LIXNEA.N SOCIETY OF LONDON. 5 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On certain points in the Morphology of the Cystidea." 

 By P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc., F.L.S. 



2. '• A Botanical Visit to the Lord Auckland and other Ant- 

 arctic Islands." By Thomas Kirk, F.L.S., in a letter commu- 

 nicated by Sir J. D. Hooker. 



February 5th, 1891. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



T. F. Bourdillon, Esq., Capt. Christopher Theodoe Pacey 

 Keene, and Prof. A. Milnes Marshall, were elected Fellows. 



Thomas Hughes Buffham, Esq., was elected an Associate. 



The vacancy among the Foreign Members, caused by the deatU 

 of Dr. Alexander von Bunge, having been announced by the 

 President, the following nomination was read, and the Certificate 

 ordered to be suspended: — 



Prof. Carl Cramer, Stattehofen, Adlerburg, Ziirich, author 

 ot" numerous and important papers on Cryptogams, especially 

 Algae. 



Mr. Clement Eeid exhibited and described some recent addi- 

 tions to the fossil Arctic flora of Britain. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited and made remarks on some 

 specimens of honey: — (1) " Arbutus honey" from Turkey, said 

 to produce great drowsiness and sleep ; (2) " Eucalyptus honey " 

 from Mount Barker, Adelaide, said to possess valuable thera- 

 peutic qualities ; and (3) the so-called " Wool honey " from the 

 Euphrates, collected by natives from the leaves of the oak, which 

 would be more properly termed " honey dew," being formed 

 by Aphides and not by Bees. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited a living albino example of the 

 Common Frog {Rana temporaria), captured in Wiltshire in 

 September last, and remarked upon the infrequency of albinism 

 amongst the Batrachia and Eeptilia, of which he had only been 

 able to find four or five recorded instances. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "The Tree-Ferns of Sikkim." By J. Gammie, Jun. 

 (Communicated by C. Baron Clarke, M.A., F.L.S.) 



2. "A Eevise'd Classification of the Tunicata." By Prof. 

 W. A. Herdman, F.L.S. 



3. "Hermaphrodite Genitalia of the Codfish." By Prof. 

 George Bond Howes, F.L.S. 



