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hatched and reared in captivity at Port Erin, Isle o£ Man, and 

 pointed out the different rate of growth occasioned by different 

 surroundings at the station. 



Mr. George Talbot exhibited abnormal specimens of Equisetum 

 maximum, Lam. (syn. E. Telmateia, Ebrh.), from Broxbourne, 

 Herts, where they grew on dry ground and in a narrow area. 

 They were characterised by the development of a fruiting zone on 

 an otherwise typical sterile stem ; one specimen showed a prolon- 

 gation of the stem bearing branches beyond the cone ; another 

 showed an extremely reduced cone borne on the summit of a 

 branch. 



Mr. L. Boodle, F.L.S., made some observations on these speci- 

 mens, which he supplemented by drawings from the fresh material, 

 copies of figures from Milde and from Celakovsky. 



Prof. F. E. AVeiss, F.L.S., also sent three lantern- slides for 

 exhibition, of specimens of the same species from one spot near 

 Stockport which annually produces normal and abnormal cones 

 from the same rootstock. 



Prof. J. W. H. Trail and Mr. W. C. Worsdell also spoke. 



The General Secretary exhibited a collotype print, 42 cm. x 

 33 cm., two-thirds the size of the original portrait of Carl von 

 Linne, by P. Krafft, which had been presented by Herr J. Ceder- 

 quist of Stockholm. It had been prepared for the forthcoming 

 200th anniversary of the birth of Carl von Linne, and was con- 

 sidered an admirable specimen of collotype printing. 



The following papers were read and discussed : — 



Sir Dietrich Brandis, K.C.I.E., E.R.S., E.L.S.— " On the 



Structure of Bamboo Leaves." 

 Dr. J. G. DE Man. — *' Crustacea from the Inland Sea of Japan." 



(Communicated by Dr. W. T. Calman, E.L.S., E.Z.S.) 

 Prof. A. J. EwART, D.Sc, E.L.S.— " The Systematic Position of 



Hectorella c(xsj}itosa, Hook, f." 



November 15th, 1906. 



Prof. W. A. Herdman, E.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 1st November, 

 1906, %vere read and confirmed. 



Mr. William Erancis Cooper was admitted a Eellow. 



The President announced the death of Mr. William Mitten, 

 A.L.S. 



