LINNEAlf SOCIETY OF LOIv^DON. VU 



November 20th, 1873. 



G-EOEGE Bektham, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



John Berger Spence, Esq., was elected a Eellow. 



Professor Thiselton Dyer, F.L.S., exhibited a Grourd of the 

 Sooly Qua {Luffa cegyptiaca), grown in this country ; also speci- 

 mens of the wood and bark of Taxodium sempervirens. 



Mr. T. B. Flower, F.L.S., exhibited dried specimens of Phalaris 

 paradoxa, L., gathered by him in July last in cultivated fields 

 near Swanage, Dorset. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. '* On the Summer Flora of Monte Argentaro, on the borders 

 of Tuscany." By Henry Grroves, Esq. Communicated by D. Han- 

 bury, Esq., F.E.S., Treas. L.S. 



2. " On the Alg» of Mauritius." By Gr. Dickie, M .D., F.L.S., 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Aberdeen. 



The total number of species recorded is 155. These include 17 

 well-known European species, most of which are cosmopolitan, 

 23 South-African species, 12 Australian, 15 East-Indian, and 

 14 species found also in the Eed Sea, while 12 are peculiar to the 

 seas surrounding the island. 



3. " On a peculiar Embryo of Delphinium.^' By the Eev. C. A. 

 Johns, F.L.S. 



The peculiarity of the structure consisted in the non-sepa- 

 ration of the two cotyledons, the plumule forcing itself through a 

 chink in the undivided cotyledon. 



Dr. Masters stated that this peculiarity is well known to occur 

 occasionally in Eanunculacese, as well as in plants belonging to 

 some other natural orders. 



4. " On the Buds of Malaxisr By G. Dickie, M.D., F.L.S. 

 This is supplementary to the paper already published in the 



Journal of the Society, vol. xiv. p. 1. 



5. " Contributions to the Botany of the ' Challenger ' Expedi- 

 tion," No. 1. By H. N. Moseley, Esq. Communicated by 

 Dr. Hooker, V.P.L.S. 



This instalment related to the Algae of St. Thomas and Bermuda. 



6. Extract from a Letter from Mr. Boon to Dr. Hooker, 



