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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



[Nov., 1856. 



Prof. John Leconte, Columbia, S. C. 

 Capt. A. H. Bowman, TT. S. A. 

 Robert Chisholm, Esq. Beaufort, S. C. 

 "apt. H. H. Sams, " " 



Dr. F. Y. Glover, Walterborough, S. C. 

 Dr. John P. Barratt, Abbeville, S. C. 



Letters were read from the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory, acknowledging the receipt of No. 1 of the Proceedings 

 of this Society, and also from the American Philosophical 

 Society, Philadelphia, British Museum, and Geological Society 

 of London. 



The following letter was received from Mr. J. Lee, of Cam- 

 den, S. C, in relation to the Cicadae, and ordered to be regis- 

 tered. 



"In the spring of 1855, I sent you a few of the thirteen-year 

 Locust (seventeen years they are called) — I have never seen an 

 individual of that species, except at an interval of thirteen years, 

 which is in North Carolina and Virginia the year of their ap- 

 pearance." 



"Last year, in this State, we had myriads — this year, not an 

 individual. I passed over the Locust ground, and carefully in- 

 quired this spring. Not one had appeared. We have a black 

 insect closely resembling the red, which is now in full blast, and I 

 will try and get you one if possible. They are shy, and keep on 

 the tops of the highest trees." 



Henry W. Ravenel, Esq., presented for publication the fol- 

 lowing paper : 



Notice of some New and Bare Phsenogamous Plants found in this 

 State. By H. W. Ravenel. 



A few years ago I published in the Southern Medical Journal 

 and Review an enumeration of some fifty Phsenogamous Plants, 

 inhabiting this State, which were not described in Elliott's Sketch. 

 Since then, I have been able to add a few more to the number, a 

 notice of which will comprise the substance of the present paper. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



Baptisia Serena — Curtis in Sill. Journal. First discovered by 



