8 PEOCBEDINGS OF THE 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " A Eeport on the Botanical Results of an Expedition to 

 Mount Eoraima in British Guiana, undertaken in 1898 by Messrs. 

 F. V. McConnell and J. J. Quelch." By Isaac H. Burkill, 

 r.L.S., and others. 



2. " On Bryozoa from Franz Josef Land, collected by the 

 Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition, 1896-97." By A. W. Waters, 

 E.L.S. 



April 5th, 1900. 



Mr. Chaeles Baeon Claeke, E.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. John Thomas Norman Thomas was elected a FeUow of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Edward Bidwell, E.Z.S., exhibited specimens of Beechwood 

 showing old carving singularly imbedded by subsequent growth. 



Mr. W. B. Hemsley, E.R.S., E.L.S., exhibited and made 

 remarks on a selection of plants collected by Dr. A. Henry and 

 Mr. W. Hancock in the neighbourhood of Mengtze and Szemao 

 in "Western China. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On Sphenophyllum and its Allies, an extinct division of the 

 Vascular Cryptogams." By Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, E.R.S., 

 F.L.S. (For Abstract, see p. 88.) 



April 19th, 1900. 

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

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. Eobert Moir Clark and James Chapman Shenstone were 

 elected Fellows of the Society. 



In view of the approaching Anniversary Meeting, Messrs. 

 Horace W. Monckton and Henry Groves were elected Auditors 

 on behalf of the Council, and Messrs. Antony Gepp and Alfred 

 O. "Walker on the part of the Fellows. 



On behalf of the Hon. Charles Ellis, F.L.S., the President 

 exhibited photographs of a large tree, Taxodium distichum, growing 



