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Proceedings of Societies. 



Botanical Society of London. 



Friday, January 2, 1852. — J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



The following donations were announced: — British plants from 

 Mrs. Atkins, Miss Barnard, Mrs. Russell, Mr. H. D. Geldart, Mr. E. G. 

 Varenne, Mr. F. Barnard, Mr. T. Moore, Mr. W. H. Purchas, Mr. F. 

 H. Goulding, Rer. T. G. Carter, Mr. Fenton J. A. Hort, Mr. T. Clark, 

 Mr. F. P. Pascoe, Mr. R. Hudson, Mr. Willmott, Mr. S. O. Gray, 

 Mr. W. Godley, Rev. W. A. Leighton, Mr. T. Sansoni, Mr. B. D. 

 Warden, Mr. W. Bean, Mr. F. Brent, Mr. J. A. Brewer, Rev. R. C. 

 Douglas, and Mr. F. Barham. 



The President nominated John Miers, Esq., F.R.S., and Arthur 

 Henfrey, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-Presidents. 



The following paper was read : — 



* A few Remarks on three Species of Hieracium not mentioned in 

 the last edition of the London Catalogue of British Plants, published 

 under the direction of the Botanical Society of London ;' by John G. 

 Baker, Esq., Corresponding Member of the Society. " I am sending 

 for the herbarium of the Society specimens of Hieracium plumbeum, 

 caesium, and corymbosum. Fries, which were collected, by myself, in 

 Upper Teesdale, during the present autumn, and am desired to ac- 

 company them with a few remarks on their characters and affinities. 



" In the ' Systema ad Historiam Hieraciorum' of Fries, which has 

 added so much to our knowledge of this puzzling genus, H. plum- 

 beum, Fr., is No. 79, being the only species between murorum, L. 

 (No. 78), and caesium, Fr. (No. 80). It is mentioned in that work as 

 occurring in Britain, but no locality is given ; and it is not included 

 in the third edition of Babington's Manual; so that I presume that, 

 at the time of publication, that author had not seen a British speci- 

 men. The following short account of its characters is drawn up from 

 my Teesdale specimens : — 



" Hieracium plumheu77i, Fr. Herb green ; root woody ; stem scape- 

 like, leafless, or with one linear, stalked leaf, rather lower than the 

 middle, glabrous below ; root-leaves numerous (four to ten), ovate- 

 lanceolate, entire, or serrato-dentate, with triangular teeth below, green 

 and glabrous above, glaucous beneath, with long, white, silky hairs on 



