LINNEAN SOOIJiTY Or LONDON. V 



February 4, 1864;. 



Greorge Bentliain, Esq., President, in tlie Chair. 



The Eev. Tullie Cornthwaite, M.A., Joliu Thompson Dickson, 

 Esq., and Clements E. Markham, Esq., Avere elected Eellows. 



The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " Observations on the Functions and Structure of the Eepro- 

 ductiye Organs in the Primiilacece \' by Mr. John Scott, of the 

 Eoyal Botanic Grarden, Edinburgh. Communicated by Charles 

 Darwin, Esq., E.E.S. & L.S. (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' 

 vol. viii.) 



2. "Notes on some Points in the Anatomy of the Rotatoria ;" 

 by "Walter Moxon, M.B.,E.L.S. (See 'Transactions,' vol. xxiv. 

 Part 3.) 



February 18, 1864. 

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



The Secretary read the following extract from the Will of the 

 late Joseph "Woods, Esq., F.L.S., viz. : — 



" I give to the Linnean Society of London such of my local 

 Floras, or editions of local Floras, as they do not possess ; and 

 some other botanical works in the like predicament. A list of 

 these will be found with these papers, in the writing of Eichard 

 Kippist." 



It was proposed by the President, and unanimously resolved, 

 that the Special Thanks of the Society be presented to the Ex- 

 ecutors for this very acceptable and valuable bequest. 



Dr. Hooker, V.P.L.S., exhibited the Fruit of the " Chayota " 

 {Sechium edule), cultivated in the "West Indies and Azores, and 

 lately introduced into South Europe and India. 



The following Paper was read, viz. : — 

 • " Contributions to the Knowledge of JForaminifera.'—On. the 



