PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Tlie following papers were read : — 



1. " On Lichens collected in Victoria." By the E,ev. P. E. M. 

 Wilson. (Commnnicated by William Carruthers, F.E.S., F.L.S.) 



2. " On the Life-history of two Species of Puccinia.''^ By 

 Surgeon-Major Arthnr Barcky, F'.L.S. 



May 7th, 1891. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewaet, President, iu the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The proposed sale of the Society's Carpological Collection to 

 the Science and Art Department for the sum of £20 was sub- 

 mitted for the approval of the Fellows, and was carried by show 

 of hands. 



Marc Arnold Puffer, Esq., w^as elected a Pellow, and Dr. Carl 

 Cramer was elected a Foreign Member. 



A panoramic arrangement for displaying drawings at Biological 

 Lectures was exhibited for Prof. E. J. Anderson. 



Mr. John Young exhibited a nest of the Bearded Titmouse 

 (Calavrojyhihis hiarmiciis), which had been built in his aviary. 

 Several eggs were laid, but none of them were hatched. 



Tlie Eev. E. S. Marshall exhibited several specimens of a 

 Cochlearia from Ben More, in Assynt, believed to be undescribed. 



Mr. Eobert Drane forwarded for exhibition a plant of the 

 rayless Daisy found growing abundantly in the neighbourhood 

 of Cardift'; and an undetermined sponge dredged in about 

 40 fathoms off the coast of South AVales. 



Mr. D. Morris drew attention to a Jamaica Drift Fruit re- 

 cently found on the coast of Devonshire. Although figured so 

 long ago as 1640 by Clusius, and sxibsequently noticed by other 

 observers, the plant yielding it had only lately been identified 

 by Mr. J. H. Hart, of Trinidad, as SacoglotUs amazonica. Mr. 

 Morris likewise exhibited specimens of the fruit of Catostemma 

 fra grans, received for the fir^t time from St. Vincent, showing 

 its true position to be among the Malvaceae, tribe Bombacese. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited some Kola nuts, and made 

 remarks on the medicinal properties attributed to them. 



The following paper Avas then read and discussed : — 

 '■ Anatomy . of the Mesostomata. — Part I. Pterygotus and 

 Slimonia.'" By Malcolm Laurie, F.L.S. 



