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his executor, Sir Prior Goldnej, Bart,, and for this a special vote 

 of thanks was passed. 



The Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, F.E.S., F.L.S., on behalf of 

 Mrs. Sladen, presented a poi-trait in oils, kitcat size, by the late 

 H. T. Wells, E.A., of the late Mr. Walter Percy Sladen, who 

 from 1885 to 1895 was Zoological Secretary. The President, in 

 accepting the gift on behalf of the Society, submitted the following 

 Eesoiution, which was carried by acclamation : — 



" That the portrait of the late Walter Percy Sladen, for ten 

 years Secretary of the Linnean Society, now offered on behalf 

 of Mrs. Sladen, be accepted, and that the grateful thanks of the 

 Society be conveyed to the Donor." 



Ml'. C. H. Weight, A.L.S., exhibited seeds of a new species of 

 ^sc7i7/nanthus, described in a paper subsequently read. 



Mr. C. B. Clarke, P.E.S., P.L.S., showed specimens of a 

 variety of the Primrose, Primula vulgaris, Huds., with remarkably 

 small flowers, to which he proposed to give the varietal name 

 Chloe. (He subsequently considered that it was probably a hybrid 

 between the Primrose and the form of the Cowslip which is found 

 on the Hampshire downs.) 



A photograph sent by Mr. J. Waby was shown, and an extract 

 from his letter I'eceived with it was read, stating that two speci- 

 mens of Qorypha data in the Georgetown Botanic Gardens, of 

 similar age and plantiug, were photographed : one had follou ed 

 the normal course, flowered, fruited and died ; the other, instead 

 of flowering, had developed a secondary crown of leaves. 



Mr. Fredemce D. Ogilvie, of Harrogate, sent for exhibition 

 a water-colour drawing of the Cowthorpe Oak, taken in 1902, 

 thus bringing down the record one year later than the photographs 

 shown by Mr. J. Clayton, on 19th February last, at the General 

 Meeting held on that day. 



The Eev. John Gebaed, S.J., F.L.S., showed a fresh specimen 

 of the proliferous form of Geum rivale, which he had received 

 from Stonyhurst, Lancashire, a few days before. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "Descriptions of New Chinese Plants.'' By Stephen T. 

 Dunn, F.L.S. , with an introductory note by C. H.Wright, A.L.S. 



2. " On the Germination of the Seeds of Davidia involucrata.'' 

 By W. Botting Hemsley, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



3. " On the Occurrence of Eudimentary Horns in the Horse." 

 By Dr. G. W. Eustace, F.L.S. (See p. 48.) 



4. "On the Scottish Freshwater Plankton." Bv W. West, 

 F.L.S., and Prof. G. S. West, F.L.S. 



5. " On the Anatomy of the Leaves of British Grasses." By 

 L. Lewton-Brain, F.L.S. 



