LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDON. 



The following paper was read : — 



" Ou the Vascular System of Floral Organs." By the Rev. 

 George Henslow, M.A., E.L.S. 



March 21st, 1889. 



William CAEEUTnEus, F.E.S., Pr'^sident, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Henry Bendelack Hewetson, Esq., William Narramore, Esq., 

 William Thomas Eabbits, Esq., and Matthew B. Slater, Esq., 

 were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited the fruit, 36 iuches in length, of 

 an Apocynaceous plant received from the Gaboon as Strophan- 

 tlnis, but believed to be allied to Holarrhena. 



Prof. Stewart, referring to the specimens of Noctilio leporinus 

 exhibited at the last Meeting of the Society, stated that he had 

 examined the contents of the stomachs submitted to him by Mr. 

 Harting, and had found without doubt fragments of fish, scales 

 and fin-i'ays, and a portion of the lower jaw of a small fish, 

 proving the correctness of the assertions which had been made 

 regarding the piscivorous habits of this Bat. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Report on Botanical Collections from Christmas Island." 

 By W. Betting Hemsley, A.L.S. 



2. " On the Sexual Forms of Catasetum, with special reference 

 to the researches of Darwin and others." By Robert Allen 

 Rolfe, A.L.S. 



3. " On some New Cape Plants." By Peter McOwan, P.L.S. 



April 4th, 1889. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Thomas William Cowan, Esq., and Rupert Vallentin, Esq., 

 were elected Fellows. 



Mr, Daniel Morris exhibited a specimen of the hymenopterous 

 iusect Eulcena cayenensis, concerned in the fertilization of 

 Coryanthes macrantha, obtained from Mr. Hart, of Trinidad, and 

 explained the process carried out by the insects in removing the 

 pollinia, and subsequently attaching them to the stigma. 



Sir Edward Fry exhibited aud made some remarks upon a copy 



