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Botanic Garden by Dr. Greville : — Podostemon rigiduni, Gard., 

 Neilglierries ; P. dichotomum, Gard., do.; P. Wightii, Gard., do.; 

 P. griseum, Gard., do. ; P. elongatum, Gard., do. ; P. olivaceum, 

 Gard., Ceylon ; P. subulatum, Gard., Ceylon ; P. Wallichii, R. Br., 

 Assam ; Tristicha Ceylonica, Gard., Ceylon. 



The following specimens, which had been presented to the museum 

 at the Botanic Garden, were shown : — 1. a large cluster of cocoa-nuts, 

 presented by Michael Connal, Esq., Glasgow ; 2. a cluster of fruit of 

 Elais guineensis, the plant which yields palm-oil in Africa, presented 

 by J. D. Anderson, Esq., of Liverpool ; 3. specimens of North- 

 American chestnuts, by the same ; 4. a specimen of the fruit of 

 Vanilla aromatica, ripened at Sion House, the seat of the Duke of 

 Northumberland, presented by Mr. Ivison. 



Mr. Anderson exhibited living plants of Pinguicula grandiflora, 

 Lam., gathered in a glen three miles from Cork, and recently sent to 

 him by a friend. 



Mr. Sibbald exhibited flowering plants of Saxifraga hirta, which 

 he had received from Galtee Mohr, in the county of Tipperary, one of 

 the few stations recorded for this species. Mr. Sibbald agreed with 

 Mr. Babington's views as to the distinctness of S. hirta from hyp- 

 noides and affinis, and referred to the figures of ' English Botany' as 

 characteristic of the plants. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. ' On the Government Teak Plantations of Mysore and Malabar. 

 By Dr. Hugh Cleghorn, H.E.I.C.S.' The author exhibited speci- 

 mens of teak from the plantations of Mysore and Malabar, and stated 

 that the glory of the Ghaut Forest was its teak, the vast importance 

 of which was becoming daily more known and appreciated ; the tim- 

 ber, indeed, has been long prized. Bontius described the tree under 

 the name of Quercus Indica, though, except as regards the timber, it 

 has no resemblance to the oak. Rheede has given an accurate repre- 

 sentation of Tectona graudis, and a good account of the teak forests 

 of Malabar : — " Crescit ubique in Malabar, at praisertim in Provincia 

 Calicolan (Calicut) ubi integrae sylvae ingenlium harum arborum repe- 

 riuntur. * * * Lignum vero hujus arboris, quercino ligno hand 

 absimile, operi fabrili accomodum, atque Nanpegis ad navium fabri- 

 cam in usu est : sed in aquis (praesertim dulcibus) Teredini facile 

 obnoxium." Dr. Cleghorn stated that he had travelled in 1847 the 

 route followed by Buchanan in 1801 (see ' Journal,' vol. iii. p. 287), 

 and that the teak forests mentioned by him had well nigh disa])peared. 

 Much attention is now given to this important article of trade by 



