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PROCEEDINGS OE SOCIETIES. 
Dr. E. Percival Wright then exhibited a specimen of a Sea-anemone 
recently obtained by Professor J. Beay Greene on the coast of Cork. It 
belonged to the genus Bunodes of Gosse, differing, however, from B. cras- 
sicornis and its allies in the much greater smoothness of the column, in 
the absence of the crenated margin round the upper edge of the disk, 
and in several other particulars. Should it, upon further examination, 
prove to be a distinct species, he would propose for it the name of 
B. Greenii , after its discoverer. 
Professor Harvey, in the absence of Mr. John Bain, Curator of the 
College Botanic Gardens, next exhibited a fine plant of Sowerbcea juncea, 
and at the same time mentioned that the College Gardens were indebted 
for the successful culture of this and many other rare plants to the skill 
and attention of Mr. Bain. He also exhibited a specimen of a new Hypo- 
calymna, which he proposed calling, after its discoverer, “ Phillipsii 
for description vide p. 296, and Plate XXII. 
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1858. 
Professor AV. H. Harvey, M. D., E. L. S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting having been read, were approved of, 
and signed by the Chairman. 
The following Besolution was moved by the Bev. Professor Haughton, 
seconded by Dr. Carte, and carried unanimously:— 
“ That this Association desire to place on record their sense of the 
loss they have sustained, in common with other scientific bodies in 
Dublin, by the unexpected death of the late Professor Harrison,—a loss 
which this Association feels in particular, in consequence of the interest 
always manifested by Dr. Harrison in the progress of zoological science 
in the University, as evinced by his Lectures on Comparative Anatomy 
and Zoology, and by his constant attendance at the meetings of this As¬ 
sociation.” 
The following paper was then read :— 
ILLUSTRATIONS OE THE FOSSIL FLORA OF THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS BEDS OF 
GERMANY AND IRELAND, FROM SPECIMENS PRESERVED IN THE MUSEUM 
OF TRINITY COLLEGE. BY THE REV. SAMUEL HAUGHTON, FELLOW OF 
TRINITY COLLEGE AND PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF 
DUBLIN. 
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Plate VIII. represents, on a scale one-half that of nature, a fine speci¬ 
men of Knorria (named Sagenaria Veltheimii (Sternberg), and Knorria 
imbricata (Goppert), by the German palaeontologists). It is a cast of the 
woody axis of this genus, and exhibits well the dichotomous arrangement 
of its branches, and the imbricated, spirally arranged leaf-scars character- 
ristic of the Lepidodendra, to which it is evidently allied. 
Locality: Hayntren, Saxony. 
Geol. horizon: Base of the Lower Carboniferous. 
