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plaut. L. Ilernandezii does not appccar to have been figured ; 

 and it is not to be found in the Herbarium at Kew. 



"As it appeared desirable to clear up this matter, I applied to 

 Mf. Baker for the name of some Spanish botanist wlio could 

 obtain fresh bulbs of it ; and by iiis advice I wrote last year to 

 Senor M. Juan Rodriguez, of Mahon, Minorca, wlio very kindly 

 had search made for the plant in the mountains, and who sent me 

 twenty bulbs of the true plant, the L. Hernandezil of Cambres- 

 sides. Several of these plants have bloomed, and they a i^pear to 

 be exactly the same as the L. piilchdlitni of Salisbury, as will be 

 seen from the examples now produced." 



The Eev. Gr. Ilenslow showed an example of Pistillody in the 

 Tulip. 



The Vice-President, from the Chair, announced a Meeting of 

 the International Congress of Botany and Horticulture to be 

 held at Antwerp from the 1st to the 10th August (next), 1885. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On Vernation and the Development of Foliage from 

 Buds." By the Eev. Greorge Henslow, F.L.S. 



2. •' Supplementary Notes on the llestiacese." By Dr. Maxwell 

 Masters, P.L.S. 



3. " On the Occurrence of Lycopodites {SigiUaria) Vanuxemi, 

 Goppert, in Britain, with remarks on its Affinities." By Robert 

 Kidston, F.Gr.S. (Communicated by Dr. Murie, F.L.S.") 



June 11th, 1885. 



Anniversary Meeting. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. J. Jenner "Weir, on behalf of the Auditors, presented thti 

 Annual Statement of Accounts as follows (p. 8i) : — 



The Treasurer, Mr. Prank Crisp, then gave an account of 

 Mr. Bentham's Legacy, and the legal causes which permitted 

 only £500 to be received by the Society '\\\ lieu of the full sum 

 of £1000 as willed by the Testator. 



The Secretary then read his Report of the deaths, withdrawals, 

 and elections of New Fellows for the past year as follows : — 



Since the last Auuiversary Meeting 14 Fellows had died, or 

 their deaths been ascertained, viz. : — 



