I06 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Ur. Wilfred Eade Agar, jM.A.(Cantab.), was elected a Fellow. 



The President read a letter to Sir Joseph Hooker, O.M., 

 G.C.S.I., F.R.S., ooiigratulatinp; him on tlie approach of his OSrd 

 birthday, which was signed by the Fellows present. 



Prof. A. JJexuy, Sec.L.S,, on behalf of Mr. X. C Macxamara, 

 F.R.C.S., of Chorley Wood, Herts, showed a spike cut from a 

 Foxglove grown from seed of a sport which appeared in 1907, in 

 which the corolla was suppressed but the five divisions were 

 represented as stamens, making nine in all, and this peculiarity 

 comes true from seed. 



Lantern-slides showing the original mutation and other de- 

 scendants thereof wei'e also shown ; and a discussion followed, in 

 which Dr. Stapf (who pointed out the frequency of monstrosities 

 in Digitalis purpurea), Mr. J. C. Slienstone, Mr. Arthur W. 

 Sutton, and the President engaged. 



Mr. J. HoPKixsojf showed under the microscope a slide by 

 Dr. Penard, of Geneva, illustrating a peculiar method of reproduc- 

 tion in freshwater Khizopoda, two specimens uniting to form a 

 third of larger size than either, ultimately giving rise to spores. 



The President remarked on the similarity between these 

 Protozoa and such Conjuguta as Sjnroriyra and Mesocarfms, 

 showing that these lowly organisms should be studied by both 

 botanists and zoologists. 



Mr. P. A. Talbot exhibited a large series of coloured drawings 

 by Mrs. Talbot of plants from Southern Nigeria, and displayed 

 a map and photographs of the scenery. He described the country 

 as veiy hilly and densely wooded. 



" These photographs are of the Kwa River and give some idea 

 of the beauty and density of the vegetation, but none of the 

 glory of colouring or variety of the multitudes of flowers. Right 

 down to the water's edge grow giant arums, green on the outer 

 sheath, but cream splashed with purple within. Behind these 

 spring trees of every shape and tint, from mimosas, with their 

 delicate mauve or cream balls and feathery foliage, to the huge 

 trumpet-shaped flowers of Gardenia pJu/sojjhylla, and the heavily 

 scented purple-splashed blooms of G. Kalhreyeri, or the great 

 Berlinia, the white flowers of which shine with a pearl-like lustre 

 from amid its dim dark leaves. 



About this river lies the boundary between the sedimentary 

 deposits below and the crystalline rocks above. The line of 

 demarcation runs along this parallel to the Akwa Tafe on the 

 German Border, and the Calabar River on the other side. By 

 far the greater part of the District therefore is composed of meta- 

 morphic rocks in which gneiss predominates. 



