Journal of botany, British and foreign . the British Willows. June 20. — Mr. Carruthers, , President, in the chair. —Messrs. A. Denny, R. Miller Christy, and John Fraser were electedFellows.—Dr. H. Trimen exhibited specimens and drawings of theTuberculated Lime of Ceylon.—Governor Moloney, of the Colony ofLagos, W. Africa, exhibited a remarkably large block of resinousgum, which, in the opinion of Prof. Oliver, was referable to somespecies of Daniellia, and which had been found in Ijo country. Asan article of commerce it possessed the advantage of requiring aheat of 600° F. to run it so
Journal of botany, British and foreign . the British Willows. June 20. — Mr. Carruthers, , President, in the chair. —Messrs. A. Denny, R. Miller Christy, and John Fraser were electedFellows.—Dr. H. Trimen exhibited specimens and drawings of theTuberculated Lime of Ceylon.—Governor Moloney, of the Colony ofLagos, W. Africa, exhibited a remarkably large block of resinousgum, which, in the opinion of Prof. Oliver, was referable to somespecies of Daniellia, and which had been found in Ijo country. Asan article of commerce it possessed the advantage of requiring aheat of 600° F. to run it so as to unite with linseed oil m themanufacture of varnish. — A communication was read from Packe on a remarkable case of prolonged vitality in aFritillary bulb. We note with pleasure that Mr. G. C. Druce has received thedegree of from the University of Oxford, and Mr. F. the same honour from Trinity College, Dublin ; and thatMr. W. B. Hemsley has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. \\^. imp Lepidozia 225 A NEW HEPATIC. By Dr. B. Carrington and W. H. Pearson. (Plate 290.) Lepidozia reversa, n. sp. — Loosely creeping, pale olive todull brown ; flagelliferous ; flagella postical, leafless, slightlyradicellose; rootlets sparing, delicate, hyaline. Stems -t-f , rigid, brittle, 4-5 cells in diam., cortical cells 10, equal insize to the inner ones ; irregularly pinnate, branches lateral,distant, alternate, of various lengths. Leaves succiihous, obliquelyinserted, patent-divergent (70°), roundish or obovate, palmate,3-5-fid to about the middle, contracted at the base, segmentslanceolate, acute, the outer ones narrower and shorter, 3-4 cellsbroad at the base, branch leaves approximate, trifid or bifid;leaf-cells thick-walled, 4-5 and 6-sided, chlorophyllose. Under-leaves much smaller, not so broad as the stem, free, subquadrate,divided to below the middle into 2-4 subulate
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