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much the appearance of a Davallia, or rather of a Loxsoma, though, 
of course, differing in the shape and position of the indusium from 
either of these genera. In habit, this plant resembled Athyrium cicu- 
tarium, especially in the remarkable fact of its segments bearing but a 
single vein and sorus, thus corroborating the illustrious Robert 
Brown’s opinion, who rejects this as a distinctive character, in oppo- 
sition to Smith and Bernhardi, by whom the genus Darea or Czno- 
pteris has, owing to this character, been separated from Athyrium. 
This plant is also a beautiful example of the variety laciniatum, Kin. : 
the plant was growing in a shady nook along with a plant of the ordi- 
nary form. It is sparingly fruitful. 
Election of Members. 
The Chairman then announced that the ballot should take place. 
There were the names of some distinguished men, that had been 
approved of by the Council, to be nominated Honorary Members. 
He should mention that it was a rule of the Society that “ No person 
residing in Dublin, or within ten miles of it, can be elected as 
an Honorary Member of the Society.” 
The Chairman then announced that the following gentlemen had 
been unanimously elected Honorary Members : — Colonel Sabine, 
F.R.S., and President of the British Association ; Thomas Bell, Esq., 
F.R.S., President of the Linnean Society; Sir William Jackson 
Hooker, K.H., &c., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; 
Edward Newman, Esq., President of the Entomological Society ; 
J. O. Westwood, Esq., Ex-President of the Entomological Society ; 
Joshua Alder, Esq. ; and — Martin, Esq., Dublin, Ordinary Member. 
The Session was then adjourned to November. 
Tar PayToLocicaL Cups, 
(In connexion with the Pharmaceutical Society). 
May 10, 1854.—Mr. Greenish in the chair. 
The candidates proposed at the last meeting were unanimously 
elected Members of the Club; and a further accession of Members 
from different parts of the country was announced. 
Mr. Greaves announced the receipt of specimens of the rare Draba 
aizoides from Mr. Gissing, of Worcester. 
