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in tlie forest regions and the latter in tlie scrub and savannah 

 regions ; and a study of it suggests that ISew Caledonia is a very 

 ancient land mass which has been isolated for a very long period. 



Dr. IIexdle also gave a resume of Mr. Compton's account of 

 the Ferns and Gymnosperms. The latter are of great interest ; 

 they luunber about 27 and are all endemic. Mr. Baker referred 

 to a number of interesting specimens among the Dicotyledonous 

 flowering plants which included many novelties. Miss IjORKAIn 

 Smith gave an account of the Lichens, which include a new genus 

 and a fair proportiou of new species. Miss E. M. Wakefield 

 referred to the Fungi, the geographical distribution of which 

 showed points of interest ; and Miss G. Lister described the 

 small collection of ]\[vcetozoa. 



The President, Miss A. L. Smith, JNIr. C. C. Lacaita, Mr. IT. N. 

 Piidley, Dr. J. C Willis, and Mr. T. A. Sprague commented on 

 the collections. 



March ISth, 1920. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 4th March, 1920, 

 were read and confirmed. 



The report of the Donations received since the last Meeting 

 was laid before the Fellows, and the thanks of the Society to the 

 several Donors \\ere ordered. 



Mr. Edward Heron-Allen, F.E.S., Prof. Vernon Herbert 

 Blackmail, F.li.S., and Dr. James Davidson were admitted 

 Fellows. 



Dr. Otto Rosenlieim, F.C.S., and INfr. William Harold Pearsall, 

 M.Sc.(]Manch.), were proposed as Fellows. 



A Certificate in favour of Professor William Grant Craib, 

 M.A.(Aberd.), was read for the second time. 



The following were severally balloted for and elected Fellows : — 

 Mr. Jacques de Vilmorin, Mr. Arthur Lionel Gooddav, Lieut. 

 E.G.A., Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter, M.B.E., B.A., D.M., 

 and ^Ir. Arthur Stanley Hirst. 



The proposed alterations in Chap. II. Sections 2 and G, read 

 from the Chair on the 19th February and 4th March, were again 



