on the Cultivation of the Quini- 
ferous Chinchonas at Darjeeling. By Dr. Thomas Anderson, Calcutta. The 
following was the number of plants in cultivation there on 15th Jvily, 1864 : 
Chhiclioiia succlruhra, 4904 : C, Calisai/a, 172 ; C officinalis^ 10,460 ; C, mU 
craniha, 1705 ; C Tahidianat 2275. The spot on which the open-air cultiva- 
tion of Chinchona is carried on by Government is on the south-eastern slopes 
of a long spur from Sinchah 3743 feet above the level of the sea. Private in- 
dividuals are also cultivating the Chinchona at Darjeeling. — Report on the 
Chinchona Operations in the Neilgherries. By Mr. W. G. M'lvor. The cul- 
tivation of Chinchona at Ootacaraoond, on the !N"eilgherries, is as follows : 
Chinchona succiniba, red bark, 102,3 14 plants; C. Calisaya, yellow bark, 
2137 ; C, officinalis, var. Oondaminea, original Loxa bark, 4494; C officinalis^ 
var. Bonplandiana (C. Chahiiarguera)^ select crown bark, 232,980 ; C, Cres- 
pillay 1927; C. lancifoUa, Pitay bark, 12; C. nitida, 8426; Chinchona, sp., 
2769 ; C. micranthaj 11,561 ; C. Feriiviana, 3176 ; C. Pahudiana, 425. Mr. 
M*Ivor also gives an account of the price of the bark of each in the London 
market, and of the comparative growth of the plants, as well as of the mode in 
which they have been distributed. — Account of a Trip to Travancore, Coonoor, 
etc. By Dr. Alexander Hunter, Madras. — Eeport on the Government Tea 
Factories and Plantations in the North-Western Provinces durinc^ 1863-64. 
O 
By WiUiam Jameson, Esq., Surgeon-Major. Describes the mannerin which Go- 
vernment tea plantations and factories in the Kohistan and Doons of the !N"ortb- 
"Westem Provinces have been worked during the year ending May, 1864. He 
total yield of tea in Dehra Doon,Kumaon, and Kangra has been 66,2521b. 
