4 PHOCEEDINGS OF THE 



December 18th, 1890. 



Prof. Charles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The Eev. Thomas W. Pyles, August Wilhelm Kappel, Esq., 

 Seth Lister Moslej, Esq., Eeginald "W. Phillips, Esq., Allan 

 Peter Swan, Esq., and Wilfred Mark Webb, Esq., were elected 

 Eellows. 



Prof. T. Johnson exhibited and made remarks upon the male 

 and female plants of Stenogramme interrupta. 



Mr. Clement Eeid exhibited specimens of Helix obvoluta from 

 new localities in Sussex ; and, by the aid of a specially prepared 

 map, traced the present very local distribution of this mollusk in 

 England. 



Mr. E. M. Holmes exhibited some examples of G-alls formed 

 in Styrax Benzoin by an Aphis, CEtegopteris styracophila. He 

 also exhibited and described some new British Algae, Mesoglcea 

 lanosa and Myriocladia tomentosa. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Structure and Development of the Cystocarps in 

 Catanella Opuntia.'" By E. J. Harvey Gribson, F.L.S. 



2. " On the Effect of Exposure on the Eelative Length and 

 Breadth of Leaves." By Geo. E. Scott Elliot, F.L.S. 



January 15th, 1891. 



Prof. Charles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Leopold Field, Esq., Edwin Stephen Goodrich, Esq., Hugh 

 Sidney Streatfeild, Esq., John Symons, Esq., and Dr. Charles 

 Wilson were elected Fellows. 



The President exhibited a bunch of holly berries, the middle 

 zone of which was remarkable for being perfectly black instead 

 of red, but which in no other respect looked abnormal. The 

 peculiarity was attributed to the effect of a fungus. 



Mr. J. E. Hartiug exhibited a male specimen of the Wigeon 

 (Anas Penelope), which had been shot in Ireland, and had 

 a tassel of feathers about an inch in length depending from the 

 undftr side of the neck. The explanation suggested was that it 

 was the result of a former shot-wound, when the pellet, as often 

 happens, plugged the wound with feathers, and the skin had 

 grown round and below the obstruction. 



