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glimpses in the works of Cardinal Bembo, M. de I'Obel, Sir Hans 

 Sloane, Dr. Christian Mentzel, and J. Pitton de Tournefort. The 

 last has enjoyed a reputation which his actual record as to plant 

 distribution does not deserve, believed to be the result of an early 

 misquotation from his ' Voyage du Levant.' The second chapter 

 was devoted to Carl von Linne, whose 'Flora Lapponica' and 

 several tlieses in the ' Amoenitates Academicae ' were brought 

 forward in support. Next followed Haller, J. G. G-melin, Buffon 

 and Forskal, C. L. Willdenow, with a brief allusion to P. A. 

 Broussonet. 



Dr. Stapp suggested that reference to the works of Theo- 

 phrastus Eresios, Euuipf, 'Flora Amboinensis,' and C. de I'Escluse, 

 * Eariorum stirpium per Hispaniam historia,' would reward the 

 student of this subject. 



The President, in thanking the author, hoped that the con- 

 clusion of his * Early Chapters ' miglit be given subsequently. 



Mr, L. A. Boerada.ile's paper "On the Pontoniinae and 

 Carides from the Western Indian Ocean," and communicated by 

 Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.E.S., F.L.S., was read in title. 



Mr. E. S. Goodrich, F.E.S., Sec. L.S., gave an exposition of 

 Prof. E. G. Conklin's ingenious theory of the cause of Eeversal of 

 Symmetry in twisted Gasteropod Moilusca, illustrating his remarks 

 by specimens and lantern-slides. 



Mrs. Longstaff, Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, Mr. G. B. Sowerby, 

 and Lieut.-Col. J. H. Tull Walsh raised a short discussion on 

 certain points arising from the demonstration, Mr. Goodrich 

 replying. 



November 16th, 1916. 



Sir David Prain, C.M.G., F.RS., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd November, 1916, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Dr. William Thomas Elliott was admitted a Fellow. 



The General Secretary, Dr. B. Datdon Jacksou", referred to 

 the presentation at the previous meeting by Sir Frank Crisp, Bt., 

 of a coUotyped copy of the ' Codex Aniciae Julianae,' in the 

 Imperial Library at Vienna, and that he had intended to make a 

 few remarks upon it at the time, but the very full programme of 

 the meeting prevented his doing so. He now proposed to take up 

 the subject, in response to requests made by Fellows. Pedanios 

 (or Pedakios) Dioscorides was born at Anazarba in Cihcia, and 



