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plants may be fouud in the ' Pharmaceutical Journal,' 1852, 

 p. 445, and 1855, p. 159. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited specimens ofAnf/'ar/'s to.rienria, 

 the Upas tree, and Strophanihis Komle, to show the similarity 

 of the foliage between these two highly poisonous plants. 



The following paper was then read : — 



" A Revision of the British Willows." Bv Dr. F. Buchanan 

 White, r.L.S. 



.lunc 20th, 1889. 

 William CAi^raTTiiERS, r.E.8., President, in the Chair. 

 The JNIinutes of the last Meeting were read and condrmed. 



Alfred Denny, Esq., Robcrb INEiller Christy, Esq., and John 

 Eraser, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Dr. II. Triinen exhibited specimens and drawings of the Tuber- 

 culated Lime of Ceylon. 



Governor Moloney, of the Colony of Lagos, West Africa, ex- 

 hibited an extensive collection of Butterflies and Moths, the result 

 of twelve-months' collecting during the rainy season ; these had 

 been named and arranged by Mr. Herbert Druce, F.L.S. A few 

 Chelonians were also exhibited, belonging to the genera Trionyjc, 

 Sternotlicenis, and Cinixys, and a remarkably large block of resi- 

 nous gum, which, in the opinion of Prof. Oliver, was referable to 

 some species of Bani cilia, and which had been found in Ijo 

 Country. As an article of commerce it possessed the advantage 

 of requiring a heat of G00° F. to " run " it, so as to unite wifcii 

 linseed oil in the manufacture of varnish. In addition to these 

 specimens, Governor Moloney exhibited some long bows and cross 

 bows, obtained through chiefs of Ibadan from some battle-field 

 in that neighbourhood, and used by nations 800 miles from the 

 eoast-line. 



Prof. Stewart next exhibited isome skulls, adult and immature, 

 of Ornitliorlnjnclms paradoxus, and explained the veiy curious 

 dentition of this animal, 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Mammals, Beptiles, and Batrachians of the Mergui 

 Archipelago." By Dr. John Anderson, F.E.8. 



2. " On Prolonged Vitality in a Fritillary Bulb." By Charles 

 Paoke, F.L.S. (For Abstract, see p. 57.} 



A demonstration on Animal Locomotion was then given by 

 Mr. E. Muybridge, illustrated by projections on the screen, by 

 oxyhydrogen light, of instantaneous photographs taken by him 

 to which motion was imparted by means of the zoopraxiscope. 



