PROCEEDINQS OF THE 



The following papers were read :— „ „ „ t,- i i 

 1. "On the Flora of Madagascar." By the Rev. liichard 



Baron, F.L.S. , ,„ n^r -, n -o 



2 " Further Contributions to the Ilora of Madagascar. By 

 J. Gilbert Baker, F.li.S., F.L.S. 



November 15th, 1888. 

 William CARRUTnEiis, F.II.S., President, in the Cliair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and contirnicd. 

 James William Stroud, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



On behalf of Mr. II. Bolus, F.L.S., Mr. J. G. Baker exhibited 

 a specimen oi Eriospenmim folioJiferum, a plant showing a very 

 remarkable type of leaf-structure. It was figured by Andrews in 

 his ' Botanists' Repository ' in 1807, and lost sight of until recently 

 refound by Mr. Bolus in Namaqua-land. 



Prof. Stewart exhibited a substance which had been picked up 

 on the sea-shore, the nature of which it had puzzled many to 

 determine, its structure being regarded by some as animal, by 

 others as vegetable. He proposed to submit it to careful micri^- 

 scopical examination. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited a South-American Bat, Noctilio 

 leporinus, from Trinidad, alleged to be of piscivorous habits, 

 and remarked upon a similar habit which had been observed in a 

 species of Fieropus in India. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On tlie Mountain-Range of Plants in Ireland." By H. 

 Chichester Hart, F.L.S. 



2. " On the Mammals of Fernando Noronha." By Oldfitld 

 Thomas. (Communicated by H. N. Ridley, M.A., F.L.S.) 



3. " On the Birds of Fernando Noronha." By R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, F.L.S. 



December 6th, 1888. 

 "William Caukutiiebs, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



St.-Eloy D' Alton, Et^q., Peter Goyen, Esq., George Arthur 

 Grierson, Esq., Maurice lloltze, Esq., Richmond William Hullctt, 

 Esq., Dr. John Charles Lisboa. Dighy S. W. Nicholl, Esq., 



