MNNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. XXV 



November 19th, 1868. 



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



Dr. Arthur Ellson Davics and the Rev. John Ewbank Leefe were 

 elected Fellows. 



Daniel Hanbury, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S., exhibited branches, in]^fruit, 

 of Zanthoxylum alatum, Roxb., taken from the female (non-stami- 

 niferous) tree, described in the Journal of the Linnean Society, 

 vol. vii. Botany, p. 171, 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Notes on the Structure and Affinities of Parnasaia palustris, 

 L.," by Alfred W. Bennett, M.A., F.L.S. 



2. " Notes on the Stamens of Saxifrages," by Mr. Duncan. Com- 

 municated by J. G. Baker, Esq., F.L.S. 



3. " On some Species of the Genus Agariciis from Ceylon," by the 

 Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S., and C. E. Broome, Esq., F.L.S. 



•1. " Notes on a Collection of Plants from the North-east Shore of 

 Lancaster Sound," by George Dickie, M.D., F.L.S. 



5. " Experiments to determine the Value of Chemical Reaction as 

 a Specific Character in Lichens," by W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



December 3rd, 1868. 



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



Charles Brady, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Dr. Prior, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of Oak and Yew, portions 

 of two large trees from the submarine forest opposite Stogursey. 

 The forest, which is onlj-^ visible at low water, extends along the 

 Bristol Channel for many miles. 



Dr. Prior also exhibited a piece of the Cornish Elm, which he 

 believes to be a distinct species, differing in the character of the 

 wood, and stiU more in the habit, from the common Elm. 



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