50 PIIOCEEDINGS OF THE 



iniiniliceiit bequest of over £20,000, was published under the 

 editorship of 8ir .1. E. .Smith, Robert Jirown, and Dr. Lindley. 

 Not one of the 2~) subscribers to it was Hviiig, it is said, when the 

 last vohiine a|)peured in 1840, thirty-four years after the issue of 

 the lirst volume. This book, therefore, is not only a very costly 

 one, and excessively rare, but the excellence of the plates and 

 text is wortliy of the original drawings, w hich, a contemporaneous 

 writer says — and the statement has never been seriously chal- 

 lenged — as works of art they are superior to anything of the kind 

 in existence, and constitute one of the most valuable treasures of 

 the University of Oxford. Prefixed to each volume is a small 

 coloured view : (1) Mons Parnassus, 1806 ; (2) Mons Athos, 1813; 

 (3) Mons Olympus, 1819; (4) Byzantiuu), 1823 ; (5) Hellespont, 

 1826; (()) Athens, 1827; (7) Corinth, 1830; (8) Mt. Athos from 

 the Sea, 1833; ('J) Physcns, 1837; (lO) Delphi, 1840. 



Of the 141 drawings made by Bauer on this journey 131 are in 

 the possession of Mr. Druce They measure 17| X 11 inches, on 

 boards 20 x 14| inches. They are all named and numbered by 

 Bauer in the sequence of the journey. He exhibited -1, i.e., 

 "X.28 Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crete, 37 Isle of Amorgos, 

 38 Temple of Juno, 8amos, 43 Mt. Olympus, 45 Seraglio Point, 

 49 and 53 Constantinople from Scutari, 58 Palace of Dulma 

 Bakashee on the Bosphorus, 79 Bhodes, 85 Asian Village at Port 

 Finica, 90 Monastery of A])ocaIypse, Patmos, 101 Temple of 

 Theseus, 112 Mount Parnassus, 100 Athens, 115 Port Colonni, 

 Sunium, 122 Xegropont Bridge and Castle, 125 Landing Place, 

 Negropont, 125 Iviri Convent, Mount Athos, 127 Mount Athos 

 St. Anna Convent, 12i) Salonicii, 131 A Village near Salonica, 

 130 Corinth. 



Mr, C. C. Lacaita commented on the drawings. 



Mr. Druce then showed a series of British plants. (See p. 58.) 

 Mr. P. N. Williams. Mr. A. J. Wilniott, and Mr. T. A. Dymes 

 discussed the plants shown, the exhibitor replying. 



Sir N. Teemoloff, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., exhibited some lantern- 

 slides representing a series of intermediate forms of tlie Diatom 

 genera Navlcida and Cymbella. (Communicated by Dr. A. B. 

 Rendle, F.R.S., Sec. L.S.) (See Abstract, p. 56.) 



A discussion followed, Dr. AV. Bateson, F.Il.S., Dr. E. J. 

 Salisbury, and Mr. H. X. Dixon taking part, and the exhibitor 

 replied. 



Mr. E.J. Collins, F.L.S., read a communication on "Sex- 

 segregation in the Bryophyta," of which the following is an 

 abstract :— 



Three cultures of Funaria hyijromftrica were made in Mai'chal's 

 nutrient fluid as follows : — 



A. Protonemata grown from theanlheridiaof a male '"flower." 



B. Protonemata grown from the perigonial leaves of the same 



male " flower." 



C. Spores from a ripened capsule. 



