Linncean Society, 281 



in August last. The other species, which occurs on the coast of 

 Norway, growing upon Chenopodece, has not been hitherto observed 

 in this country. The author gives the following characters of the 

 two plants : — 



1. C. epilinum (Weihe), florum glomerulis bracteatis sessilibus, squamis 

 palmati-subsexfidis tubo corollae semper ventricoso adpressis, sepalis 

 catnosis basi deltoideis corolla vix brevioribus. 



2. halophyta (Fries), " florum glomerulis subbracteatis" sessilibus, squa- 

 mis bifidis tubo corollae ventricoso adpressis : segmentis bifidis, calyce 

 corolla multo breviori. 



Nov. 19. — Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Read, " A Monograph of the genus Disporum" By D. Don, Esq., 

 Libr. L.S., Prof. Bot. King's College. 



This genus was first suggested by Mr. Brown, in his ' Prodromus 

 Florae NovscHollandiae' ; and the name of Disporum was subsequently 

 given to it by Salisbury in the first volume of the Transactions of 

 the Horticultural Society of London. It remained, however, unde- 

 scribed, and almost unnoticed, until the publication of the author's 

 work on the plants of Nepal, in which a detailed description of the 

 genus, and the characters of two additional species were given. 

 The characters of the genus consist in its campanulate perianthium, 

 with the sepals produced into a pouch or spur at the base, in the 

 cells of its ovarium bearing two ovula, in its baccate pericarpium, 

 and in its umbellate inflorescence. These distinctions will be found 

 to be common to all the Asiatic species hitherto referred by most 

 botanists to Uvularia. We subjoin the characters of the species 

 described in this paper. 



1. D. calcaratum, umbellis pedunculatis sub-5-floris, sepalis lanceolatis 

 acutiusculis basi longe calcaratis, antheris filamentis stigmatibusque 

 stylo triplo longioribus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis sessilibus. 



Uvularia calcarata. Wall. Cat. n. 5087. 



2. D. Wallickii, umbellis subsessilibus sub-5-floris, sepalis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, calcaribus rectis abbreviatis, antheris filamentis 4-pl6 bre- 

 vioribus, stylo stigmatibus longiore, foliis ovato-lanceolatis subpetio- 

 latis. 



Uvularia Hamiltoniana, B. et C. Wall. Cat. n. 5088. 



3. D. Hamiltonianum, umbellis pedunculatis sub-5-flovis, sepalis lanceo- 

 latis acutis, calcai-ibus abbreviatis recurvis, antheris filamentorum longi- 

 tudine, stylo stigmatibus subaequali, foliis ovato-lanceolatis subpetio- 

 latis. 



Uvularia Hamiltoniana, A. Wall. Cat. n. 5088. 

 U. Betua. Ham. MSS. 



4. D. Ilorsfieldii, umbellis pedunculatis sub-5-floris, sepalis spatbulutis 



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