6 PEOCEEDrNGS OF THE 



Mr. Thomas Hanbury exhibited a beautiful collection of fresh 

 fruits of the Aurantiese grown in his own garden at La Mortola, 

 Mentone, and gare an account of some of the more remarkable 

 varieties, their mode of growth, and the conditions under which 

 they had been grown. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On the Comparative Morphology of the Graleodidae." By H. 

 M. Bernard, P.L.S. 



A paper by Mr. J. Gr. Boerlage, " On ChionantJius QJiaeri^'' 

 was deferred until the following Meeting. 



February 21st, 1895. 



Mr. Charles Baeon" Claeke, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The President specially called attention to the fact that 

 Monsieur Charles Brongniart of Paris had presented to the 

 Society, through Sir John Lubbock, a copy of his valuable and 

 important work, ' Eecherches sur les Insects fossiles primaires,' 

 thanks for which had been voted in the usual course. 



Mr. J. H. Vanstone exhibited specimens of some nearly allied 

 Hydrozoa, viz. Bougainvillea ramosa and B. musca ; and, after 

 demonstrating their structure, gave reasons for concluding that 

 although the latter had been described as distinct by Prof. AUman, 

 the characters relied upon were not of specific value, but simply 

 varietal. 



Mr. G-eorge Brebner exhibited some lantern-slides of Gloeo- 

 siphonia capiUaris and other Algae, with accompanying descrip- 

 tions, and gave an account of his method of preparing slides in 

 colours. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On Chionanthus Ghaeri, Graertn." By J. Gr. Boerlage. 

 (Communicated by the President.) 



2. " New Marine Algse from Japan." By E. Morell Holmes, 

 P.L.S. 



March 7th, 1895. 



Mr. Chaeles BAEOif Claek:e, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



_ Mr. G-. P. Scott Elliot, who had been absent from England 

 since September 1893 on a botanical exploration of Mount 

 Euwenzori and the country to the north of the Albert Edward 

 Nyanza, and had returned home only the previous day, gave 



