LINXEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. XIV 



John Nugeut Fitch, Esq., John Sykes Gamble, Esq., John 

 Macouu, Esq., Francis Taylor Piggott, Esq., and Alexander Banna- 

 tyne Stewart, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Tliiselton Dyer, F.L.S., exhibited leaves and wood of the 

 Kaii-Mu Tree, a native of Yunan, probably belonging to the 

 natural family Lauracea:". The wood of this tree is highly valued 

 by the Chinese for building-purposes, and is also used for coffins. 

 He also exhibited a seed o{ EntaJa seandens and of an Anonaceous 

 plant (possibl}- Ci/athocaly.v Mainr/ai/i) found in the erecum of 

 Rhinoceros sumafrensls ; and a fruit o^ Oncocarpus ivom iXxG crop 

 of a Fruit-Pigeon {Carpophcu/a) ; and, in illustration of Dr. 

 Bayley Balfour's paper, part of tlie fruit-head of a species of 

 Pandanus, the fibrous portion of which forms a sort of brush. 



Mr. J. E. Howard, F.L.S., exhibited from his garden at Tot- 

 tenham flowering specimens of two varieties of Cinchona Cnlisnija. 



A small collection of Insects from Java was exhibited on behalf 

 of Dr. J. C. Ploem, Director of the Hospital at Sindang-lajeja, 

 Java. 



Mr. Moggridge, F.L.S., read a note in reference to the occur- 

 rence in considerable abundance on AVallis's Down (a wild heath 

 to the north of Bournemouth) of Daheocia polifoVia and Erica 

 var/ans, which, liowever, although they appeared to have estab- 

 lished themselves there, lie did not believe to be indigenous. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On certain Organs of the Cidaridae." By Charles Stewart, 

 F.L.S. 



2. "Observations on the Genus Pandanus.'" By Isaac B. 

 Balfour, Sc.D., F.L.S. 



3. " On a Collection of Insects obtained by Dr. Ploem in Java." 

 By C. 0. Waterhouse, Esq. Communicated by Dr. Murie, F.L.S. 



4. "Notes on theEev. Mr. Crombie's Paper on the Lie-hens of 

 tlie ' Challenger ' Expedition." By James Stirtou, M.D., F.L.S. 



5. " Note on the Migration of Wild Geese." By R. C. A. 

 Prior, M.D., F.L.S. 



December 20th, 1877. 



Prof. G. J. Ar.L^fAN, M.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were road and signed. 



Algernon Sidney Bicknell, Esq., Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer, Esq., 

 and William Vincent Legge, Captain E.A., were elected Fellows. 



Dr. Masters showed a remarkable specimen of CoJletia just 

 received by him in a living state from Signor Fenzi, of Florence, 

 of peculiar interest in connection with the specimens exhibited 

 on November 1st by the Eev, T, H. Sotheby ; the same branch 

 producing shoots with the broad flattened deltoid spines charac- 

 teristic of C cruciafa, Hook. (C hicfonensis, Lindl.), and othei's 



