282 Proceedings of the Linncean Society. 



The first of these species has been recently added to the British Flora 

 by J. E. Bowman, Esq., F.L.S., having been found by him growing 

 abundantly on flax, near Trelydan Hall, Montgomeryshire, in August 

 last. The other species, which occurs on the coast of Norway, growing 

 upon Chenopodece, has not been hitherto observed in this country. The 

 author gives the following characters of the two plants : 



1. C. epiUnum (Weihe), riorum glomerulis bracteatis sessilibus, squa- 

 mis palmati-subsexfidis tubo corollas semper ventricoso adpressis, 

 sepalis carnosis basi deltoideis corolla vix brevioribus. 



2. halophyta (Fries), " florum glomerulis subbracteatis" sessilibus, 

 squamis bifidis tubo corollas ventricoso adpressis : segmentis bi- 

 fidis, calyce corolla multd breviori. 



Nov. 19. — Edward Forster, Esq., V. P., in the Chair. 



Read, "A Monograph of the genus Disporum." By D. Don, Esq., 

 Libr. L.S., Prof. Bot. King's College. 



This genus was first suggested by Mr. Brown, in his ' Prodromus 

 Floras Novas Hollandias' ; and the name of Disporum was subsequently 

 given to it by Salisbury in the first volume of the Transactions of 

 the Horticultural Society of London. It remained, however, unde- 

 scribed, and almost unnoticed, until the publication of the author's 

 work on the plants of Nepal, in which a detailed description of the 

 genus, and the characters of two additional species were given. The 

 characters of the genus consist in its campanulate perianthium, with 

 the sepals produced into a pouch or spur at the base, in the cells of its 

 ovarium bearing two ovula, in its baccate pericarpium, and in its um- 

 bellate inflorescence. These distinctions will be found to be common 

 to all the Asiatic species hitherto referred by most botanists to Uvularia. 

 We subjoin the characters of the species described in this paper. 



1. D. calcaratum, umbellis pedunculatis sub-5-floris, sepalis lanceola- 

 tis acutiusculis basi longe calcaratis, antheris, filamentis stigmati- 

 busque stylo triplo longioribus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis sessilibus. 



Uvularia calcarata. Wall. Cat. n. 5087. 



2. D. Wallichii, umbellis subsessilibus sub-5-floris, sepalis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, calcaribus rectis abbreviatis, antheris filamentis 4-pld 

 brevioribus, stylo stigmatibus longiore, foliis ovato-lanceolatis sub- 

 petiolatis. 



Uvularia Hamiltoniana, B. et. C. Wall. Cat. n. 5088. 



3. D. Hamiltonianum, umbellis pedunculatis sub-5-floris, sepalis 

 lanceolatis acutis, calcaribus abbreviatis recurvis, antheris filamen- 

 torum longitudine, stylo stigmatibus subasquali, foliis ovato-lance- 

 olatis subpetiolatis. 



