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The certificate in favour of George Valentiue Chapman Last, 

 M.E.C.S., L.H.C.P., Ph.C, was read for the second time. 



The certificates in favour of Prof. Lucien Cuenot, Prof. Gustave 

 Gilson, ProF. Jakob Williehn Ebbe Gustaf Leche, and Dr. Benjamin 

 Liucohi Robinson, proposed as Poreign Members on tlie 

 2nd March last, were read for the third time. 



The following were proposed as Auditors for the Treasurer's 

 Accounts for the current financial year ending on the 30th instant, 

 and were elected by show of hands: — For tlie Council: Mr. Stanley 

 Edwards, and Mr. G. W. E, Loder, M.A. ; for the Eellows : 

 Mr. H. E. Darlington, M.A., and Mr. H. N. Eidley, C.M.G., 

 M.A., F.R.S. 



The first connuunication was by Dr. A. B. Eendle, F.R.S. , 

 Sec.L.S., who showed a seedling of the Red Horse-chestnut 

 (^scidus ruhicunda) in which a new terminal bud had been 

 developed to replace the original shoot (plumule) springing from 

 the seed. The original main shoot (epicotyl) had been broken 

 some distance below the plumule ; but after a few days a new 

 growth was seen to have covered up the broken section, and 

 gradually to develop into a new terminal bud. The new bud did 

 not resemble the plumule, whicli produces at once a |)air of large 

 compound leaves of a similar character to the adult foliage, but 

 suggested a normal terminal bud the outer leaves of which are 

 imperfect, the leaves of the perfect form being protected in the 

 interior of the bud. Adventitious buds are very common in plants, 

 but the speaker did not know of a similar case of direct replace- 

 ment of the plumule as the result of injurv.' 



Mr. T. A. Dymes and Mr. H. N. Dixon contributed further 

 I'emarks, Dr. Rendle replying. 



The next communication was a paper by Mr. L. A. Borradaili!;^ 

 M.A., communicated by Prof. E. S. Goodrich, F.R.S., Sec.L.S., 

 entitled " The Mouth-parts of the Shore Crab, Carcinus nuetias,^' 

 illustrated bv a series of lantern-slides. 



Sir Sidney Harmer, K.B.E., F.R.S., Lt.-Col. J. H. Tull Walsh, 

 Prof. W. Garstang, and Prof. Goodrich, F.R.S., Sec.L.S., took 

 part in tlie discussion which followed, and the author replied. 



The last paper was by Mr. Charles Turner, F.C.S., on " The 

 Lite-History of Staurastrum Dickiei, var. parallelum (Nordst.)," 

 and was communicated by the General Secretary. (See Abstracts, 



l^- 59-) 



Dr. A. B. Rtmdle and the Chairman contributed lurther remarks 

 on the interest of the subject of the paper, which was illustrated 

 by numerous lantern-slides. 



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