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Edward Forbes, Esq., Professor of Botany at King's College, London, was elected 

 a Fellow of the Society. 



Read, the conclusion of Mr. Hassall's paper " On the Fresh- water Confervse." 



Fehruary 21. — Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 



Dr. Frederick Blundstone White, of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and Edward Dou- 

 bleday, Esq., were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Read, "Observations on the Portraits of LinnEeus," by the Rev. F. W. Hope, F.L.S. 

 in illustration of which paper Mr. Hope exhibited an extensive collection of engraved 

 portraits. 



March 7.- -The Lord Bishop of Norwich, President, in the chair. 



J. O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S. , exhibited a wax impression of a medal of Linnaeus, 

 issued by the Sheffield Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Westwood presented specimens of the aerial processes of the roots of Sonner- 

 atia acida, sent by Mr. Templeton, from Ceylon. They are described by Mr. Temple- 

 ton as affording a wood of extremely light and close texture, admirably adapted for 

 liuing insect-boxes, on account of the facility with which it admits the finest pins, and 

 the tenacity with which they are retained. 



Thos. Corbyn Janson, Esq , and Wm. Hammond Solly, Esq., were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



Read, a continuation of Mr. Griffith's paper " On the Ovulum of Santalum, Lo- 

 ranthus, Viscum, &c.'' 



March 21. —The Lord Bishop of Noi-wich, President, in the chair. 



M. P. Edgworth, Esq., F.L.S., presented specimens of nineteen species of ferns 

 from the Himalayas, new to the Society's collection. 



Capt. Jones, R.N., presented specimens of Calicium hyperellum and Placodium 

 canescens. 



Mr. Kippist presented specimens of Caesalpinia coriaria, used by the natives of 

 Carthagena for tanning leather. 



Mr. Janson exhibited flowering plants of the " hungry rice " of Sierra Leone (Pas- 

 pal um exile, Phytol. 558), raised from seeds collected by Robert Clarke, Esq. 



Mr. Arthur Henfrey was elected an Associate of the Society. 



Read, a continuation of Mr. Griffith's paper " On the Ovulum of Santalum, &c." 



April 4. — Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 



M. Nicholas Lund presented a collection of dried plants, gathered by him during 

 a tour in Finmark in 1841-2. 



Hugh Cuming, Esq., presented various fruits and seeds collected in the Philippine 

 Islands and Malacca. 



J. Parkinson, Esq., presented a specimen of the Ambigo orange from Pernambuco. 



Robt. Heward, Esq., presented specimens of Sphaeria Robertsii, parasitical on the 

 larvae of a species of Hepialus from New Holland, collected by the late Allan Cun- 

 ningham, F.L.S. 



George Sutton, Esq., was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Read, a continuation of Mr. GriflSth's paper " On the Ovulum of Santalum, &c." 



April 18. — The Lord Bishop of Norwich, President, in the chair. 



Edward Forster, Esq., presented a section of an unusually large stem of ivy. 



Robt. Armstrong, M.D., Nathaniel Buckley, Esq., Charles Pope, M.D., and Thos. 

 White, M.D., were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Read, the conclusion of Mr. GvilfiJi's paper " On the Ovulum of Santalum, &c.'' 



