LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



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Mr. Bentham, V.P.L.S., exhibited specimens of a species of 

 Cavanillesia, probably C. platanifolia, Humb. and Bonpl., brought 

 from the neighbourhood of New Carthagena by M. Anthoine, 

 and stated by him to have been obtained from a young tree felled 

 by him, which measured 140 feet in height, without branches, 

 except the parasol-like crown. The specimens consisted of flowers, 

 fruit, a piece of the soft, pith-like wood, and of the liber, which 

 closely resembles the Cuba Bass, but is of a somewhat coarser 

 fibre. 



Eead, first, a Letter from C. C. Babington, Esq., E.B.S., E.L.S., 

 announcing the discovery by Mr. Gr. Wolsey of Isoetes Hystrix, 

 Durieu., on L' Ancresse Common, in the Island of Guernsey. (See 

 " Botanical Proceedings," vol. v.) 



-Read, secondly, an Extract of a Letter from Mr. Henry Mou- 

 hot to S. Stevens, Esq., F.L.S., dated Bankok, Siam, 7th April, 

 1860, and giving a description of the " Cambodian Mode of En- 

 grafting." 



Eead, thirdly, Extract of a Letter from Dr. W. E. Daniell, 

 E.L.S., to Mr. Kippist, dated Tien Tsin, Oct. 10th, 1860, and 

 giving some account of the cultivated fruits and Cerealia of 

 Northern China. 



Eead, fourthly, " Eurther Observations on Entozoa, with Ex- 

 periments," by T. S. Cobbold, Esq., M.D., E.L.S. (See " Transac- 

 tions," vol. xxiii. part 2.) 



Eead, fifthly, " On Sclerostoma Synyamus, and the Disease 

 which it occasions in Birds;" by the same. (See "Zoological 

 Proceedings," vol. v.) 



Eead, sixthly, " Notice of the Discovery of a Second Species of 

 Gyrodactylus (G. anchoratus, Nordm.), parasitical upon certain 

 Eish f by C. L. Bradley, Esq., E.L.S. (See " Zoological Proceed- 

 ings," vol. V.) 



January 17th, 1861. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Christopher Dresser, Esq., Ph. D. ; Eobert Charles Hurst, Esq. ; 

 and John Millar, Esq., were elected Eellows. 



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