14 PROCEEDINGS OE THE 



Major Frank Wall, I.M.S., was elected a Fellow. 



The following Auditors for the Society's Accounts were 

 nominated by the Council and, by show of hands, elected : 

 for the Council, Dr. W. T. Caiman and Prof. Percy Groom ; 

 for the Fellows, Mr. James Groves aud Mr. Alfred W. Oke. 



Miss Ida. M. Haxwaed, F.L.S., exhibited a series of 46 

 Australian plants, found growing on the banks of the River 

 Tweed and its tributary the Gala, with a large collection of 

 Australian seeds, the whole obtained from Australian wool. 

 Many of the species had been determined by Dr. A. Thellung, 

 Dr. Josef Murr, and other specialists, the following being pointed 

 out as of exceptional interest: — Accena iSaii(^tusorba',\iih], Lepl- 

 dium peregrinum, Thell., Millotia depcniperata, Stapf, Centipeda 

 orbicularis, Lour., Bracliycome collina, Benth., Stuartina Muelleri, 

 Sond., Toxacanthus Muelleri, Benth., Danthonia semianmdaris, 

 E. Br., Pteris aquilina. Linn., var. esculenta. 



Mr. G. C. Druce, Dr. A. B. Eendle, Dr. Stapf, the Rev. T. R. 

 R. Stebbing, and the Vice-President in the Chair, engaged in a 

 discussion upon this exhibition, which was further enhanced by 

 a series of lantern-slides. 



Mr. W. C. Worsdell, F.L.S., then gave a second series of 

 67 lantern-slides ot Cape plants, mostly in their native habits. 



These were commented upon by Mr. P. F. Fyson, Mr. N. E. 

 Brown, and Dr. A. B. Rendle ; Mr. Worsdell replying. 



Mr. Cleme^'t Reid, F.R.S., showed a lantern-slide of photo- 

 graphs from seeds of a new species of Corema ((.-'. intevhtedia) 

 Irom the Pliocene Cromer Forest Bed. The same had also been 

 found in a similar deposit in the Netherlands, at Tegelen. 



Mr. W. RusuTON gave a summary of his paper, "Structure of 

 the AVood of Himalayan Junipers," Avhich was communicated by 

 Prof. Pekct Gkoom, D.Sc, F.L.S. The four species which were 

 investigated were : — Juniperus communis, Linn., J. pseud.o-sahina, 

 Fisch. & Mey. [svn. J.WulUchiana, Houk. f. it Thoms.], J. recurva, 

 Buch.-Ham,, and J. rnacro2)oda, Boiss. 



Mr. AV. B. TuKuiLL gave an account of his paper, " A Con- 

 tribution to the Flora of Fiji," which was communicated by 

 Dr. Otto Stapf, F.R.S., F.L.S. , and illustrated by a series of 

 views of the main island of Yiti Levu, taken bv Sir Eveuard 

 iM TuuKX, K.C.M.G. 



Mr. H. N. Ridley and Dr. Stapf added some further observa- 

 tions, and the author briefly replied. 



