MAY, 1911. 
The Monthly General Meeting of the aches was held on 
Wednesday, the 3rd May, 1911, at 9-15 p 
Lievt.-CoLongL D. C, PHILLort, hea: in the chair. 
The following members were present :— 
Dr. N. Annandale, Mr. I. H. Burkill, Mr. J. A. Chapman, 
Dr. L. L. Fermor, Mr. F. H. Gravely, Dr. G. D. Hope, Rev. 
H. Hosten, 8.J., Mr. Jas. Insch, Mr. W. Kirkpatrick, Hon. Mr. 
Deva Prosad Sarvadhikary, Mahamahopadhyaya eo Chan- 
dra Vidyabhusana, Maulavi Abdul Wali, Rev. A. W. Y 
Visitors :—Mr. B. Felsenthal, Mrs. Insch, and another. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Nineteen presentations were announced. 
The weer Ges gentlemen were balloted for as 
Ordinary Members 
Me. Art. Gipeimns Rao, M.A., Superintendent of Arche- 
ology, Trevandrum, proposed by Hon. Mr. Justice Asutosh 
Mukhopadhyaya, seconded by Dr. Satis Chandra Vidya- 
bhusana. Mr. Albert Charles Atkinson, Offg. Principal, La 
Martiniére, Calcutta, proposed by Mr. J. A. Chapman, seconded 
by Mr. G. H. Tipper. Mr. C. E. Lomax, M.A. (Oxon), Master, 
La Martiniére, proposed by Mr. H. P. Watts, seconded by Mr. 
D. Hooper 
Mr. I. H. Burkill exhibited specimens of the prickl rs 
now wild in India, and gave some account of their introduction 
in connection with attempts to rear cocheneal in India. 
The following papers were read :— 
. Swertias Sepsis  quainet Novas, ex herbario G. Bonati, 
descripsit 1. H. Burk 
Note on Sterculia alata, Roxb. var. irregularis, a re- 
markabie instance of leaf variation.— By W. W. Smita. Commu- 
nicated by Magor A. T. Gags, I.MS. 
3. A new Gentian and two new Swertias from the East 
Himalaya.—By W. W. Svarru. Communicated by Masor A. T. 
GaGE, 8. 
4. Plantarum Novarum in Herbario Horti Regii Calcut- 
tensis Oognitarum Decas.—Autore W. W. Smita. Communi- 
cated by Masor A. T. Gaas, I.M.S. 
These papers have been published in the Journal for March 
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