XXXVl PllOCEEDIKGS OF THE 



Mr. Pascoe, F.L.S., exhibited a beautiful series of specimens of 

 Crustacea from the Bay of Naples. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " On the Barringtoniacese." By John Miers, Esq., F.R.S., 



r.L.s. 



2. "On Fairy-rings." By J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., F.E.S. 

 Communicated by W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq., E.L.S. 



3. " Note on specimens of a Hibiscus, allied to H. rosa-sinensis, 

 collected by Dr. Kirk in East Tropical Africa." By Daniel 

 Oliver, Esq., E.E.S., E.L.S. 



June 17, 1875. 



G. J. Allman, M.D., E.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Prior, E.L.S., exhibited a specimen of Myrsine Urvillei, 

 A. de Candolle, raised from seeds received from New Zealand, 

 under its native name of Matapo. Three seedlings, which were 

 planted in the open ground at Halse House, near Taunton, in the 

 autumn of 1870, have since stood quite unprotected, and are now 

 about 6 or 7 feet high. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " On GincJiona calisaya, var. anglica.'^ By John Elliot 

 Howard, Esq., E.R.S., E.L.S. 



2. " On the Occurrence of Staminal Pistillody in an Acanth." 

 By S. Le Marchant Moore, Esq., E.L.S. 



3. "On the Affinities and Alexipharmic Properties of Aristo- 

 lochiacese." By Benjamin Clarke , Esq., E.L.S., M.E.C.S. 



4. " On the Anatomy of Amphioxus.'" By E. Eay Lankester, 

 M.A., E.E.S. Communicated by W. T. T. Dyer, Esq., E.L.S. 



