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tification. During his stay in Devonshire, Mr Greville was 
fortunate enough to find Orthotricum Llyelii, which had never 
been detected out of the New Forest Hampshire, and also an 
abundant habitat for one of the most beautiful mosses peculiar 
to Great Britain, Bartramia arcuata. Among other observa- 
tions on Fontinalis squamosa^ Mr Greville mentions, that when 
dried, this moss has a very peculiar smell, not unlike that of 
some woollen-cloths before the oil is washed out. This smell, he 
adds, is never to be perceived in Fontinalis antipyretica. 
Nov. 18. — communication from Dr Barnes of Carlisle to 
Professor Jameson, was read, giving an account of an aged per- 
son in Cumberland (Mr Bowman of Irthington,) who has now 
completed his 115th year. (This paper is printed in the pre- 
sent Number of this Journal, p. 68. et seq.) 
Professor Jameson then gave a general account of the Voyage 
of Discovery made by the ships Hecla and Griper, under Cap- 
tain Parry. (This communication, in an eplarged form, is also 
printed in the present Number of this Journal, p. 144. et seq.) 
At the same meeting, extracts of two botanical communica- 
tions were read : 1. From Mr R. K. Greville’s observations on 
the Flora of the Arctic Regions, with a description of a new 
species of Potentilla, (named P. Jamesoniana,) discovered by 
Mr 'William Jameson, surgeon, an active and intelligent natu- 
ralist, who has made two voyages to Baffin’s Bay : From Mr 
D. Don’s Descriptions of several new plants from Nepaul. The 
following are the names of the plants described by Mr Don : 
Rhododendron setosum Delphinium scabrifolium 
anthopogon Leontodon eriopodum 
campanulatum Tragopogon gracile 
Andromeda cupressiforme Saussurea gossipiphora. 
Lilium Nepalense 
Both of these botanical papers will appear in the Third Vo- 
lume of the Memoirs of the Wernerian Society, about to be pu- 
blished. 
Dec. % — The following gentlemen were elected Office-Bearers 
and Counsellors for the year 18S1 : 
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