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groups frequently occurred together; and tliey suggested there- 

 fore that it required something more than the "direct response to 

 the conditions of life " to account for the different behaviour of 

 closely allied plants growing under precisely the sauie conditions. 



The Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing exhibited a photograph showing, 

 of the natural size, tlie otoliths from thirty-five species of fishes, a 

 collection made by the late David Eobertson, LL.D., F.L.S., "The 

 Naturalist of Cumbrae." 



Mr. E. M. Holmes exhibited a leaf and seed of Macrozamia spi- 

 ralis, Miq., from Queensland, where it is stated to cause symptoms 

 of paralysis of the hind-quarters of cattle eating the leaves. The 

 chemical nature of the constituents of the plant appear to be 

 unknown. 



Prof. P. W. Oliver contributed some remarks on the subject of 

 this exhibition. 



The following paper was read and discussed: — 



" Contributions to the Embryology of the Amentiferie. Part II. : 

 Carpinus Betulus." By Margaret Benson, D.Sc, E.L.S., Elizabeth 

 Sanday, B.Sc, and Emily Berridge, B.Sc, E.L.S. 



December 7th, 1905. 



Prof. W. A. Herdmak, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 16th November 

 were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Edward Eussell Burdon and Mr. Charles Gilbert Sogers 

 were admitted Eellows. 



Mr. Oakes Ames, A.B., A.M., Harvard ; Mr. Edward Archibald 

 Smith, M.B., E.E.C.S. ; TheEt. Hon. AVilliam Geoffrey Bouchard 

 de Montmorency, Viscount Mountmorres ; and Mr. Alfred Douglas 

 Hardy, were elected Eellows. 



Dr! Edmund Burke, E.Z.S., Dr. Wilham Thomas Caiman, 

 E.Z.S., Mr. William Francis Cooper, B.A. Cantab., E.Z.S., E.C.S., 

 and Mr. Walter Draper, were proposed as Fellows. 



A letter from Professor Herdman, F.E.S., was read, thanking 

 the Society for the resolution passed at the General Meeting of the 

 16th November congratulating the University of Liverpool on the 

 inauguration of the new buildings in the Zoological Department, 

 which resolution had been placed in the hands of the Chancellor, 

 and had much gratified the University and the stafl' of the 

 Department. 



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