PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "On the Morjihology of the Pedipalpi." By Malcohn 

 Laurie, F.L.S. 



2. " On the Freshwater Algae of the AVest Indies." By 

 WiUiam West, F.L.S. 



February 15th, 1894. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewaet, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Linnaeus Greening was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. W. B. Hemsley exhibited some germinating seeds of 

 Lemna and some flowering plants of Lemna gihha, upon which in 

 his absence some remarks were made by Mr. C. H. Wright. 

 From the observations made it was suggested that Lemna gibha 

 is a dimorphic species, the male plants bearing a close resemblance 

 to Lemna minor. 



On behalf of the Director of the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, Mr. C. 

 H. Wright exhibited and made some remarks upon a collection 

 of native plants from the neighbourhood of Cape Town, which 

 had been presented to the Herbarium by Miss Yorke, and were 

 remarkable for the skilful way in which the natural colours of 

 the flowers had been preserved. 



On behalf of the Eev. J. G. Tuck of Tostock Eectory, Bury 

 St. Edmunds, there was exhibited a hybrid between the common 

 House Sparrow and the Tree Sparrow {Passer montanus), which 

 had been taken near Bury on the 13th January last. Only one 

 instance of a similar wild hybrid was known to have been 

 previously captured, although two or three instances were on 

 record of the two species interbreeding in aviaries. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Natural History of the Flower.— Part II." By 

 J. C. Willis, M.A. (Communicated by Francis Darwin, F.L.S.) 



2. " On Hygroscopic Movements connected with Seed Dis- 

 persal." By Miss Dorothea F. M. Pertz. (Communicated by 

 Francis Darwin, F.L.S.) 



March 1st, 1894. 

 Prof. Chaeles Stewaet, President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, 

 Mr. Alexander Wbyte was elected a Fellow. 



