lINlfEAN SOCIETY OF lOTfDON. 7 



Mr. W. J. K:iye (visitor), Sir Sidney F. Hariner, nncl Lt.-Col. 

 J. H. Tiill Walsh took part in the discussion wliich followed. 



Mr. AV. O. HowARTH then gave his paper " On the occurrence 

 of Festuca rubra in J3ritain," illustrating it with dried specimens. 



Mr. H. W. PuGSLEY exhibited a series o£ specimens of; British 

 species of Calaniintha, including a species new to this countiy. 



The involved nomenclature of the true Calaminthas, which were 

 placed in the genus Melissa by Linnwus, ^Aas iirst alluded to, and 

 reasons given for treating the three recognised British species as 

 CaJamintha ascendens, Jord., C. Ne/ieta, Savi, and C. sijlvatica, 

 Bromfield. The new form, first found near Swanage, in Dorset, 

 in 1900, and again in 1912, was identified with C. btetka, Boiss. 

 & Reut., although showing differences in minor features, "which 

 were attributed to climatic influence. The salient characters of 

 C. hcHica were pointed out, and contrasted with those of the other 

 British species, and the geographical distribution of the new plant 

 indicated, with special reference to its interest as an additional 

 unit, in the Lusitanian element in the British l^'lora. 



In the discussion which ensued, Mr. H. S. Thompson, Mr. T. A. 

 Dymes, Mr. E. G. Baker, Mr. A. H. Maude, Mr. C. E. Salmon, 

 and. Mr. F. N. AVilliams engaged, and Mr. Pugsley replied. 



Dr. Lily Battex then gave a condensed account of her paper: — 

 " The Genus Poliisiphonia ; a critical I'evision of the British species, 

 based upon anatomy." (Communicated by Prof. Dame Helen 

 Gwynne-Vaughan, D.B.E., D.Sc, F.L.S.) 



Dr. Marion Delf and Prof. Neilson Joues contributed additional 

 remarks, and the author replied. 



January 18th, 1923. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 14th December, 

 1922, were read and confirmed. 



Frederick Tom Brooks, M.A. (Cantab.) ; George Norman 

 Bunyard ; Miss Helena Bandulska,|M.Sc. ; Frederick Berry-Lewis 

 Butler ; George Allan IVost ; and Joseph Bunny, were admitted 

 Fellows. 



Certificates in favour of .John Eoxbrough Norman and Major 

 Eobert Beresford Seymour Sewell were read for the second time. 



Edward Arthur Wilson was proposed as a Fellow. 



Charles Chubb w as elected an dissociate. 



