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PoTENTiLLA. Ldnu. Cinqiie Foil, 

 P. anserlna, L. Silver Weed. P. June — August. Common. 

 P. verna, L. Spring Cinque-foil. P. April — June. Smeaton Crags, near 



Askern, Upper Ledstone, Perry Bridge. (Miall.) 

 P. reptans, L. Creeping Cinque-foil. P. May — August. Common. 

 P. Tormentilla^ Sclik. Tormentil. P. June — August. Common. 

 P. Fraga riastrum, EKrh.. Barren Strawberry. P. February — May. 



Common. 



Pragaria. Linn, Strawberry. 

 F. vesca. L. Wood Strawberry. P. April — June. Frequent. 



EuBUS. Ldnn. Bramble, Easpberry, 

 * R Idoeus. L. Common Easpberry. P. June — August. Cheyet, 



WooUey Edge, Langley Wood, &c. 

 R. fruticosus, L. Bramble or Blackberry. P. May, and tlirough the 



summer. Common. 

 R. ccBsius, L. Dewberry. S. June — August. Frequent. Growing in 

 shady places — along the edges of ditches, &c. ; the fruit of this plant 

 grows to a large size, and is very fine in flavour, superior to many 

 fruits, used for dessert. In Suffolk — the fruit of the common brambles 

 is usually called mulberries. 



EosA. Lmn. Eose. Sweet Briar. 

 R. villosa, L. Villous Eose. S. May — July. Stanley, Thornes, &c. 

 R. canina, L. Dog Eose. S. May — July. Common. 

 R. arvens'is, L. Trailing Dog Eose. S. June — July. Common. 



Sanguisorba. Linn. Burnet. 

 S. officmalis, L. Great Burnet. P. June — August. Frequent. 



* I have followed Mr. Bentham in the arrangement of the Brambles. 



Zoological Society of London. 

 June 27th, 1865. 



PROyESSOU HUXLEY, F.R.S., INTHECHAIE. 



An extract was read from a letter ad- 

 dressed to the secretary by Mr. R, Swinhoe 

 respecting some Chinese Deer destined for 

 the society's menagerie. 



The secretary announced the safe arrival 

 in the society's gardens on the previous 

 evening of a young male African elephant, 

 received in exchange from the Jardin des 

 Plantes. 



Mr. Busk communicated a memoir upon 

 the fossil elephants of Malta, based upon 

 collections formed in that island by Cap- 

 tain Spratt, R. N. , which had been origi- 

 nally placed in the hands of the late Dr. 

 Falconer for examination. Upon Dr. 

 Falconer's decease Mr. Busk had under- 

 taken the task of identifying these remains 



