I a PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



March 3rd, 1887. 

 "William Cabeuthees, E.E.S., President, in the Cliair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Bernard S. Dyer, Esq., Et. Hon Sir Edward Ery, Sydney 

 Turner Klein, Esq., Charles Maries, Esq., Rev. Edward Shear- 

 burn Marshall, Alfred Wilby Tait, Esq., Robert Morgan, Esq.; 

 and John Benjamin Stone, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



The President announced that in future the entrance to the 

 Tea-Room during the Meetings would be from the Entrance-Hall, 

 and not by the door leading directly into it. 



The following papers were read: — 



1. "The Genetic Affinities and Classification of Algae." By 

 Alfred W. Bennett, F.L.S. 



2. "Fungoid Disease oi Colocasia in Jamaica." By Greorge 

 Massee. (Communicated, with an Introductory Note, by Daniel 

 Morris, Esq., F.L.S.) 



March l7th, 1887. 



William Carruthebs, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Travers James Briant, Esq., John Errington de la Croix, Esq., 

 and William West, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



The Meeting having been made Special, the President an- 

 nounced that the Ballot would be taken for the election of Mr. 

 Charles Baron Clarke as Councillor, in the room of Dr. Henry 

 Trimen, resigned. 



The following recommendations of the Seed-Cabinet Committee 

 were submitted by tlie Council to the Fellows at the Meeting, 

 made Special by notice, viz. : — 



" That the Carpological Collection be disposed of, as being of 

 no practical value to the Society, or of any intrinsic value, a few 

 specimens belonging to the Wallichian Herbarium excepted." 



" That representatives of the National Collection (British 

 Museum and Kew)be invited to select such specimens as may be 

 desired by those Institutions, and the residue be oflered to the 

 Oxford Botanic Gardens, where a Museum is in course of 

 formation." 



" That the small Earthenware Vase in the Carpological Col- 



