LiyN"EA.X SOCIETY OF LOyOON". 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On a browu Seaweed {Punctana, Grrev.)." By Prof. 

 T. Johasoa, F.L.S. 



2. " Oil a Variety of Alectona Mlllari." By A. Vaugliau 

 Jeanings, F.L.S. 



December 4tb, 1890. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Surgeon-Major Arthur Barclay, E-ichard Bentley, Esq., William 

 Brown, Esq., William Ambrose Clarke, Esq., Walter Grill, Esq., 

 Charles M'^Eae, Esq., William Henry Miskia, Esq., Henry Greorge 

 Plimmer, Esq., and Henry Williams, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



The President exhibited some eggs of the Shell Slug {Testa- 

 cella haUofidea), and briefly described the habits and mode of 

 feeding of this moUusk. He also delineated and described the 

 feeding-tract of the Snail (Helix aspersa). 



Mr. F. J. Greorge exhibited an autumnal flowering form of 

 Mercurialis pereniiis with stems 4 feet in length, which he had 

 found at Preston, Lancashire. 



Mr. E. A. Eolfe exhibited and made some remarks on a 

 coloured drawing of Cycnoclies Sossianum, showing both male 

 and female inflorescence on the same pseudo-bulb. 



INIr. J. E. Harting exhibited an immature example of Bona- 

 parte's Gull (Larus Philadelphia, Ord), of North America, which 

 had been shot on the Cornish Coast at Newlyn on the 24th 

 October last. 



Mr. T. Christy exhibited and made remarks on some Coca 

 Leaves which had been forwarded from an East-Indian plan- 

 tation, and were found to be superior to any received from 

 South America. 



Mr. John E. Jackson exhibited some native implements used 

 on the West Coast of Africa in the preparation of the astringent 

 substance known as Gambir. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Genus of Orchids, Bromheadia.'^ By Henry N. 

 Eidley, M.A., F.L.S. 



2. " On the Vegetation of British Beluchistan." By J. H, 

 Lace, F.L.S., and W. B. Hemsley, A.L.S. 



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