LlNNEATs" SOCiETV OF LOM)ON\ 



Mr. \V. K. biiEUHix showed a small volume containing small 

 specimens of the entire moss-flora ol' Britain, as a meinoria tech- 

 nica; also a similar volume, with species and varieties of 

 SphcKjnum. Dr. A. B. Ret^dle nnd Mr. H, N. Dixox spoke on 

 these exhibits, the latter producing a copy of W. G. Maclvor's 

 'KepaticcB Britannicae; or pocket Herbarium of British Hepaticte,' 

 jS^ew Brentford, 1847, co)itainin<i 18 folios of specimens. The 

 copy shown was remarkable for nn inserted sheet of the alga 

 Thorea ramosissima Bory : possibly the only British specimen 

 extant. 



February 1st, 1923. 



Dr. A. SiiiTii AV'ooDWAiu), F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 18th January, 

 1923, were read and confirmed. 



The certificate in favour of Edward Arthur Wilsou was read 

 for the second time. 



The following were proposed as Fellows : — 



Seevaratnam Arunachalam ; Miss Ethel Katherine Pearce, 

 F.E.S. ; Edward W vllie Fenton, M.A., B.Sc.(Aberd.), F.E.S. ; and 

 Prof. Robert Scott Troup, CLE., M.A. 



Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., Sec.L.S., exhibited a pocket dis- 

 secting microscope, which formerly belonged to Robert Brown, 

 and gave its history. The General Secretary showed the larger 

 instrument which had been presented to the Society twelve 

 months previously ; both instruments were pro\ ided with single 

 lenses of high power. 



Dr. Abtiilk AV. Hill, F.R.S., t,hen showed lantern-slides of 

 photographs taken in the Tropical Fern House at J\ew, exhibiting 

 the specud adaptation of certain species for their lower fronds 

 intercepting debris washed down by rain, which was utilized by 

 the plants. 



Sir Sii)>EY F. Harmeu, K.B.E., F.R.S., F.L.S., then read his 

 paper " On Cellularine and other Polyzoa," illustiated by drawings 

 and lantern-slides. A discussion followed, the participants being 

 the President, Dr. W. D. J^ang (visitor). Prof. E. S. Goodrich, 

 Prof. Garstang, and Dr. G. P. Bitlder, the author briefly 

 replying. 



