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Notice of the ' London Journal of Botany,' No. 43, dated July, 1845. 



With the exception of the memoir of the late Mr. Griffith, extracted 

 from the Proceedings of the Royal Asiatic Society for June, the 

 Articles in this number relate exclusively to Exotic Botany ; the titles 

 are given below. 



' Contributions to the Botany of South America.' By John Miers, 

 Esq., r.R.S., F.L.S. 



*A Description of Ophiocaryon paradoxum, or the Snake-Nut Tree 

 of Guiana ;' by Sir Robert Henry Schomburgk, K.H., &c., &c. 



'Botanical Excursion to Solinas, an Indian village on Chimborazo;' 

 by Professor William Jameson. 



'Botanical Information. Boissier. Spanish Botany: Excursions 

 round Malaga, &c.' 



Proceedings of Societies. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



June 6, 1845. — Dr. Bossey, V.P., in the chair. 



Dr. W. H. Harvey, of Trinity College, Dublin, presented some 

 plants from the Cape of Good Hope, and British plants had been re- 

 ceived from Mr. Andrews, Mr. West and Mr. Lukis. 



Dr. Ayres presented specimens of a barren state of Agaricus andro- 

 saceus, L., which had been submitted to the Rev. M. J. Berkeley for 

 his opinion. This state consists simply of fine brown filaments at- 

 tached to dead leaves, more particularly those of the beech. Mr. 

 Berkeley states that similar modifications of other Agarics have been 

 found. 



Read the commencement of a paper being " Memoir on the Phe- 

 nomena of the colouring of the Waters of the Red Sea," translated by 

 H. O. Stephens, Esq. from a paper by Dr. Montague, read before the 

 Academy of Sciences at Paris. 



July 4, 1845. — J. E. Gray, Esq. F.R.S.L., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced from the Boston Natural 

 History Society, and Mrs. Atkins. Mr. C. E. Broome presented some 

 specimens of British Fungi, and British plants had been received from 

 Mr. A. Croall. 



Read the conclusion of the paper commenced at the late meeting, 

 being "Memoir on the Phenomenon of the colouring of the Red Sea," 

 translated from a paper by Dr. Montagne, by H. O. Stephens, Esq. 



A specimen of Trichodesmium Ehrenbergii, from the Red Sea, was 

 exhibited under the microscope. — G. E. D. 



