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abstract of a paper by Prof. G. Dickie, viz., ' Notes on Algae from 

 the Amazon and its Tributaries,' was read by the Secretary. 

 This collection was made by Prof. J. W. H. Trail, and the author 

 acknowledged himself indebted to Mr. John Roy for identification 

 of the Desmids, and to assistance from the Rev. G. Davidson for 

 the Diatoms. Of ordinary Algse 67 species are referred to, 9 being 

 new forms ; then follows lists of 31 species of Desmidaceae and 190 

 of the Diatomaceas, in all a total of 288 species. — Mr. G. T. Bettany 

 gave some remarks on the ' Vocabulary of Botanical Terms,' in use 

 in the description of flowering plants. 



May 24, 1880, Anniversary Meeting. — Prof. Allman, LL.D., 

 F.R.S., President in the Chair. — At this, the ninety-second annual 

 general meeting, there was a large attendance of the Fellows. 

 The President, after a few introductory remarks of congratulation 

 on the prospects of the Society generally, referred to the obituary, 

 pointing out that several of the oldest members would now no 

 longer appear on our list. The former and worthy President, 

 Prof. Bell, whose works on the British fauna are classical, had 

 died at the age of eighty-one, and found a resting-place at Sel- 

 borne. Mr. John Miers, another veteran of ninety-one years, had 

 left a monument of industry and botanical research in the many 

 memoirs enriching the Society's ' Transactions,' besides the mono- 

 graphs of the Menispennacece and Apocynacece, in themselves exten- 

 sive. General Munro, a gallant officer and yet excellent observer, 

 had left a place difficult to be filled, for his accurate and wide 

 knowledge of the Grammes was admitted by all, and he was con 

 stantly consulted on the group. Dr. David Moore, of Dublin, had 

 left his mark in valuable researches on the Irish Flora. In Mr. 

 Wilson Saunders the Society formerly had a worthy and valuable 

 officer. Mr. Edward W. Cooke, R.A., represented art, bringing 

 his fervent love of natural objects, especially Botany and Geology, 

 to bear in his paintings with truthful effect. Mr. Thomas Atthey, 

 of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, had a more than local reputation 

 as an enthusiastic and able naturalist, and, while studying several 

 of the lower groups of animal and vegetable life, finally devoted 

 himself to the branch of Palaeontology. The foreign members, 

 Prof. J. F. Brandt, of St. Petersburg (zoologist), and the botanists, 

 Dr. E. Fenzl, of Vienna, and W. P. Schimper, of Strasburg, had 

 each a world-wide reputation. The President had to regret that, 

 after a full term of service, the Secretaries and Treasurer had pro- 

 posed to resign office, and this had been acceded to by the Council 

 as a matter of form.— The Secretary (Mr. F. Currey) then read Ins 

 report. Since the last anniversary the Society had lost by death 

 ten Fellows, three Foreign Members, and one Associate; and three 

 Fellows had withdrawn. On the other hand, there had been an 

 accession by election of twenty-eight new Fellows, three Foreign 

 Members, and four Associates. The library showed a marked in- 

 crease and improvement, by additions obtained by purchase, 

 exchange, and donations, and had been amply used in biological 

 reference and loan of books. The scientific communications and 

 exhibitions at the meetings during the session had kept pace with 



