4 PROCBEDIIS'GS OP THE 



Mr. W. T. HiNDMAESH, F.L.S.,sent three photographs taken by- 

 Mr. J. C. Ruddock in April last of a plant of Shortia imiflora, 

 Maxim., in his rock-garden at Alnbank, Alnwick; the plant this 

 year had 60 blooms, more than double the number it had the 

 previous year. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes and Mr. Frank Crisp spoke on the difficulty 

 of inducing the plant to flower in cultivation, and Mr. E. M. 

 Holmes also contributed some remarks. 



Dr. A. B. EE]!fDLE, r.L.S., showed a branch of a Widdringtonia 

 from a farm belonging to the late Cecil Rhodes in Rhodesia, 

 displaying two forms of leaves. 



Mr. James Saiwdbrs, A.L.S., show^ed a series of lantern- slides 

 illustrating the habits of Mycetozoa. His observations were 

 practically confined to the species seen within a radius of ten 

 miles from Luton. Out of 207 species catalogued by Mr. A. 

 Lister from the whole world, no fewer than 96, or 46 per cent., 

 have been found in the district specified. The species shown were 

 Badhamia utricidaris, Trichia varia, Chondroderma radiatum, and 

 Pliysanim leucopus, with remarks on their irregular and uncertain 

 appearance, and distribution in certain parts of the w-orld. 



The President commented on the exhibition, and mentioned 

 that a small dried-up plasmodium had long served him for 

 demonstration to his junior classes on the phenomenon of restora- 

 tion to activity by moisture and warmth. 



Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., gave a resume of his paper 

 " On the Etiology of Leprosy," which was communicated by the 

 Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, F.R.S. , Sec.L.S. ; it was discussed at some 

 length. 



December 21st, 1905. 



C. B. Clarke, Esq., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 7th December 

 were read and confirmed. 



The Viscount Mountmorres and Mr. James Stuart Thomson 

 were admitted Fellows. 



Mr. Charles T. Drttert, F.L.S., exhibited an aposporous seed- 

 ling of Polypodium vulgare, with a frond bearing a well-defined 

 prothallus at the tip. The species being impatient of close culture, 

 rendered it difiicult to treat it successfully under glass. He also 

 showed a new case of apospory in Cystopteris montana, presenting 

 the following novel features: — (1) Apospory appearing upon an 



