270 ; Linnean Society. 
On the borders of the corn-fields upon the barren hills around Gra- 
nada I observed the very rare Cirsium echinatum, DC., and also Al- 
chemilla Aphanes, L., Minuartia montana, Loffi., and other plants. 
From the 24th to the 27th of June I stayed on the Sierra Nevada, 
and ascended on the 25th to a height of 8000 feet, but could not 
proceed further on account of the immense quantity of snow. Here, 
on the edge of the melting snow, above the limestone rocks of the 
Dornajo, I gathered Pyrethrum radicans, Lag., as well as Ranunculus 
acetosellefolius, Boiss., in great plenty, which I had never before 
seen growing at so low an altitude. On the alpine meadows known 
by the name of Prado de las Yeguas, which are situated above the 
Cortijo de San Geronimo on the right acclivity of the valley of the 
Monachil, flowered Ranunculus cherophyllus, L., Silene conica, L., 
Papaver Argemone, L., Cerastium ramosissimum, Boiss., Tetragono- 
lobus siliquosus, DC., a Myosotis, various grasses, and in its highest 
part Doronicum scorpioides, W. On the western acclivity of the 
Dornajo, which I then ascended for the fourth time, I gathered, 
amongst other plants, the pretty Helianthemum piliferum, Boiss. ; 
also on the south upon boulders Convolvulus nitidus, Boiss., which 
was just beginning to flower, and on shady rocks of the eastern accli- 
vity Sisymbrium laviflorum, Boiss., Linaria verticillata, Boiss., Bu- 
nium Macuca, Boiss., Butinia bunioides, Boiss., Saxifraga spathulata, 
Desf., Draba hispanica, Boiss. On the way down from the Dornajo 
into the valley of the Jenil over the woody Dehesa de la Vibora I 
found Passerina elliptica, Boiss., which occurs very sparingly on 
limestone rocks below the Dornajo, and in the copse-wood the pretty 
Anthericum beticum, Boiss., also Ononis arragonensis, Asso., Saro- 
thamnus scoparius, Wimm., and Peonia lobata, Desf., Adenocarpus 
decorticans, Boiss., was still in flower; and lastly I found on my 
return to Granada between the villages of Guejar Sierra and Pinos 
del Jenil on sandy soil Linaria Salzmanni, Boiss., a pretty species 
with purple flowers. 
[To be continued. | 
PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 
LINNZAN SOCIETY. | 
June 17, 1845,—Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 
Read ‘* Characters of undescribed species of British Chalcidites.” 
By Francis Walker, Esq., F.L.S. &c. 
The following are the characters of the species described :— 
1. PreroMALus AcroTaTus 9, viridis, abdomine cupreo, antennis piceis, 
pedibus fulvis; coxis femoribusque basi viridibus, alis fuscis——Long. 
corp. lin. 1; alar. lin. 1%. 
Hab. in Scotia, prope Lanark, mense Julio. 
2. PreromMa.us suNIDEs 6 et 2, viridis, abdomine zneo ; maris fulvo-ma- 
culato, antennis nigris, pedibus maris flavis foeminz fulvis ; femoribus 
fusco-variis, alis limpidis.—Long. corp. lin. 1}; alar. lin. 13—2. 
Hab. in Scotia, prope Edinam, Dr. Greville. 
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