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There was exliibited for the Ducliess of St. Albans a scries of 

 coloured drawings of flowers, fruits, and insects of the Bahamas. 

 These had been sketclied and painted from nature by Mrs. Blake, 

 the wife of the Governor, and were intended as a preliminary 

 towards elucidating the Natural History of the islands. 



Mr. E. Morell Holmes exhibited specimens of the male and 

 female plants of the Mistletoe {Viscum albicm), aud pointed out 

 the existence of stipules which appear not to have been noticed 

 by previous observers. He also showed specimens of Lathrcea 

 Squamaria with four instead of two rows of flowers. 



Mr. Thomas Christy drew attention to some .lapanese drawings 

 of plants, including the Square Bamboos exhibited at the evening 

 Meeting, 19th February. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Coast Flora of Japygia, South Italy." By Henry 

 Groves, F.L.S. 



2. " Observations on the Continuity of Protoplasm." By 

 Spencer Le Marchant Moore, F.L.S. 



3. " On Eosanoft"s Crystals in the Endosperm-Cells o? Mani- 

 Tiot GUziovii, Miill. Arg." By Spencer Le Marchant Moore, 

 F.L.S. 



April IGth, 1885. 



Sir John Lubbock, Bart., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Cuthbert Eobert Blackett, Esq., Frank Richard Cheshire, 

 Esq., Charles French, Esq., and George Luehmann, Esq., were 

 elected Fellows. 



The President announced that the following Auditors for tlie 

 examination of the Treasurer's Accounts had been nominated by 

 the Council : — 



For the Fellows, Mr. Charles J. Breese and Mr. J. 

 Jenner Weir ; for the Council, Mr. Thomas Christy and Mr. 

 W. P. Sladen ; and, by a show of hands, these were unanimously 

 elected. 



Dr. E. C. A. Prior exhibited a specimen in flower of Gagea 

 lutea, Ker, obtained by Mr. Thomas B. Flower, F.L.S., in the 

 woods near Bath, Somerset. 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer exhibited specimens illustrating 

 the polymorphism of foliage in the same species of floweriug 

 plants. He also showed collections of drift fruits aud seeds 

 from the mouth of the Ambernoh Eiver, New Guinea, collected 



