LIimEAN SOCIETr OF LONDON. 9 



On behalf of Sir Joseph Hooker there was exhibited a 

 portrait in oils o£ Sir Samuel Bentham, Kt., a colonel in the 

 service of the Empress of Eussia, painted at St. Petersburg in 

 1784. He was the father of Mr. George Bentham the distin- 

 guished botanist, and President of this Society 1861-74. 



Mr. Buxton Shillitoe exhibited some specimens of a Primrose 

 having abnormal leaf-like bracts immediately below the calyx, 

 found growing along with ordinary plants of the same species. 



An exhibition of some Trap-door Spiders and nests by 

 Mr. Frederick Enock was deferred to a subsequent Meeting. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Aortic- Arch System of Saccohranchus.'" By B. 

 H. Burne, B.A. (Communicated by Prof. G. B. Howes, F.L.S.) 



2. " On the Orchidece and ApostasiacecB of the Malay 

 Peninsula." By Henry N. Eidley, E.L.S. 



April 19th, 1894. 



Prof. CHA.ELE8 Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The President announced that the following Auditors to 

 examioe the Treasurer's Accounts had been nominated by the 

 Council, and by show of hands these were unanimously elected : — 



t:, ^T n -7 [ Mr. E. A. L. Batters. 

 Jaor the Council i r» n /-, -d i tt 



[ rroi. George Bond Howes. 



T? *i T?n f Mr. Albert D. Michael. 



±or the ±elloios i n/r t r^ 



y Mr. James Groves. 



On behalf of Sir Joseph Hooker there was exhibited a portrait 

 of Jeremiah Bentham, father of Jeremy and Sir Samuel Bentham, 

 b. 1710, d. 1792. 



Dr. Prior exhibited specimens of Pinus Pinsnjjo with undeve- 

 loped catkin-like berries, and other specimens of Conifers in 

 flower, all of which were grown in Somersetshire. 



Mr. J. E. Jackson exhibited an Afghan knife, the sheath of 

 which was bound with bark of Caragana decorticans, selected on 

 account of its bronze-like appearance, and gave some account of 

 the various native uses to which this bark is put. 



On behalf of Mr. George Mayor and Mr. E. E. Maw, some 

 photographs of abnormally situated nests of the Eobin were 



