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Gibson-Carmichael, Esq., Sir J. D. Gribson-Maitlaud, Bart., W. D. 

 Goocb, Esq., Michael Murpliy, Esq., Eev. H. A. Soaue, H. C. 

 Stephens, Esq., H. Gr. W. Stephens, Esq., and James Turner, Esq., 

 were elected Eellows. 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer exhibited specimens of JEqidsetum 

 giganteum from Brazil, which is said to have aerial stems attaining 

 30 feet in height. 



Mr. C. B. Clarke, with reference to his paper in the Journal 

 (Bot. xix. p. 206), showed OrcJds incarnata, Linn., O. incarnata, 

 Syme, and O. maculata, Linn., in quantity, from Hampshire, 



Mr. H. N. Eidley exhibited a specimen of Cavex glmoca obtained 

 at Swanage, with two female spikes and the lower male spike each 

 arising from a complex utricle, the two female spikes on long 

 pedicels. He also showed Lolmm perenne from Hendon, in which 

 the stamens and pistils were converted into glume-like bodies, 

 usually tipped by stigmatic hairs. 



Mr. Gr. J. Eookes exhibited Wallflowers similar to those shown 

 at the last Meeting ; also a monstrosity of Clematis lanuginosa. 



Sir John Kirk showed specimens of the fruit, leaves, and rubber 

 of Landolphia Jlorida, from the island of Pemba, north of Zan- 

 zibar ; also bells and rubber-beaters made and used by the natives 

 of East Central Africa. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On Dgera, a new Grenus of Rubber-producing Plants." By 

 Sir J. D. Hooker, K.C.S.I., P.R.S., E.L.S. 



2. " On the Apocynaceous Caoutcliouc-yielding Plants of 

 Malaya and Central Africa." By W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.E.S., 

 F.L.S. 



3. " Note on some Habits of the Scorpions Androctonusfmies- 

 tris, Ehr., and Euscorpius italicus.''' By Prof E. Eay Lankester, 

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



4. " On a new Grenus of Collembola allied to Degeeria^ By 

 George Brook, F.L.S. 



5. " On a Marine Caddis-fly {PJdlanissus, 'Wsi\kev,=Anoma- 

 lostoma, Brauer) from New Zealand." By E. M'^Lachlan, F.E.S., 

 F.L.S. 



6. " On the Genus PleurecJdnus, L. Agassiz." By Prof. P. 

 M. Duncan, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



7. " On a probable Case of Parthenogenesis in the House- 

 Spider." By F. M. Campbell, F.L.S. 



8. "On Indications of the Sense of Smell in Actiniae." By 

 W. Pollock and G. J. Romanes, F.E.S., Sec. L.S. 



9. " List of Fungi from Brisbane, Queensland, with Descrip- 

 tions of New Species." By the Eev. M. J. Berkeley, F.E.S., 

 F.L.S., and C. E. Broome, F.L.S. 



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