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4. Fuchsia, sliowing the opening of Iaao buds into flower 



during KJ days, the l)ursting of the stamens and the 

 growth of the style between them. 



5. Maurandia, sliowiug the circumnutation of the stem and 



two young petioles twining round a stick. 



6. Crocvs : development of a bud and the opening and closing 



movements of the flower. 



7. Olivia : opening of the flower-buds. 



8. Uippeastrum : growth of stamens and style and development 



of the stigma. 



9. A humble-bee fertilizing a Scabious flower. 



A discussion followed, in which Dr. Scott, Eev. T. E.. E. Stebbiug, 

 Mr. E. M. Holmes, Mr. J. Hopkinson, and the President took 

 part, Mrs. Scott replying to the questions put. 



Mr. EuPEET Vallextin, F.L.S., showed a series of thirty 

 lantern-slides, from photographs taken by himself, of bird-life in 

 the Falkland Islands : — (1) The Kelp Goose, Chloephaga antarctica, 

 with the dissimilar coloration of the two sexes, feeding on Por- 

 phyra vulgaris, a very abundant seaweed between tide-marks in 

 those regions. (2) Phalacrocorax magellanicus and P. imperialis 

 basking in the sun, and on their nests. (3) The Mollymauk, 

 Diomedea clilororhynclia, which breeds on the outlying islands of 

 the group. (4) The Penguins whose headquarters seem to be 

 these islands, the Geutoo, Pygosceles tceniata, their nests being 

 made on peaty soil, packed with twigs of Empetrum nigrum or 

 Poa ccFspitosa, the Tussock Grass. (5) The Eockhopper Penguin, 

 Eudyptes chi-ysocome, which assembles in the breeding-season by 

 thousands in rookeries. Concerning this species, a series of rock- 

 specimens were shown, some merely polished, others deeply 

 grooved, as if by the claws of the Penguins when walking up the 

 pathways to their rookerv. 



The President, the EeV. T. E. E. Stebbing, Mr. A. O. Walker, 

 and Mr. A. D. Michael engaged in a discussion, and Mr. Valleutin 

 replied. 



The following paper was read : — 



" Contributions to the Flora of Liberia." By Dr. Otto Stapf. 

 F.L.S. 



April 6th, 1905. 

 Mr. A. C. Sewakd, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 16th March were 

 read and confirmed. 



Miss Helen Charlotte Isabella Fraser, Miss Dorothea Frances 



