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naturalists, founded on the fact that the radula of recent 

 gastropods is not affected by acid, but Dr. G. J. Hinde (who 

 described the specimens) had since informed him that it consists 

 almost entirely of chitinous material, as ascertained by chemical 

 investigation. 



On behalf of Mr. James Groves, F.L.S., Corresponding 

 Member, the President exhibited Statice lychnidifolia, de Girard, 

 a Sea Lavender, new to the Channel Islands, and not previously 

 recorded from within the limits of the British flora. It was 

 discovered in Alderney, in August last, by Mr. Cecil R. P. 

 Andrew, M.A., First Principal of the new Government Training 

 College, Perth, Western Australia. Mr. Somerville also exhibited 

 examples of the four already known British species of the genus 

 Statice, viz., S. limonium, L., and its var. pyramidalis, Syme ; S. 

 rariflora, Drejer ; S. auriculaefolia, Vahl., and its three sub- 

 species (a) occidentalis (Lloyd) ; (b) intermedia, Syme ; and (c) 

 dodartii (de Girard); and S. reticulata, L. ( = S. bellidifolia, 

 Gonan). 



Mr. James C. Christie read a paper on " Bird Life in Northern 

 Norway." It was illustrated with lantern views from specimens 

 and from drawings by Thorolf Holmboe, artist-naturalist. 



26th February, 1901. 



Mr. Alex. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. John George Wight, British Linen Company's Bank, 110 

 Queen Street, was elected an Ordinary Member, and Miss M. M. 

 Buchanan, 63 West Cumberland Street, was admitted as an 

 Associate. 



Mr. R S. Wishart, M.A., exhibited the following specimens — 

 Linaria minor, Desf., from Stepps ; Leontodon autumnalis, L., 

 var. pratensis, Koch., from Robroyston ; Bupleurum rotundi- 

 folium, L., a 'casual, from Chryston. 



On behalf of Mr. D. Dewar, Mr. Christopher Sherry exhibited 

 and read short notes descriptive of — 



(1) Asplenium ceterach, L., var. aureum, Link., a plant found 

 plentifully on the moist rocks of the lower regions of 

 the islands of Teneriffe. 



