LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. xH 



The Rev. G-. Henslow, exhibited a portion of the bough of an 

 Elm with a small pulley imbedded in the centre of the wood.^ 

 The rings of growth excentrically deposited indicated a period of 

 13 years' growth subsequent to the entrance of the foreign 

 body, and exteriorly all marks of its presence were completely 

 obliterated. 



A series of rare Birds was shown by Mr. E. Bowdler Sharpe. 

 Among the forms from New Guinea were skins of Paradisea 

 Maggiana, male and female, collected by the Eev. Mr. Lawes. 

 Among others obtained in the Pijis by the Baron A. von Hiigel, 

 were species of the genus Pinarolestes, which are also found on 

 Tutuela, one of the Samoan Islands. 



Mr. W. Hood Fitch drew attention to a coloured drawing, of 

 Datural size, of one of the remarkable crimson-coloured Pitchers 

 oi Nepenthes sanguinea ivom Malacca. This cylindrical pitcher 

 measured 12 inches long by 9 inches in circumference, and was 

 grown at Bury by Mr. O. Wrigley. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Note on the Genus Oudneya, Brown." By Henry Trimen, 

 M.B., F.L.S. 



2. " On some South- American Genera of Plants of Uncertain 

 Position &c." By John Miers, F.L.S. &e. 



3. "On the Inflorescence of Crassulacese." By Dr. Maxwell 

 T. Masters, F.L.S. &c. 



March 6th, 1879. 

 William Caeeuthees, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



J. Eeay Greene, M.D., Eobert Johnston, Esq., P. H. Stokoe, 

 Esq., B. S. Williams, Esq., and James Wood-Mason, Esq., were 

 elected Fellows. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited a set of specimens of Pituri from 

 Australia. He also showed a recent volume by M. Vetillart on 

 a system of examining sections of fibres under the microscope. 

 Lastly, he directed attention to a small-sized Os sepia of an imknown 

 species of Australian Cuttle-fish collected by Dr. Bancroft. 



Examples of Bryozoa penetrated by Algfe were exhibited under 

 the microscope by Mr. Arthur W. Waters, these bearing on a 

 paper on the subject by Dr. Eeiusch. 



The Vice-President announced from the Chair that an altera- 

 tion in certain Sections of Chapter XIII. of the lj}e-Laws had 

 been proposed by the Council, and when written out would be 

 duly hung up in the Common Meeting-Eoom, and read at suc- 

 cessive Meetings, and finally put to the Ballot, according to tlie 

 terms of the Charter. 



