LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 7 I 



Prof. Gr. S. Boulger exhibited a series of original water-colour 

 drawings of animals and jilants of the Falkland Islands. 



Mr. "W. H. Beeby exhibited some forms, new to Britain, of 

 plants from Shetland. 



The following papers were then read : — 



1. " On the Stamens and Setae o? Scirpeo'." By Charh s Baron 

 Clarke, F.E.S., F.L.S. (See p. 102.) 



2. " Further Contributions to the Flora of Patagonia." By 

 the late John Ball, M.A., F.E.S., F.L.S. 



February 20th, 1890. 



William Careuthees, F.E.S., President, in the Chair, 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



James Jack, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. George Claridge Druce exhibited specimens of Agrostis 

 canina var. scotica, and a small collection of flowering plants 

 dried after treatment with sulphurous acid and alcohol, showing 

 a partial preservation of the natural colours of the flowers. 



Mr. Francis P. Piiscoe exhibited specimens of Coleopterous 

 and Lepidopterous Insects to show the great diversity between 

 insects of the same family. 



The following papers by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., were read : — 



1. " On the Fruit and Seed of the Jucjlandecd''' 



2. " On the Presence and Functions of Stipules." 

 8. " On the Shape of the Leaf of the English Oak." 

 4. " On the Form of the Leaf of Vihurnwu.'" 



March Gth, 1890. 



William Careuthees, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



John Lowe, Esq., Edgar Eaveuswood Waite, Esi]., and George 

 Francis Scott Elliot, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited a di*ied specimen of Picramnia 

 Antidesma, the plant from the bark of which a medicine known 

 as Cascara amarga is believed to be prepared, which is a useful 

 alterative in diseases of the blood and skin. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited a series of horns of the American 

 Prongbuck {Antilocapra americana), to illustrate the mode in 



