64 PROCEEDINGS OF THE LlNIfEAN SOCIETY. 



admitted Fellows of the Society : — Prof. Marcus Hartog, and 

 Messrs. Harold Fergusson, Leonard Gr. Sutton, Ernest E. Sykes, 

 and Harold W. T. "Wager. 



The President exhibited a living specimen of a Tree-Prog 

 {Vohj fed cites qi(adrilineatus) wliich was introduced accidentally 

 into Kew Gardens with a cousignment of plants from Singapore. 

 This is not the first instance of accidental introduction of a 

 tropical frog into the Eoyal Gardens, Kew. Some five years 

 ago a species of Hylodes, from Dominica, appeared in some 

 numbers in several of the propagating-hoases, and has evidently 

 reproduced its species since arrival. 



Mr. W. Whitwell, P.L.S., exhibited :— (1) The only known 

 Britishi sppcimen of Botrycliium matricaricefolium, A. Braiin. 

 [Por description see the ' Journal of Botany,' xxxvi. (1898) 

 pp. 291-297.] 



(2) An undescribed variety of Asplenwm Itida-muraria, Linn. 

 [A note on this was published subsequent to the exhibition, in 

 the same Journal, xxxvii. (1899) p. 361. J 



(3) A specimen of Eye with two ears on the same stalk, 

 gathered at Ower, Eomsey, Hants. The terminal ear is normal, 

 and the smaller supplementary ear springs from the uppermost 

 node, eight inches below, with a stalk of one inch in length. The 

 usual ligule is present, but unusually broad, clasps the stalk of 

 the supplementary ear, and partially that of the main ear. Exa- 

 mination of the node shows that the phenomenon is nut due to 

 fasciation. No similar instance appears to have been recorded. 



The ft llowing papers were read: — 



1. " Contributions to the Natural History of Lake Urmi and 

 its Neighbourhood." By E. T. Giinther, M.A. (Communicated 

 by the President.) 



2. " A Systematic Ee vision of the Genus Najas." By Dr. A. 

 B. Eendle, P.L.S. 



3. " On the Anatomy and Systematic Position of certain Slugs." 

 By W. E. Collinge, P.Z.S. ' (Communicated by Prof. T. W. 

 Bridge, M.A., P.L.S.) 



4. " On the Edwardsia-stage of Lehrunia, and the Pormation 

 of the Oesophagus and Gastro-Coelomic Cavity." By J. E. 

 Duerden, A.E.C.Sci. (Communicated by Prof. G. B. Howes, 

 Sec.L.S.) 



5. " The Malvaceae of the Bombay Presidency." By 

 Dr. Theodore Cooke, P.L.S. 



