i:;i; proceedings of the society. 



bhal bhey would be unable to reproduce in the Journal i he very beautiful 

 illustrations which had been shown on the screen. He had greal 

 pleasure in moving that their best thanks be given to the President for 

 ins extremely able and interesting Address, and that he should be asked 

 to allow it to be printed and circulated in the usual way. 



This motion having been seconded by Mr. Vezey, was put to the 

 Meeting by Dr. Woodward, and carried unanimously. 



The President expressed his thanks to the Society for having received 

 his Address so favourably. The subject was one of very great interest 

 to those who were engaged in it, although it involved a certain amount 

 of technicality which rendered it a little difficult to present in generally 

 intelligible form to an audience not wholly botanical. He called atten- 

 tion to a number of models exhibited in the room by Mr. Smedley, and 

 to specimens kindly lent by Professor F. W. Oliver in further illustration 

 of the subject. 



A vote of thanks to the Honorary Officers and Council for their 

 services during the year was proposed by Mr. Oonrady, seconded by 

 Mr. Marks, and unanimously carried. 



This was responded to by the Treasurer, who referred to the great 

 amount of work which devolved upon the Secretary, Librarian, and 

 Curator, on whose behalf as well as his own he thanked the Fellows for 

 this token of their appreciation. 



A vote of thanks to the Auditors and Scrutineers, was then moved 

 by Mr. Marshall, seconded by Mr. Gardner, and carried unanimously. 



New Fellows. — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : — 

 Messrs. John Rowland Jones, and William John Yandenbergh. 



The following- Objects, etc., were exhibited : — 



The President, in illustration of his Address : — A number of lantern 

 slides and actual sections of fossil plants shown on the screen. 



Professor F. W. Oliver : — The following fossil plants, in illustration of 

 the President's Address : — Alethopteris lonchitica, Asterotheca Miltoni, in 

 fructification ; Dactylotheca plumosa, barren foliage (this is the form 

 usually described as Sphenopteris ornata) ; Diplotmema JacquoUi Zeiller ; 

 Xeiirupteris heterophylla (? foliage of a Medullosa) ; Sphenopteris affinis ; 

 S. Aschmborni. 



Mr. H. E. H. Smedley, in illustration of the President's Address : — 

 The following models : — Palaeozoic ferns — Crossotheca, pinnule ; Dacty- 

 lotheca, pinnule showing fructification ; Ptychocarpus unities, pinnule 

 showing synangia ; Scolecopteris polymorphs, pinnule ; ditto, part of 

 pinnule, transverse section passing through synangium ; Sturiella, 

 pinnule showing synangia ; ditto, part of pinnule, transverse section 

 passing through synangium ; Zygopteris, fructification • Palaeozoic seeds ; 

 Lagenostoma, longitudinal section ; Pachytesta, longitudinal section ; 

 Stephanospermum, longitudinal section. 



