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Mr. Eaymond Dowling exhibited and made remarks upon a 

 dwarf glaucous Pine and some variously shaped Trapa fruits 

 from Japan. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited specimens of two species of 

 Polygonum, P. sacchalinense and P. cuspidatum, of value for 

 forage, and pointed out that the roots of the mature plants when 

 cut are in the former species of a whitish colour, and in tke 

 latter of a bright yellow, enabling the two to be readily distin- 

 guished in a state of rest. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On Stipules, their Porms and Functions. — Part II." By 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., P.E.S., P.L.S. 



June 21st, 1894. 

 Mr. Chaeles Babon Claeke, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. . 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Willoughby Gardner was elected a Pellow. 



Mr, George Brebner exhibited and made remarks upon speci- 

 mens of Scaphospora speciosa, Kjellm., describing, with the aid of 

 lantern slides, the structure and mode of fructification in this 

 and other allied algae. 



Mr. J. E. Jackson exhibited the cone of a Stone Pine, Pinus 

 Pinea, Linn., which had been picked up by the Comte de Paris 

 in the Cote del Eey, Seville, and which had sprouted and con- 

 tinued to grow for a month afterwards. This peculiarity, which 

 had been often noticed in the Larch, was said to be of rare 

 occurrence in the Pine. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited and made remarks upon a small- 

 berried Coffee-plant from Inhambane, East Africa, somewhat 

 similar to a variety from Sierra Leone and other parts of the 

 West Coast. It was said to be valued for its fine aromatic bitter 

 taste, which made it useful for flavouring beans and other 

 materials ground up and sold as coffee. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On some Plants from East Equatorial Africa collected by 

 J. W. Gregory and the Eev. W. E. Taylor." By A. B. Eendle, 

 F.L.S. 



2. " On Tabulation Areas." By Charles Baron Clarke, Pres, 

 Linn. Soc. 



