8 PROCEEDINGS Of THE 



of Grislcy'd * Viridarium Lusitanicum,' 1661, ])reseiited by Lin- 

 naeus to his pupil Loefling, the author of the ' Iter Hispaiiicum.' 



Prof. E. J. Anderson exhibited some photographs of edu- 

 cational Museum cases in Queen's College, Galway. 



Tlie following papers were read : — 



1. "Notes on the Ingestion of Food-material by the Swarm- 

 cells of M} xomycetes." By A. Lif^tcr, T.L.S. 



2. " Oa the Deep-water Fauna of the Firth of Clyde." By W. 

 E. Hoyle. (Communicated by John MuiTay, F.L.S.) 



April 18th, 1889. 



"William Carruthers, F.K.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Peter Goiffon,Esq., Thomas William Shore, Esq., and Eegiiiald 

 ■\Villiam Scully, Et^q., were elected Fellows. 



The President called attention to a valuable donation of books 

 on Fishes, including the celebrated work of Bloch, recently pre- 

 sented to the Society's Library by Dr. Francis Day, C.I.E., F.L.S., 

 who, he regretted to say, was lying seriously ill at Cheltenham. 

 It was proposed by Mr. Chas. Jas. Breese, seconded by Mr. Tho?. 

 Christy, and carried unanimously, that a cordial vote of thanks 

 for the gift, and of sympathy in his illness, be accorded to Dr. Day. 



The President then announced that the following Auditors to 

 examine the Ti-easurer's accounts had been nominated by the 

 Council : — 



For the Fellows, Mr. Thomas Christy and Mr. Daniel Morris ; 

 for the Council, Mr. John Jenner Weir and Dr. John Anderson; 

 and by a show of hands these were unanimously elected. 



Mr. John E. Jackson exhibited specimens illustrating the mode 

 of collecting at Ichang, China, the varnish obtained from jRlais 

 vernicifera, so largely used by the Chinese and Japanese for 

 lacquering. He also exhibited some Chinese candles made from 

 varnish-seed oil. 



On behalf of Mr. Henry Hutton, of Kimberley, some photo- 

 graphs were exhibited showing the singular parasuic growth of 

 Cuscuta append iculaio on Nicotiana glauca. 



Dr. Cogswell exhibited specimens of vegetables belonging to 

 four dificrent families of plants, to illustrate the symmetiical 

 development of the rootlets. 



Prof. P. Martin Duncan exhibited under the microsco])e and 

 made remarks iipon the sphfcridia of an Echiiiodorm. 



