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a small hole at one end indicated the point of ingress for the toad, 

 which must have entered in a very immature condition, and died 

 there after having attained a size too great to permit of its 

 escape. 



In the discussion which followed, remarks were made by Mr. E. 

 T. Newton, F.R.S., Mr. John Lewis, C.E., and others; the general 

 opinion being that a modern Toad had crept into an ancient flint, 

 and having lived for a time on such insects as found their way into 

 the cavity, had died there. 



Mr. S. Pace exhibited specimens of Mosehya latistellata, Quelch, 

 the so-called " Rugose Coral " from Torres Strait. The specimens 

 shown were obtained from the backs of pearl-shells collected in 

 Friday Island passage at a depth of 3 to 4 fathoms. In the opinion 

 of Mr. Pace, they showed that the so-called Coral was really a 

 species of LithopJiyllia. 



Mr. W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., exhibited the leaves and flowers of 

 two new genera of Chinese trees : (1) Bretschneidera, discovered by 

 Dr. Henry in the province of Yunnan, lat. 23° 'N., in forests at an 

 elevation of 5000 feet, and bearing pink and white flowers like the 

 Horse Chestnut, to which it is related ; and (2) Itoa, also a native 

 of Yunnan, growing at a similar elevation and to a height of about 

 twenty feet. The genus, named in honour of a famous Japanese 

 botanist, was stated to be allied to Idesia, Maxim., Poliothyrsus, 

 Oliver, and Carrierea, Franch., all monotypic genera inhabiting 

 China, but differing from them in certain respects which Mr. Hemsley 

 indicated. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Formation and Variation of the Corallum in Turhi- 

 naria." By Mr. S. Pace. (Communicated by Prof. G. B. Howes, 

 Sec. L.Soc.) 



2. " On some Collections of High-level Plants from Tibet, with 

 a Sketch of the Distribution of the observed Species.'"' By Messrs. 

 W. Botting Hemsley, F.E.S., F.L.S., and H. H. W. Pearson, M.A., 

 F.L.S. 



May 2nd, 1901. 

 Prof. S. H. Vines, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Pierre Elie Felix Perredes was admitted, and Messrs. William 

 Henry Johnson and John Henry Holland were elected Fellows of 

 the Society. 



Monsieur Francois Crepin, Prof. Franz Reinhold Fjellman, Prof. 

 Alphseus Spring Packard, and Prof. Ignatz Urban were elected 

 Foreign Members. 



