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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
would go to disprove the statement that it was introduced 
into this country. There were two or three specimens, but 
not in flower. 
That beautiful tribe of plants, the Ferns, are here dis- 
played in profusion. Specimens of almost every indigenous 
genus may be collected in one day’s excursion, from Bristol 
to Blaize Castle. Those most common or abundant, how- 
ever, are the Genera Asplenium, Aspidium, Lycopodium, 
Equisetum, and Scolopendrium. 
JANUARY 19th. 
W. H. White in the Chair. 
A continuation of Dr. Mac Intyre’s Paper, on the Flora of 
Warley, Essex, was read, comprising the concluding part, 
as inserted at page 18. 
FEBRUARY 2nd. 
J. E. Gray, Esq. F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. J. Freeman read a Memoir entitled, “ Hints on the 
Importance and Practicability of adopting a more Systematic 
Method in describing and arranging the Species of Plants .” 
The author proposes to arrange the Species of British 
Plants in Tables, and endeavours to show the many advan- 
tages it will afford to the young student in the rapid determi- 
nation of the species. 
The following is an abstract of the paper : — 
Genus — T halictrum. 
Analysis of the Species. 
Stem perfectly simple, with a simple terminal 
cluster • Alpinum 
