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nearly arranged, and that the regulations respecting the time of dis- 

 tribution would shortly be announced. The meeting was then ad- 

 journed until^July (jtli. 



July 6th — The President in the Chair — Donations of plants from 

 Messrs G. Gardiner, G. E. Dennes, Daniel Cooper, Dr Bell Sal- 

 ter, Dr Macreight, &c. having been announced, Mr Hopkins con- 

 cluded his interesting paper on Vegetable Fermentation. The 

 meeting adjourned until August 3d. 



August 3d John Reynolds, Esq. Treasurer, in the Chair. — 



Presents having been announced, Mr G. E. Dennes proceeded to 

 read a translationof the report made to the Academy of Sciences 

 by M. Mirbel, Dutrochet, and Auguste St Hilaire, reporting on the 

 memoir relative to the structure and development of the generat- 

 ing organs of a species of Marsilea, found by M. Esprit Fabre, 

 about the environs of Agde. The society then adjourned until Sep- 

 tember 7th. 



September 7th. — J. E. Gray, Esq. F. R. S. President, in the 

 Chair. — Names of visitors having been read, the secretary announ- 

 ced a collection of botanical works for the library, from Mr Pam- 

 plin of Wandsworth, and specimens of plants, amounting to up- 

 ward of 3000, from Daniel Cooper, Esq. the curator ; also plants 

 from Mr Dennes and Mr Rich. A communication, accompanied by 

 drawings, from M. Schomburgh, on a supposed new species of Nym- 

 phaea, found by him at the River Berbice, British Guiana. This 

 interesting plant is described by M. S. as producing leaves 6 feet 

 in diameter, and flowers upwards of 15 inches across. Upon ex- 

 amination it was discovered to belong to a genus intermediate be- 

 tween Nymphsea and Euryale, to which the name of Victoria, in 

 honour of her Majesty, to whom the plants (drawings) had been 

 sent, and received her approbation. The name of Victoria regalis 

 has been given to this plant.* M. S. also communicated a new species 

 of Loranthus, Avhich he calls L-iSmythii, in honour of Lady James 

 Carmichael Smyth, a zealous patron of the science. M. S. v/as 

 unanimously elected a foreign member. The society then adjourned 

 until 3d October. 



October 3d. — J. Reynolds, Esq. Treasurer, in the Chair. — Col- 

 lections of plants were^announced|from R. Leyland, Esq. of Hali- 

 fax, C. Conway of Penty wydd, and from Mr Freeman of Stratford, 

 Essex. Mr Freeman then read a paper on the Flora of Stratford, 

 Essex. A continuation of Mr Wallis's former paper was also read, 

 accompanied by a donation of numerous specimens. J,^The secretary 



* See Plate in this Number, with extract from M. Schomburgh's letter. 



