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ISCHNURUS, Balf. fit. 
Spiculee l-florte in spica simplici ad excavationes rhaclieos com- 
pressse solitarisB, alternse, sessiles, rliacliilla brevissima supra glnmam 
inferiorem articulata ultra florem in stipitem brevem plerumque 
lloreni imperfectum gerentem producta, flore hermapbrodito. Gluma 
infinia vacua, rliaclii opposita, brevis, rigida, oblonga, truncata v. 
obtusa,basi incrassata tumida, 8-nervia,margine menibranacea; Horens 
tequilonga, membranacea, trinervia, apice obscure trifida ciliata; palea 
sequilonga, membranacea, 2-neryia. Stamina 3. Styli breves, dis- 
tinct!, stigmatibus pluiuosis. Caryopsis late ellipsoidea, compressa, 
glabra, gluma paleaque inclusa, libera. — Gramen perenne, nanum 
V. elatum, csespitosum, multicaule, foliis glaucis pilosis. Spica 
terminalis, rigida, tenuis, recta, spiculis parvis dissitis in rhacbi alte 
excavata quasi inclusis, gluma infima vacua semper adpressa. 
Genus nionotypicum novum Hordeearum bene distinctum sed 
Oropetio et forsan Lepturo affine. 
179. I. PULCHELLUS, Balf. fit. : species unica in locis arenosis 
apud Galonsir crescens. B.C.S. Nos. 109, 301. 
Monday, Wi Febrnary 1883. 
Professor JENKIN, E.RS,, Vice-President, 
in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read 
1. On Scientific Method in the Study of Language. 
By Emeritus Professor Blackie. 
2. Further Bemarks on the Mirage Problem. By 
Professor Tait. 
BUSINESS. 
The following candidates were balloted for, and declared duly 
elected Fellows of the Society: — The Hon. Lord Kinnear j Mr W. 
Bowman ; and Mr K. H. B. Wickham. 
