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honour or merit awarded. He was happy to say that, on his report, the Council 
had awarded honorary distinction to three gentlemen. He could not say too 
much with regard to the medallist, and he could scarcely say too much with re¬ 
gard to the gentleman second in order. The gentleman who obtained the medal 
would certainly be an honour to the Society ; and he was glad to say that he was 
this year the Senior Bell Scholar, and had also gained the prize in chemistry. 
He referred to Mr. Moss, whose answers were equal to any he had ever had 
during his twenty years’ experience. The gentleman second in order, Mr. James 
Deane, had also done himself great credit; and indeed in the viva voce examina¬ 
tion he had been one mark ahead of Mr. Moss. The third, who received the 
certificate of merit, was Mr. Wallis, who also well deserved the honour. 
The following were the questions for the written examination :— 
1. Describe the structure, form, and size of Starch Granules ; and mention the characters 
by which you would distinguish West Indian Arrowroot or Maranta Starch, from 
Sago-Meal and Potato-Starch. 
2. Describe the structure of the bark of a Dicotyledonous stem. 
3. Define the following:—Corm, bulb, tuber, rhizome, epiphyte, parasite, tubercule, 
prickle, spine, pinnate, palmate, and phyllode. 
4. Distinguish between indeterminate, determinate, and mixed inflorescences. Define a 
raceme, panicle, spadix, corymb, capitulum, and cyme. 
5. Enumerate the officinal plants of the Order Rutacece. Describe the physical and 
chemical characteristics of Cusparia bark, and the means by which it may be 
distinguished from the bark of Strychnos Nux-vomica. 
6. Enumerate the officinal plants of the Order Composites. Describe the botanical cha¬ 
racters of the flowers of Anthemis nobilis, and state how they may be distin¬ 
guished from the flowers of Matricaria Parthenium and of Matricaria Cha- 
momilla. 
7. Enumerate the officinal plants of the Order Lauracece. Give the botanical and geo¬ 
graphical sources of officinal Camphor ; mention its characteristics and show how 
it may be distinguished from Sumatra and artificial Camphors. 
8. Explain the mode by which Aloes is obtained in the greatest purity. Mention the 
plants from which the officinal kinds of Aloes are supposed to be obtained, and 
describe the distinctive characteristics of Socotrine, Barbadoes, Hepatic, and Cape 
Aloes. 
9. Give the essential characters of the following Natural Orders:—Eutacese, Malvaceae, 
Umbelliferae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, and Liliaceae. 
VIVA VOCE EXAMINATION. 
Besides the above questions, the following plants were submitted to the 
several competitors, who were required to name them, to state the Natural 
Orders to which they belonged, to mention their properties, and to describe 
any peculiarity which they might present worthy of notice 
Aconitum paniculatum—Eaphanus Raphanistrum—Althaea officinalis—Malva sylves- 
tris—Ecbalium officinarum—Foeniculum vulgare—iEthusa Cynapium—Conium macu- 
latum—Anthemis nobilis—Artemisia Absinthium — Carthamus tinctorius—Digitalis 
purpurea—Verbascum nigrum—Lathyrus latifolia—Atropa Belladonna—Nicotiana per- 
sica—Solanum nigrum—Datura Stramonium—Capsicum species—Solanum Dulcamara 
—Solanum Dulcamara, var. alba—Mentha viridis—Origanum vulgare—Marrubium vul¬ 
gare—Lavandula vera—Eicinus communis—Funkia ovata. 
The medal and certificates were awarded as follows 
Medal . .John Moss. 
Certificate of Honour ...James Deane. 
Certificate of Merit .John Thomas Ward Wallis. 
