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by Prof. Moseley in tlie ' Challenger' Expedition, and from the 

 Solomon Iislands. 



Mr. Charles T. Druery, in support of the aposporous repro- 

 duction of Eerns, exhibited pinnae o'i Athyrium Filix-foemina., var. 

 clarissima, showing prothalli still adherent, which were produced 

 not from s2)ores, but from the stalks of aborted sporangia. Some 

 of tlieprotiialli had developed archegouia in about equal numbers 

 on both upper and under surfaces. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited Kola-nuts a,nd a block of Kola 

 paste not unlike cocoa, but said to be five times stronger. It 

 is reported that a cup of Kola chocolate enables a man to work 

 a whole day without feeling fatigue. 



Specimens were shown under the microscope of parasitic 

 growth within recent Coral {Lophelia prolifera), for Prof. P. 

 Martin Duncan; and of Batrachospermum, organ of Bojanus of 

 the Anodon, &c., for Mr. Arthur C. Cole. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On Forms of Leaves." By Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 

 Pres. L.S. 



2. " Description of a new Species of Minyad from Australia." 

 By Prof. P. Jeffrey Bell. (Communicated by Dr. A. Giiuther, 

 F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



May 7th, 1885. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



James Backhouse, Esq.. Frederick Huth Meinertzhagen, Esq., 

 and Arnold Andrew Eeischeck, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Prof. Julius Victor Cams, Leipzig, Prof. Robert Caspary, 

 Konigsberg, and Prof. Philippe van Tieghem, Paris, were elected 

 Foreign Members. 



Mr. W. T. Thiseltou Dyer exhibited and made remarks on a series 

 of utensils used by the natives of Pani for collecting &c. the rubber 

 from the trees. Among the apparatus were: — Clay bowls for 

 fixing to the trunks of the trees ; " Cuia " or calabash for ladling 

 the milk from the large clay bowl and coating by a thin layer the 

 paddle or other mould ; gourd for receiving the fluid rubber ; axe 

 for tapping the trees ; and stove over which the rubber is 

 smoked. 



Mr. Dyer also drew attention to the flowers and foliage of 

 species of Rhododendron grown at Kew from the oi'iginal Hima- 

 layan plants introduced into Britain. The specius shown were 

 R. Aucklandii, M. Veitchii, R. Nuttallii, R. ylaucum, R. Mdc/e- 

 worthii, and R. calophyllum. 



