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RULES 
u4.S' rASSED AT .1 Sl'ECIAL GKNEBAL MEETING HELD ON 
OCTOBEB 2ftth, 191,7, AND AMENDED AT THE ANNUAL 
GENEHAL MEETINGS HELD ON AHHIL Id, 191,9, AEIH L l/,th, 
1951, AND MARCH lJ,th, 1953) 
1. NAME 
'I'liP iiaiiie of the Sucioty shall bo Tho Botanical Society (h the British 
Isles. 
2. OBJECTS 
The objects of the Society are : — ■ 
i. To encourage the study of the Flowering Plants, Vascular Crypto- 
gams and Charophyta of the British Isles; to ])roniote the in- 
vestigation of their detailed distribution ; and to issue such periodi- 
cal and other publications as the interests of the Society require. 
ii. To facilitate intercourse among British botanists for the exchange 
of information and ideas, and also of dried material of critical 
species. 
iii. To aid in the maintenance of adequate representative collections of 
British plants in the national and other public herbaria. 
iv. To promote in every way possible the conservation of the British 
flora. 
V. To organise botanical excursions, conferences, lectures, exhibitions, 
and other meetings. 
3. MANAGEMENT OF THE SOCIETY 
(a) The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, not more 
than four Vice-Presidents, Honorary General Secretary, Honorary 
Treasurer, Honorary Meetings Secretary, and Honorary Editor or 
Joint Editors. 
(b) The management of the affairs and property of the Society shall 
be in the hands of a Council, to which the Officers shall be respon- 
sible, and which shall have power to appoint Committees for specific 
purposes. 
(c) The Council shall consist of the Officers and sixteen elected mem- 
bers. 
(d) The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected to serve for a 
term of two years and shall not be eligible to serve for a period of 
more than four consecutive years in each office; the other Officers 
shall be re-elected annually and shall be eligible for re-election each 
year. Nominations for Officers shall be made by the Council for 
election at the Annual General Meeting. 
