LIXNEAIf SOCIETY OF LONDON, fj 



February loth, 11)12. 



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



The Miuutes of the General Meeting of the 1st February, 1912, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Albert Malins Smith, M.A., was adm.itted a Fellow. 



Mr. Kichard Higgins Burne and Prof. Augustus Daniel Irams, 

 B.A., B.Sc, were proposed as Fellows. 



Miss Alice Pegler was elected an Associate. 



With reference to remarks made at the last General IMeetinff,. 

 the Pi'esideut read the following Resolution which had been 

 adopted by the Council : — 



"That it be the duty of the Secretaries to arrange the 

 Agenda of the Exhibitions and Papers for each meeting 

 in such a way as may in their discretion best contribute to 

 tlie interest and convenience of the Fellows attending the 

 Meeting." 



Mr. EoBERT Haeolb Compton, M.A., read a pa[)er, com- 

 municated by Prof. A. C. Sewakd, F.E.S., F.L.S., entitled "An 

 Investigation of the Seedling Structure in the Leguminosa?."' 



A discussion followed,, by Miss E. JV. Thomas, J\Ir. T. G. Hill, 

 Dr. Ethel de Fraine, Mr. A. G. Tansley, the President, Dr. Otto 

 Stapf, Sec.L.S., and Mr. Ernest Lee, the author replying. 



Mr. C. E. Salmon exhibited an abnormal Orchis with enlarged 

 drawings of the flowers, with the following note : — 



On April 23rd, 1911, Mr. P. H. Mitchiner gathered this re- 

 markable specimen on the chalk downs above Eeigate and brought 

 it to me for determination. At a first glance, Hahenaria viridis 

 or Herminium MonorcJiis might be suggested as a name, for the 

 stem was about 4 inches high, with a spike of small greenieh-yellow 

 flowers. 



A close examination soon dispelled such an idea, and I saw at 

 once that the specimen was unlike any British wild Orchid. 

 Knowing that Mr. W. B. Hemsley had studied various species of 

 this Order very closely, I at once packed up the specimen and 

 despatched it to him. I cannot do better than read the careful 

 report he made upon it, only regretting that he is unable to be 

 present to-night to explain personally the various points. He 

 writes : — 



" Although none of the flowers attained full development, some 

 of them grew out sufficiently for analysis and recognition of the 

 parts. Briefly, the floAvers present several peculiarities. In the 



