6 PEOCEEDINQS OF THE 



the point of separation of the stems was raised from the ground 

 about a foot, and bore a few adventitious roots. Some of the 

 small stems bore one, some two, some four or five small pines, 

 several of which were ripe when the specimen was obtained. In 

 all there were more than 20 pines on the one coalesced mass. 



I am, yours truly, 



JoHJf J. QuELCH {Curator). 

 The Secretary of the Linnean Society. 



Tiiere were exhibited for Messrs. Johnston and More;an speci- 

 mens illustrating the agency of Insects in the fertilization of 

 Arauja sericifera. The power of entrapping insects possessed by 

 this plant is regarded as a provision for not allowing its pollen- 

 masses to be dragged out before maturity. 



Prof. F. Orpeu Bower made remarks, illustrated by diagrams, 

 on Apogamy and Apospory in Tricliomanes. 



Dr. Charles Cogswell showed leaves of Bryophyllum proli- 

 ferum with young plants growing from the margins of the leaves, 

 and others on the midrib, this result having been obtained, as in 

 JBryophyllum calycinum, by ])lacing the cut leaves on the soil in 

 flower-pots and keeping them at a warm temperature. Bryo- 

 phyUum proliferum is figured in the ' Botanical Magazine,' t. 5147, 

 by Sir William Hooker, who draws a distinction between the 

 proliferation of this plant and that of the Bryophyllum caly- 

 cinum. 



The Eev. Eichard Paget Murray exhibited a collection of 

 plants that he had made in Portugal. 



Some specimens of Bellotas or edible acorns w^ere exhibited for 

 Mr. Lewis Joel, H.M. Consul at Cadiz. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago." By E. Innes 

 Pocock. (Communicated by Dr. John Anderson, P.L.S.) 



2. "On J3ivergent Evolution through Cumulative Segregation." 

 By the Eev. John T. Grulick. (Communicated by Alfred E. 

 AVallace, P.L.S.) 



January 19th, 1888. 



William Caeruthebs, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Albert Charles Frederick Morgan, Esq., and Alexander Why te, 

 Esq., were elected Fellows. 



l\Ir. W. n. Beeby, A.L.S., exhibited CaUitrlche polymorphn, 

 Loennr., from Scotland, a plant new to Britain and previously 



