52 LIXNEAN SOCIKTY OF LOXDON. 



depicted by FiiL'li.sius in the sixteeiilh ceuUiry was A mmi majtis ; 

 and the plant fissured l)y iMattliioliis about. Llie same time was 

 Plifcholis aniiiioiiles. JJut when \vh turn to the beautiful plates of 

 Uiiibeliit'ei'ie published by Kivinius at the end of the seventeenth 

 century we find that tlie oilicial Am mi of that date was Garum 

 coj>ticum. This is continued by the specimen of Amuii in tlie 

 herbarium of l''ern) (at the British ]\Juseuni), a A'^enetian apothe- 

 cary who died in 1()74. The geographical source of the drug also 

 suggests tliat the true Amnii was C'arian copticum. The best 

 quality of Ammi was imported from Alexandria, but was actually 

 grown ill Arabia, where Carum copticum is still cultivated. 



One point remains to bo cleared up: the native country of 

 Canon cojiticuin. It is or has been cultivated in Egypt. Abyssinia, 

 Arft-bia, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, 

 India, and the JNJaiay Archipelago; but is nowhere certainly 

 known in a wild state. 



A discussion followed, in which Mr. E. G. Baker and Lt.-Col. 

 Tull Walsli engaged, the latter remarking that in India Ajowan 

 seeds were chewed for their carminati\e properties. 



Next followed two papers by Dr. Walteb E. Colling ic, " On 

 the Terrestri.il Isopod Eluma ccvlatum {^Wers) ^=purpura!icens, 

 Bndde-Lund," and "On two Terrestrial Isopods from Mada- 

 gascar." 



Dr. W. T. Caiman, F.Ii.S., remarked that one of the species 

 named was in the British Museum, but described for the first 

 time b}^ the Author. 



Mrs. Arbee, D.Sc, communicated a paper by the late Dr. E. A. 

 Newell Arber, entitled " Critical Stu(]ies of Coal-Measure Plant- 

 impressions." It dealt with the following subjects: — I. A Revision 

 of the British Upper Carboniferous species of the genus Lepido- 

 strolms, Broiign., preserved as incrustations. II. LcpidocUndron 

 h/copodioides, Sternb., L. o/Jiiuvtis, Brongn., and a new species. 

 III. JS^euroj>teru- ohliqva, Brongn., and xV. cullosa, I^esq. 



Mr. C. Turner showed the zygospores of Staurastrum Diclciei 

 under the microscope; he also brought mounted slides for distri- 

 bution. Drosera rotundi folia, Linn., and O.vj/coccus jyalvstris, Pers., 

 were also laid on the table for the same purpose. 



Dr. G. P. Bidder and Lt.-Col. J. U. Tull Walsh raised certain 

 points whifh were replied to by the exhibitor. 



INIr. JosEi'ii Burtt-Davt gave a summary of his paper, " A 

 Eevision of tiie South African s])ecies of Dianthns." A few words 

 on the (Teographical Distribution closed the paper. 



Mr. F. N. Williams, Mr. T. A. Sprague, Mr. E. G. Baker, 

 Dr. Stapf, r.H.S., and Dr. A. W. Hill, F.R.S., spoke on the paper. 



