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28 ‘PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Dipterocarpus from Cambodia,” by Prof. W. T. Dyer. The specimen 
was collected by Dr. Hance, and was a new type, and most nearly 
related to Bornean species. 
Nov. 20th.—G. Bentham, President, in the chair.—Prof. Thiselton 
Dyer showed a specimen of the frui ] 
ua, grown in this country; also a slab of the wood of Sequoia ( Taxo- 
papers were read :—‘‘ Monte Argentaro, its Flora in July,” by Henry 
Groves of Florence, communicated by D. Hanbury. M. Argentaro is 
a promontory in the south of Tuscany, connected with the mainland 
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ephalum, co 
altissimum, Kundmannia sicula, Calycotome villosa, and many othe 
Gnidium, and others. The sands produced Anthemis maritima, 
Matthiola sinuata, and Glaucium flavum The fine reed Ampelodesmos 
nosa, Crupina vulgaris, &c., grew amongst Pistacia Lentiscus, Arbutus 
nedo, Erica ‘multiflora, Quercus Suber, &e. A bush o Spartium 
to grow in the Maremma of Siena as long ago as the time of Matthioli, 
small convent grew Biscutella levigata, var. intermedia, nob., a form 
adopted by the plant when growing near the sea, a rare occurrence. 
