4 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



January 18th, 1900. 



Dr. Albert C. L. Gt. GrtrnTHER, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Harry Edward Heath Smedley was admitted a Fellow of 

 the Society. 



Mr. J. C. Hill, B.Sc, of Sydney University, exhibited some 

 photographs of specimens and drawings of Monotreme and 

 Marsupial embryos, obtained by him in Australia. Of special 

 interest were those of a newly hatched Orniihorhynclms showing a 

 nasal caruncle and the presence of a median maxillary tooth, the 

 function of which is at present undetermined. Chief among the 

 Marsupial series were photographs of Dasyurus embryos in situ 

 and showing the free condition of the allantois. 



Eemarks thereon were made by the President and by Prof. 

 Howes. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Existence of Nasal Secretory Sacs and Naso- 

 pharyngeal Communications in the Teleosteans." By H. M. 

 Kyle, M.A., B.Sc. (Communicated by Prof. Gr. B. Howes,. 

 Sec. L.S.) 



2. " On the Origin of the Basidiomycetes." By George Massee^ 

 F.L.S. 



February 1st, 1900. 



Dr. Albeet C. L. Gr. Gunthee, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The President announced that on the occasion of the forth- 

 coming International Exhibition in Paris, an International 

 Congress of Botany will be held there from the 1st to the 

 10th of October, both dates inclusive. The subscription for 

 Membership has been fixed at 20 fr., and those who may be 

 desirous of taking part in the proceedings are desired to com- 

 municate with M. Henri Hua, Tresorier du Congres International 

 de Botanique General, 2 Eue de Villersexel, Paris. 



Mr. James Saunders, of Luton, Bedfordshire, was elected an 

 Associate of the Society. 



Mr. George Massee, F.L.S. , exhibited lantern-slides in illustra- 

 tion of his paper on the origin of the Basidiomycetes, the substance 

 of which had been communicated at the last meeting, and recapitu- 

 lated the conclusions at which he had arrived. 



A discussion followed in which Prof. Trail, Mr. C. B. Clarke^ 

 and Prof. Farmer took part. 



