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at Oaxaca in Mexico, and of anotlier gigantic tree a native of 

 Cambodia. The cLrciunference of the former, at a height of 3 feet 

 from the ground, was stated to be 148 feet, while the height was 

 estimated to be not more than 100 feet. The native name for 

 this tree is Sabino. Mr. Daydon Jackson read an account of it, 

 quoting from Loudon's Mag. Xat. Hist. vol. iv. (1831) p. 30, and 

 Humboldt's ' 7iews of Nature,' p. 274. The second gigantic 

 tree, which could not be satisfactorily determined from the 

 photograph, had been observed growing on the Makong River, 

 near the celebrated ruins of the great city of Angkorwat in 

 Cambodia. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On several small Collections of dried Plants from Thibet 

 and the Andes." By W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., F.L.S., and H. H. 

 W. Pearson, M.A. 



2. " On some Mosses from China and Japan." By E. S. Salmon. 

 (Communicated by J. G. Baker, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



May 3rd, 1900. 

 Mr. Chaeles Babon Claeee, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Albert Wilson was admitted, and the following were elected 

 Fellows of the Society : Rev. John Gerard, Messrs. Robert 

 Theodore Giinther and Richard John Tabor. 



Professor Alfred Cogniaux was elected a Foreign Member, 



Mr. H. E. H. Smedley, F.L.S., exhibited a number of Botanical 

 Models in wax pi'epared on an enlarged scale to show the morpho- 

 logical structure and also the process of reproduction in various 

 types of plants. 



In a discussion which followed, Prof. Howes, Messrs. B. Daydon 

 Jackson, A. W. Bennett, and H. Groves took part. 



Mr. J. E. Harting, F.L.S., exhibited and made remarks on some 

 skins of AVillow-Grouse collected by Prince Demidoff on the 

 X.W. border of Mongolia between the Altai Mts. and the Kobdo 

 River. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On a new^ Species of Halimeda from Funafuti." By Miss 

 E. S. Barton. (Communicated by George Murray, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



2. " On some West-Indian Fungi, with descriptions of a new 

 Genus (Xyloceras) and Species." By Miss A. L. Smith. (Com- 

 municated by George Murray, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



