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not have fully retracted the tentacle, because the distance between 

 the point of attachment of the muscle and the ventral tube is less 

 than the length of the tentacle ; but this difficulty is at once 

 avoided by the presence of a second muscle, which throws the 

 retracted tentacle into a curve. Moreover, the muscles are already 

 greatly extended when the tentacle is protruded to its full length, 

 but must have been much more so if there had only been a single 

 muscle. (See * Transactions,' vol. xxiii. Part 3.) 



2. " On the Geographical Eelatious of the GoUoptera of Old 

 Calabar ; " by Andrew Murray, Esq., E.L.S., Assist. Sec. E. Hort. 

 Soc. (See ' Transactions,' vol. xxiii. Part 3.) 



February 20th, 1862. 

 George Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 Thomas Glazebrook Eylands, Esq., was elected a Eellow. 



The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " On Prolification in Flowers, and especially on that kind 

 termed 'Axillary Prolification;' " by Maxwell T. Masters, Esq., 

 E.L.S. (See ' Transactions,' vol. xxiii. Part 3.) 



2. " On Inocarpus ;" by George Bentham, Esq., Pres. L.S. (See 

 ' Botanical Proceedings,' vol. vi.) 



3. " Note on Hamamelis and Loropetaluin ; with a description 

 of a new Anisophyllea ;" by Daniel Oliver, Esq., P.L.S., Prof. Bot. 

 Univ. Coll. Lond. (See ' Transactions,' vol. xxiii. Part 3.) 



4. " Notice of a Collection of Algee, made on the North-west 

 Coast of North America, chiefly at Vancouver's Island, by David 

 Lyall, M.D., in 1859-61 ;" by W. H. Harvey, M.D., E.E.S & 

 L.S., Prof. Bot. Univ. Dublin. (See 'Botanical Proceedings,' 

 vol. vi.) 



