
NOTICES OF MEETINGS. , 35 
VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 
SuB-KINGDOM. CLASS. 
Algee 
I.--THALLOPHYTA. Simple plants, often unicel- R 
lular, having neither stems, leaves, roots, nor fibro- 
vascular bundles. Reproduced by spores or by 
division’ of The SeeT Se eit ccc. sate sat ieee OO re 
Fangi 
Characeze 
IIL—BRYOPHYTA. _ Spore-bearing plants, having stems ) 
and leaves, but no true roots or fibro-vascular } Hepaticee ... 
bundles... ,.Reproducedsby sponese:ti-enn iiss wow em teeess ve 
IIl—PTERIDOPHYTA. Spore-bearing plants, having) Filicenz 
stéms, leaves, and roots, all permeated by fibro- 
vascular bundles. Reproduced by spores............. Lycopodinz 
oa 
IV.—PHANEROGAMIA. Flowering plants, bearing true ‘ PP x 
flowers and produced by Seda ca eehetae Aras meee An Pe 
MINERAL KINGDOM. 
I.—SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. 
Rocks formed by deposit of “ Sediment.” 
II.—ORGANIC ROCKS. 
Rocks formed from Plants or Animals. 
III.—IGNEOUS ROCKS. 
Rocks of Volcanic origin. 
MANCHESTER CRYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY.—At the December meet- 
ing of this Society (1881) Captain Cunliffe, Vice-President in the chair— 
The Hon. Secretary, after reading the minutes of the last meeting, made 
a statement in reference to the record of Wezssta mucronata, and through the 
kindness of Dr. J. B. Wood, of Broughton, was enabled to place before the 
members specimens of this #zcronate moss which had been gathered at Park- 
side, April, 1847, by Mr. William Wilson, and near Mottram by Mr. J. 
Whitehead in 1868. The Society’s herbarium specimen had been presented by 
the Todmorden Botanical Society from the extensive Nowellian collection in 
their possession, and had originally been gathered at Airth, in Scotland. 
This meeting being the annual one, the following officers were elected:—Dr. 
B. Carrington, F.R.S.E., President; Captain Cunliffe, F.R.M.S., and Mr. 
Thomas Brittain, Vice-Presidents; Mr. Thomas Rogers, Hon. Secretary. A 
brief annual report was read, which showed that the work of the Society had 
both been satisfactory and interesting. Three new species of Hepaticze had 
been discovered as new to the British Flora by members of the Society, two of 
which had been named by Herr Jack and Dr. Spruce, in honour of Dr. Carring- 
ton and Mr. Pearson, as Radula Carringtonii and Lepidozia Pearsont. 
When Dr. Carrington first determined the specific characters of the Radula, 
he provisionally named it in honour of his friend the late Dr. Moore, of Dublin, 
Oa the publication had been preceded by Herr Jack’s name as &. Carringtonit 
ack). : 
The Secretary as Treasurer of the Society, stated that the financial condition 
of the Society was improving, and that the debt incurred for herbarium pur- 
poses would soon be paid off. 

