LIST OF PAPERS. Page ARCHER, THOMAS C., Esq. Extract of a Letter to Thomas Bell, Esq., Pres. L.S., dated BENNETT, JOHN JOSEPH, Esq., F.R.S., Sec. L.S. Description of the Kobo-tree, a New Genus of Leguminosa, col- ...... Note on the Development of Fungi upon Patna Opium Note on the Recent Discoveries in relation to the Microgonidia On some Entomogenous Sphæric. (With a Plate.) BUNBURY, CHARLES J. F., Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. GRAY, ASA, M.D., F.M.L.S. &c. Note on Obolaria virginica, L. . . . 129 HICKS, J. B., Esq., M.D., F.L.S. iv Description of a New British Species of Draparnaldia HOOKER, J. D., Esq., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. Page 192 On some Collections of Arctic Plants, chiefly made by Dr. Lyall, KIPPIST, RICHARD, Esq., Libr. L.S. Notice of two apparently undescribed Species of Genetyllis, from LINDLEY, Professor, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 125 48 A Note on Spiranthes gemmipara... 167 Contributions to the Orchidology of India.-No. 1. 170 MASTERS, MAXWELL T., Esq. Note on a Monstrosity of the Flowers of Saponaria officinalis, L. 159 MEISNER, Dr. C. F. On some New Species of Chamalaucieæ . 35 OLIVER, DANIEL, Jun., Esq., F.L.S. &c. Note respecting certain Glandular Appendages of the Leaves in 190 SALTER, JAMES, Esq., M.B., F.L.S. &c. On the Vitality of Seeds after prolonged Submersion in the Sea. 140 SEEMANN, BERTHOLD, Esq., Ph.D., F.L.S. &c. On the Palm of Timbuctoo.. 152 INDEX.. 193 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. Remarks on the Botany of Madeira and Teneriffe. By CHARLES J. F. BUNBURY, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. [Read March 6th and April 3rd, 1855.] I OFFER to the Linnean Society the botanical observations made during my recent visit to Madeira and Teneriffe. Some apology may perhaps be necessary for writing anything on the botany of islands so well known and so much frequented. But, numerous as may be the botanists that have visited Madeira, I must say that I have been able to find but very little published information, of a satisfactory kind, relating to its vegetation. In the beginning of my visit to that island, I felt much the want of some memoir which might give me a general idea of its leading botanical features, and serve as a guide to my researches. Madeira is not like the neighbourhood of Cape Town, in which the botanist can hardly take a wrong direction, or make an unproductive excursion. I lost much time for want of such information as I have here endeavoured in some measure to supply. Mr. Lowe's researches in the island have indeed been so careful and persevering, that there is little likelihood of the detection of any absolute novelty, unless perhaps in the minuter cryptogamic tribes; but what he has published on the subject, as far as I am aware, consists chiefly in the description of some new species. A few general remarks on the Flora of LINN, PROC.-BOTANY. B |