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with them, were the rudimentary tentacular chambers as in Cy- 

 dippe. 



The President stated to the Society some of the results of 

 his investigations now in progress into the optical properties 

 of the Turpentines from the the various species of Pine found 

 at the South. 



JUNE 15th, 1857. 



President L. R. Gibbes in the chair. 



The President continued his remarks on the progress of 

 his researches upon the Turpentines of our native Pines. 

 These remarks, at his request, are not reported, his intention 

 being to present them in the form of a written communication 

 at a later day. 



JULY 1st, 1857. 



President L. R. Gibbes in the chair. 



The President exhibited to the Society a specimen of Xy- 

 lostroma gigantea, growing in a cleft of the wood of Pinus 

 australis Michaux. 



The first part of a paper entitled " Flora of the Low Coun- 

 try of South Carolina " was read by its author, W. Wragg 

 Smith, Esq.* 



A paper on the " Ozonicity of the Atmosphere" by Dr. 

 William H. Ford. The publication of this paper is postponed 

 for the present, at the request of the author, in order that it 

 may be presented at a later date, under another form. 



William Jervey, Esq. elected an honorary member. 



* The whole of this paper will be published by the Society, more connectedly, 

 at a later date. 



