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GENERAL MEETING. 
Mr. Berkeley remarked, with respect to the Tillandsia exhi- 
bited by Mr. B. S. "Williams, that it has been often remarked that 
the plant, which is very desirable on account of its azure-blue 
flowers, does not bloom freely ; but the specimen shown on this 
occasion had four or five spikes in various stages of development, 
which would probably produce a succession of flowers during the 
summer. 
Mr. Bull's Amary Hid, exhibited under the name of Gastronema 
flammemn, on examination at Kew, proved to be the same with G. 
san^uineum, figured in the Society's Journal. 
Attention was then called to a fine specimen of Borrera flavi- 
cans sent by Mr. Robinson from California. The lichen has a 
wide geographical range, and is found in the south of England. 
Mr. Berkeley then called attention to an article which had ap- 
peared in the 'Agricultural Grazette,' " On the supposed G-alls on 
the Roots of Peas." These protuberances are common on Legu- 
minosae, and occur also on Taxodium and other Coniferae, and cer- 
tainly are not the work of insects. Observation of the develop- 
ment of the roots in germinating beans will show clearly that 
they are not galls, though there are many peculiarities about their 
structure. 
Mr. Bateman remarked on the extraordinary display of Orchids 
on the present occasion. 
The Council hoped shortly to introduce some decided novelties 
from New Guinea, a country but little explored in a botanical 
point of view. 
Mr. Paul read the first portion of a paper on Camelliae. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
March 1, 1871. 
Special Certificates were awarded to Mr. Denning for a magni- 
ficent specimen of DendroUum nobile, and for a collection of 
Orchids, which included a fine specimen of Onaidium leucochilum, 
Dendrohium lasio^lossum, Oncidium splendidwn, and Dendrobium 
cajpillipes ; to Mr. B. S. Williams for Orchids, Camellias, Cycla- 
mens, and Palms ; to Messrs. Veitch for Orchids mixed with 
