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same locality, a member of one of the most characteristic Aus- 

 tralian families, Epacridaceae, including the heath-like plants. 

 This species is interesting from producing a dense mass of flowers 

 on the old wood just above the root, which are replaced later by 

 a succulent fruit. 



(o) From the outer harbour, Adelaide, a specimen of the Alga 

 Codium mamillosum, in which the green colour had been fixed by 

 a preservative solution ; and a specimen of a ball of fibre formed 

 from the decayed leaf-tissue of Poseidonia australis. These balls 

 often reach a diameter of several feet and repeat on a much larger 

 scale the phenomena associated with the northern species, 

 P. Caulini, on the Mediterranean coasts. 



(6) Specimens illustrating the remarkable diversity of leaf-form 

 in Parsonia heterophylla, a climbing plant belonging to the family 

 ApocynaceaB, whicli is common in the forests throughout Xew 

 Zealand. 



Miss Carlotta Herrixg Browxe exhibited lantern-slides of 

 a letter from John Bartram (1699-1771), a pioneer of American 

 botany, to Linnaeus, one of five possessed by the L'nnean Society, 

 and also remarked upon the trees planted by this early investigator, 

 which are still existing in Bartram Park in Philadelphia. 



Mr. W. C. WoRSDELL, F.L.S.. showed a fruit displaying the 

 characrers of three species of Citrus. The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbixg 

 spoke of the variation in the number of the sections of the orange, 

 between seven and fourteen, and asked whether the limit in either 

 case was recorded as being exceeded. 



April 15th, 1915. 



Prof. E. B. Poui/rox, F.R.S , President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 18th March, 

 1915, were read and confirmed. 



Mr, Chinnakavanam Tadulingam was proposed as a Fellow. 



The Rev. Thomas Albert Jefferies was elected a Fellow. 



The following were nominated as Auditors for the Treasurer's 

 Accounts to the 30th April, and by show of hands were elected : — 



For the Council : Sir Frank Crisp, Bart., and Mr. James 



Grotes. 

 For the Fellows: Mr. Hamtltox Druce and Miss Ethel 



Sargant. 



