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'J'lie J'resKleiit aniioiincecl the death of Prol'. (Iaston I'AGkxe 

 Maiuk iioNMKU. a i'oreip;!! INIenibpr: also that IJallots lor Fellows 

 will be taken on the 1st .Alareli and '.\\-d May. 



Capt. (t. JI, AVilkixs, inti-oduoed bv Dr. A. 13. Hkndle, F.E.S., 

 8ee.L.8., exhibited a dried vegetable mass made from a variety of 

 wiUl plants, Chenopodium and others, which are now an important 

 element in the food-supply of the lliissian peasantry; the jilants 

 are dried, pounded to a line Hour, and mixed Avitb rye to make 

 coarse cakes. 



Jle then gave an account of the IShackleton-liowett Expedition 

 in the ' Quest ' to the Antarctic ]iegions. On St. Paul's liocks 

 no [)lants save a few Alg:e were found, but at South (jieorgia, an 

 island about 100 miles long and 20 miles broad, a considerable 

 collei'tion was made, though the flora is fairly well known, and 

 reindeer thri\e. Ijicbens and mosses only were observed on 

 Elephant Island ; Tristan da Cunha was visited and 16 species 

 gathered. Gough Island is known from the ' Scotia ' reports ; the 

 most conspicuous member of the flora is Fhi/liat arhorea, growing 

 to 20 feet ; a variety of Sopliora tetraptera is now described. 

 Tussock- grass, ferns and Empdrum grow luxuriantly, and an 

 Apium, hitherto confused with cong<^ners, is novv described. The 

 specimens have been presented to the British Museum by Mr. J. Q. 

 Kowett. The lecture ^^■as illu-trated by a series of fine lantern- 

 slides. 



A discussion followed in wliich the following engaged: — 

 The President, ]\[r. II. X. Dixon, j\lr. T. A. Dynies, Dr. A. 13. 

 Kendle, and Mr. C. C. Lacaita ; Capt. Wilkins replying. 



]Mr. E. G. Baker then followed with a resume of the flora of 

 Gough Island, 2() flowering plants and 10 ferns being now known 

 from it. Amongst these may be named the endemic Coftda 

 (/oa(fhe)if<ls Kud. Br., J{i/drocoti/le lencocephala Cham. & Schlecht., 

 GnaphaVnan pyramidaJe Thouars, Rume.v fridescens Thouars, and 

 Ein]>etram nii/rum L., var. ruhrum ilemsl. The only small trees 

 on the island are the Fhi/Uca and Sopliora previously mentioned. 

 There is also a new species of Apium allied to A. rti(4'<r«/e Thouars, 

 but having broad cuneiform segments to the leaves. The widely- 

 spread fern Lomnria Boyi/ana NVilld. reaches a height of from 2 to 

 3 feet. 



Miss ]lEr.i::.VA 1>,vn uli.sk.v, M.Sc, read her ])aper " The Cuticular 

 Structure of certain Dicotyledonous and Ctniiferous Leaves from 

 the Middle Ejcene Flora of Bournemouth," illustrated by lantern- 

 slides. 



The President, Dr. Marie Stopes, iMr. W. X.Edwards (visitor), 

 Dr. D. II. Scott, and Mr. II. AV. Monckton contributed further 

 observations, and the author replied. 



