xlLv PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. W. G. Smith, F.L.S., exhibited fresh specimens of a new 

 British Pezizd, P. {piscina) macrocalyx, Iliess., found by Mr. J. A. 

 Clarke, of Street, Somerset. 



, The following paper was read : — 

 " Monograph of the British Roses," by J. G. Baker, Esq., F.L.S. 



April 1st, 1869. 



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



David John French, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On the Genua Boswellia, with Descriptions and Figures of Three 

 New Species," by George Birdwood, M.D. Communicated by Daniel 

 Hanbury, Esq., F.R. & L.SS. 



April 15th, 1869. 



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



' Sir James Tyler, John Day, Esq., and Henry Spicer, Jun., Esq., 

 were elected Fellows. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Fertilization and Dissemination of Diivernoya 

 adhatodoicles," by Mrs. Barber. Communicated by Dr. Hooker, 

 V.P.L.S. &c. 



2. " Ant-agency in Plant- structure, or the Modifications in the 

 Structure of Plants which have been caused by Ants, by whose long- 

 continued agency they have become hereditary, and have acquired 

 sufficient permanence to be employed as Botanical Characters," by 

 Bichard Spruce, Esq. Communicated by ('liarlos Darwin, Esq., 

 F.R. & L.SS. 



3. " Notes on the Stictei in the Kew Museum," by Charles Knight, 

 Esq., F.L.S. 



4. " Synonymia Muscorum Herbarii Linneani apud Societatem 

 Linneanam Londinensem asscrvati," exposuit W. Ph. Schimper, 

 S.L.L.S. 



