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by their specific designations, among them the M'lanje Cypress, 

 Widdringtonia Whytei. The value of his collections would have 

 been still greater had he paid more attention to labelling and 

 writing down his observations. That he was a good observer and 

 also had the literary power of putting into words what he saw 

 will be admitted by those who had an opportunity of listening to 

 his accounts or reading the manuscript report of his expedition 

 to Liberia. 



In 1 877 Alexander Whyte was elected a Fellow of the Zoological 

 Society, who in 1894 made him an Honorary Fellow and in 1897 

 awarded him their Silver Medal. His Fellowship of the Linnean 

 Society dates from 1894. [O. S. 



June 3rd, 1909. 



Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting of the 24th May, 

 1909, were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Eichard Siddoway Bagnall was proposed as a Fellow. 



The Lady Isabel Mary Peyronnet Browne, Capt, Stanley Smyth 

 Flower, Mr. Valavanur Subramania Iyer, M.A. Madras Univ., 

 Miss Julia Lindley, and Mr. WiUiam Eobert Price, B.A. Cantab., 

 were elected Fellows. 



The President announced that he had appointed the following 

 as Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year : — Sir Frank Crisp, 

 Mr. Horace W. Monckton, Prof. E. B. Poulton, and Lieut.-Col. 

 Prain. 



The first exhibition was by Prof. Dendy, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., of 

 photomicrographs showing nuclear division in Galtonia candicans, 

 Decne., and nuclear division and fertilization in Ascaris megalo- 

 cejjhcda. 



Tbe President added some observations on the interest of these 

 slides. 



Mr. A. D. Cotton, F.L.S., showed dried and recent specimens 

 in formalin, of Golpomenia sinuosa, Derbes & Sol., from Wev- 

 mouth, explaining how this Mediterranean species had advanced 

 during the last few years up the French coast, into the English 

 Channel ; it was belitjved to act injuriously to young oysters, by 

 breaking thein adrift on its rising by buoyancy when distended 

 \^'ith air. 



An animated discussion followed in which the following 

 joined :— Mr. E. M. Holmes, Dr. J. C. Willis, Prof. Dendy, and 

 Mr. J. C. Shenstone, Mr. Cotton replying. ' 



