6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



February oth, 1903. 



Prof. Sydney H. Vines, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General and Special Meetings held on the 

 15th January were read and confirmed. 



Keferring to t-Q exhibition on 4th December, 1902, by Rev. John 

 Gerard, of a monstrous form of Oeum rivale, Mr. B. Daydon 

 Jackson exhibited specimens in further illustration of median pro- 

 liferation, from the herbarium of Sir James Edward Smith, and the 

 British collection in the possession of the Society. He also stated 

 that the proliferous form was mentioned by C. Merrett, in his 

 'Pinax,' 1667, p. 22, as occurring "at Brearcliff, in a wood of 

 Mr. Brearcliif, below his house," and by John Ray, in his ' Synopsis,' 

 1690, p. 89, as Carijophyllatamjloreamplopurjyureo quadruplici ant 

 quintuplici serie petalorum (jbservavit D. Lawson prope Strickland 

 magnum in Com. AVestmorland." This locahty is mentioned by 

 J. Petiver in his ' English Plants,' tab. 40. fig. 4, in 1713, when 

 figuring the plant as " Childing Avens." Later authors, as Relhan 

 in his 'Elora Cantabrigiensis,' 1785, p. 200 ; ed. 3, 1820, p. 207 ; 

 and Withering's 'Arrangement,' ed. 2, 1787, p. 538; ed. 3, 1796, 

 vol. ii. p. 478, refer to this form ; the latter author also states 

 that " when cultivated in a dry soil, the flowers are apt to become 

 double or proliferous," op. cit. p. 478. 



Mr. C. H. Weight, A..L.S., on behalf of Sir W. T. Thiselton- 

 Dyer, K.C.M.G., exhibited amphicarpic fruit in specimens of 

 (1) Cardamine cJienopodifolia, Pers. ; (2) TrifoUum ptolymorplmm, 

 Poir. ; and (3) Vicia amphiccupa^ Dorth. 



The President and Professor J. B. Farmer added some remarks, 

 to which Mr. Wright replied. 



Mr. H. E. H. Smedlby, F.L.S., exhibited twelve wax models of 

 longitudinal and transverse sections of the following seeds : — 

 Stephanospermum al-enioides, Pachytesta from the French Permo- 

 Carboniferous Formation, Lagenostoma from the English Coal- 

 Measures, with the recent Torreya and Zamia, in illustration of 

 Prof. Oliver's paper. 



The following paper was read : — 



•■ On Stephanospermum^ Brongn., a Genus of Fossil Gymno- 

 spermatous Seeds." By Prof. F. W. Ohver, F.L.S. 



February 19th, 1903. 



Prof. Sydney H. Vines, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. John Clayton, of Bradford, presented a set of thirty- 

 two photographs to illustrate the celebrated Cowthorpe Oak, near 



