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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
NOVEMBER 2nd. 
Dr. D. C. Macreight, V.P., F.L.S., in the Chair. 
NOVEMBER 16th. 
J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
These two evenings were occupied with Dr. Bossey’s 
Paper on the “ Fungi which attack the cereal grain.” He 
spoke principally of the Uredo segetum and XJ. caries, the 
grasses which they affect, and the deleterious effects when 
taken into the system as food or medicine. ' , 
Dr. B. enumerated the following species of grasses on 
which he had found the Acinula clavus , in the neighbourhood 
of Woolwich, Kent, which were exhibited; 
Alopecurus pratensis 
. . . agrestis 
. . . geniculatus 
Phleum pratense 
Holcus lanatus 
Arrhenatherum avenaceum 
Dactylis glomerata 
Festuca duriuscula 
. . pratensis 
Bromus secalinus 
. . mollis 
Arundo Phragmites 
Hordeum murinum 
. . . pratense 
Triticum repens 
Secale cereale 
Lolium perenne 
NOVEMBER 29th. 
J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
Anniversary Meeting. 
The Secretary read the Annual Report, of which the fol- 
lowing is an extract : — 
The Council of the Botanical Society of London, in sur- 
rendering their trust into the hands of the members, have 
great pleasure in announcing the present state of the associ- 
ation, and trusting to the continued support and exertions of 
numerous members and friends, look with confidence to the 
future. 
