LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOX. IO5 



Ml'. James Saund*^rs, A.L.S., on 21st April, 1907, and the 

 Rev. T. E. E.. Stebbing on 21st April of the present year. He 

 showed by lantern-slides siniilai' growths on Finns sylvestrls 

 growing near Wellington College, in Berkshire. 



The President pointed out that the term was probably a recent 

 translation of the (xermau " Hexenbesen " ; and the discussion 

 was continued by Miss A. L. Smith, Mr. J. C. Shenstone, the 

 General Secretary, Dr. A. P. Young, and Dr. A. B. Rendle. 



Dr. Stapp, on behalf of Mr. J. F. Waby, P.L.S., of the Botanic 

 Garden, Georgetown, British Guiana, exhibited lantern-slides 

 from photographs of male and female specimens of Lodoicea 

 Sechellarum, Labill., which were flowering and fruiting in that 

 Garden. 



He stated that of 36 nuts specially imported in 1893, only 

 three plants survived, the two in question, and a third which had 

 not yet flowered. It is of interest as being the first occasion of 

 this palm flowering in the New^ "World, and for its precocious 

 development. 



The President, Dr. Eendle, and Mr. W. Pawcett contributed 

 further remarks. 



Sir Peank Crisp showed fresh specimens in flower of Linncea 

 horealis from his garden at Priar Park, Henley. 



The General Secretarj^ placed on the table for inspection, a 

 living specimen of the rare and local orchid, Ojyhrys aranifera, 

 received that morning from Mrs. Mann, of Temple E well Vicarage, 

 near Dover ; it had been procured from the neighbourhood of 

 Polkestone. 



The following paper was read : — 



" A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Plora of Gazaland, 

 an Account of Collections made by Mr. Swynnerton." 

 By Dr. A. B. Eendle and others. 



June loth, 1910. 



Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., P.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd June, 1910, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Percy Alfred Talbot, B.A.(Oxon.), and Mr. Sydney Gross 

 Paine were admitted Fellows. 



Dr. Edward Hindle and Mr. Cuthbert St. John Nevill were 

 proposed as Fellows. 



