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of the male is stated to be three-parted, while it is six-parted ; 
and the pubescence, wdiich is present in the calyx ot both 
sexes, has been also omitted ; the bractea is likewise covered 
with hair. 
Explanation of Plate 2. 
Fig. 1. Female Flowers of Triplaris Americana. 
2. Male Flowers. 
3. Male Flower magnified. 
4. Calyx cut open to show the position of the Stamens. 
5. Anther. 
6. Female Flower. 
7. ditto cut open and greatly magnified. 
8. Seed vessel with enlarged Calyx. 
9. Nut cut transversely . 
River Quitaro, Lat. 2° 50' N., November 1837. 
A specimen of the leaf of Victoria Regina was exhibited, 
received from Mr. Schomburgk, which the Council deemed 
advisable to deposit in the Herbarium of the British Museum. 
APRIL 20th. 
Dr. aEneas MacIntyre, F.L.S., in the Chair. 
The following gentlemen were elected Foreign members : 
Charles A. Agardh, Lund. 
Dr. C. L. Blume. 
Adolphe Brogniart, Paris. 
August P. De Candolle, Ge- 
ix&va* 
Dr. G. F. De Waldheim, 
Moscow. 
Benjamin De Lessert, Paris. 
Dr. Elias Fries, Lund. 
James W. Hornemann, Co- 
penhagen. 
Alex. Baron de Humboldt, 
Berlin. 
Adrian de Jussieu, Paris. 
Charles G. Kunth, Berlin. 
Dr. H. F. Link, Berlin. 
Dr. C. F. De Martius, Munich. 
C. F. B. Mirbel, Paris. 
Dr. C. G. Nees Von Esenbeck, 
Breslau. 
C. G. C. Reimvardt, Leyden. 
Dr. G. Wahlenberg, Upsal. 
Don. M. La Gasca, Madrid. 
Baron Von Ludwig, Cape of 
Good Hope. 
R. H. Schomburgk, British 
Guiana. 
