34 PUOOEEDINGS OF THE 



Juue 1st, 1882. 



Fbank Crisp, LL.B., Treas. and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Henry Charles Burdett was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. H. N. Eidley exhibited a specimen oi ^quisetum maximum, 

 Lam., having the spike of the fructification surmounted by a 

 branch-bearing portion, which had been obtained at Darlestone 

 Bay, near Swanage, Dorset. 



The Eev. Gr. Henslow showed a specimen of malformed Wall- 

 flower in which the petals were suppressed, or represented by 

 small green scales. It had no stamens, but malformed carpels 

 took their place. He also drew attention to a Rhododendron in 

 which every flower had an open pistil ; and a garden Eanunculus 

 with a mass of foliaceous petals. 



Dr. T. S. Ealph, A.L.S., exhibited living specimens of Vallis- 

 neria from Sydney, Australia, supposed to differ somewhat from 

 the European species V. sph-alis. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "Results of the Investigations on the Ceylon Coffee-disease." 

 By H. Marshall Ward. Communicated by W. T. Thiselton 

 Dyer, F.E.IS., F.L.S. 



2. " On some Cutaneous Nerve-terminations in Mammals." By 

 Drs. George and F. E. Hoggan. Communicated by Dr. J. Murie, 

 F.L.S. 



3. " Note on two Himalayan Ferns erroneously described in 

 the ' Ferns of British India.' " By C. B. Clarke, M.A., F.L.S. 



4. " On Eecent Additions to the Flora of New Zealand." By 

 Thomas Kirk, F.L.S. 



5. " On the Ascidians collected during the Cruise of the 

 Yacht ' Glimpse ' in 1881." By H. C. Sorby and Prof. Herdman, 

 F.L.S. 



G. " Descriptions of new or little-known Comatula^." By P. 

 Herbert Cai'penter. Communicated by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 

 F.E.S., F.L.S. 



June 15th, 1882. 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The President nominated Prof Busk, Mr. Frank Crisp, Sir 

 Jose])h Hooker, and Sir John Kirk, Vice-Presidents for the 

 ensuing year. 



The Eev. Robert Collie, Charles Anderson Ferrier, Esq., T. D. 



