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zones of vegetation can be disHiimiislied. The most interesting 

 is the central thicket, in which Ficrnt (jihhosa is rapidly replacing 

 F. benr/alensis, giving space also, by its less spreading habit, for 

 trees and shrubs of other genera. The peculiarities of the fauna, 

 and especially its deliciencies nnd iieneralized character, can be 

 correlated directly with the vegetation. 



The slides which followed were explained by Major .Sewell. 



Col. ]\r. J. (jodfeuy read his paper on the fertilization of the 

 orchitl genus Ct'/>hahui(/ter((. as observed by him in the south of 

 France on 0. rubra, 0. ensifolia, and C. i/randij!ora, the last being 

 the species which was studied by Darwin. The Autiior bohU that 

 Ceplialanthera is an old genus, existing before ?J]^nj^)adis came into 

 being, and was not derived from the latter. 



Dr. Kendle commented on several points of interest in the 

 paper, and a question was put by Mr. T. A. Dymes which was 

 answered by the Author. 



