ii PROOEEDINaS OF THE 



use of Botanists, and of which this Society has fully felt the be- 

 nefit, in the numerous papers read at its Meetings, which could 

 not have been prepared without such assistance. 



" That the Meeting also earnestly desires to express to Lady 

 Hooker its sincere and respectful condolence, and to assure her of 

 its deep sympathy in her affliction." 



The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " On milehrandia, a new genus of Begoniacece ;" by Professor 

 Oliver, P.E.S., P.L.S., Keeper of the Kew Herbarium. (See 

 ' Transactions,' vol. xxv. part 3.) 



2. " On the Law of Leaflet-genesis ;" by Harland Coultas, Esq. 

 Communicated by E. Newman, Esq., E.L.S. 



3. "Enumeration of Indian Lemnaeece ',^^ by Mr. Sulpiz Kurz, 

 Curator of the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Grardens, Cal- 

 cutta. Communicated by Dr. Thomas Anderson, F.E.S. & L.S. 

 (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' vol. ix.) 



4. " lAchenes Novse Zelandise, quos ibi legit anno 1861 Dr. 

 Lauder Lindsay ; " by William Nylander, M. & Ph.D., late Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the Universit}^ of Helsingsfors, Eussia. Com- 

 municated by Dr. Lindsay. (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' vol. ix.) 



5. "List of JFimgi collected in Otago, New Zealand;" by W. 

 L. Lindsay, M.D., P.L.S. 



6. " Letter from Swinburne Ward, Esq., to Sir W. J. Hooker, 

 on the Coco de Mer {Lodoicea Segchellarum) in the Island of 

 Praslin." (See 'Botanical Proceedings,' vol. ix.) 



November 16, 1865. 



Greorge Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Sir David Barclay, Bart., the Eev. William Allport Leighton, 

 Capt. Henry PuUeine, George Sigerson, M.D., and Marmaduke 

 Wilkin, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



