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Prof. F. W. Oliteu, F.E.S., F.L.S., then opened the announced 

 discussion on " The Origin of G-ymnosperms." (See p. 53.) 



Mr. E, A. IVewell Arbee, F.L.S,, followed, on the " Earlier 

 Geological Eecord of the True Ferns." (See p. 54.) 



Mr. A. C. Seavard, F.E.S., F.L.S., then spoke on " The Evolution 

 of Gymnosperms : the Position and Ancestry of the Araucarieae." 

 (See p. 56.) 



The discussion was then adjourned to 3rd May, 1906. 



April 5th, 1906. 



Dr. A. Smith "Woodward, F.E.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the loth March were 

 read and confirmed. 



Dr. Eobert Brown, of Glasgow^ and Mr. Henry John Wad- 

 dington, of Bournemouth, were proposed as Fellows. 



Miss Catherine Alice Eaisin, D.Sc.Lond., was elected a Fellow. 



Dr. Horace T. Brown, F.E.S., and Mr. Frank Crisp were 

 proposed as Auditors on behalf of the Council, and the Eev. E. 

 Ashington Bullen and Mr. John Hopkinson on behalf of the 

 Fellows, and by show of hands were duly elected. 



Mr. Clement Eeid, F.E.S., exhibited nearly 50 photographs, 

 entitled " Some Plants new to the Preglacial Flora of Gi'eat 

 Britain." He explained that these were dei'ived from material 

 procured at Pakefield, near Lowestoft, and had occasioned many 

 months' continuous labour on the part of Mrs. Eeid and himself. 

 On a former occasion (April 21st, 1904) he had shown a series of 

 drawings from the fruits, obtained by breaking up the matrix and 

 selecting the liberated specimens ; but this process was tedious and 

 unsatisfactory, and he had resorted to photography. The remains 

 Avere black, and therefore troublesome to photograph, but the 

 specimens themselves could not long be pi'eserved, as an efflores- 

 cence occurred, and they fell to pieces, but experiments were now 

 being conducted with a view of permeating the fruits with paraffin, 

 and so ensuring their preservation. 



After some introductory remarks from the Vice-President in 

 the Chair, a discussion followed, in which Count Solms-Laubach, 

 F.M.L.S., Mr. H. W. Monckton, Dr. Henry Woodward, F.E.S. 



