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I'ROCEEDINaS OF THE 



JuneOth, 1889. 

 AVii.i.iA.M Cahkltuers, 1MI..S., President, in the Chair. 



The INIinutes of the Anniversary Meeting were read and cou- 

 Hruied. 



The Eight Hon. T1)C Marquis of Lothian, the Eev. AVilliani 

 Williams, C. S. Wikl, Esq., and William Schaus, Esq., were elected 

 Fellows. 



The President nominated Dr. John Anderson, Mr. John Gil- 

 bert IJaker, Dr. Eobert Braithwaite, and Mr. Frank Crisp to be 

 A'ice-Presideuts for the ensuing year. 



A cireular received from the Botanical Society of France, rela- 

 tive to a Botanical Congress pro])osed to be held iu Paris in 

 August, was read from the Chair. 



Prof. P. M. Duncan exhibited under the microscope the ambu- 

 lacral tentacles of Cidaris i)apillata, and drew attention to the 

 fact (stated to be hitherto unrecorded) that the tentacles of the 

 abactinal region of the test differ in form and character from 

 those of the actinal region. The latter have a well-developed 

 terminal disc and are richly spiculated ; whereas the abactinal 

 tentacles have no disc, but terminate distally in a pointed ex- 

 tremity, and the spicules present are few in number and dift'erent 

 in form as compared with those in the actinal tentacles. 



Mr. S. J. Narracott showed a singular fasciated growth of 

 lianunciilus sceleratus found at Castlebar Hill, Ealing. 



Mr. H. B. Hewetson showed under the microscope a parasite 

 of Pallas's Saiul-G-rouse, S^rrJiajjfes 2)fO'adoxi(S,ta\s.en from a bird 

 killed in Yorkshire. 



Dr. Chas. Cogswell showed some examples of Jerusalem Arti- 

 choke and Potato to illustrate the spiral development of the 

 shoots from right to left. 



Captain Moloney (Governor of Lagos) exhibited a collection of 

 Birds and Insects i'rom the Gambia. 



Mr. Clement lleid exhibited some fossil plants from a uewly 

 discovered Pleistocene deposit at South Crop, Southelmham, near 

 Harieston. 



Mr. ])aniel Morris exhibited the so-called Miraculous Berry, 

 ISidi' o.Vuloii Jutcijcriiin, and Miraculous Fruit, Plirj/nium Da- 

 niel//, now i-eferred to the genus T/iauma/ococcus, living specimens 

 of which had lately been received at Kew from Governor Mo- 

 loney at Lagcs. These fruits have the power of imparting to the 

 palate a sensation which renders it possible to partake of sour 

 substances, and even of tartaric acid, lime-juice, and vinegar, and 

 sjjives them a flavour of absolute sweetness. Accounts of these 



