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Nebrodes' (contd.). — C. Warnstorf, 'A new form of Sphagmm' 

 {S. acutifolium, var. SchUephackeaniim). — H. G. Reichenbach, 

 ♦ PhalcBHopsis Sanderiana, n. sp.' — H. Leitgeb, ' The position of the 

 antheridia in Mosses.' 



Midland Naturalist. — W. B. Grove, 'Fungi of Bmningham 

 (Contd.). — J. E. Bagnall, 'Flora of Warwickshire ' (contd.). 



Naturalist. — H. Boswell, Sphagnum Torreyanum, Sull., in 

 Britain' (near Whitchurch, Shropshire ; new to Europe). 



Nmvo Giornale Bot. Italiano. (Oct.). — P. Ascherson, 'The 

 position of Athenia in the Italian Flora.' — M. Franche, ' New case 

 of fusion of roots' (1 plate). — A. Borzi, 'Morphology and Biology 

 of PhycocromacecB ' (2 plates). 



(Esterr. Bot. Zeitschrift. — H. Molisch, 'On Cj^stoliths.' — F. 

 Antoine, ' Myrmecodia echinata' (1 tab.). — A. Tomaschek, 'On the 

 power of Movement in Plants.' — W. Voss, 'Two new Ascomycetes ' 

 {Phacidium yracile, Niessl., and Leptosphmria Fuckelii, Niessl.). — 

 V. V. Borbas, ' Inflorescentia Cruciferarum Graminearumque 

 foliosa.' — H. Sabransky, 'On the Flora of Pressburg.' — P. Sintenis, 

 'Cyprus and its Flora' (contd.). — P. G. Strobl, 'Flora of Etna' 

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November 2, 1882.— Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., in the 

 chair. — The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the 

 Society : Prof. J. C. Ewart, G. Fry, and Lord Walsingham. — Mr: 

 W. T. T. Dyer exhibited specimens and made remarks on Cassia 

 lignea, and on the native implements used in the collecting and 

 preparation of the Cassia-bark in Southern Chma. — Mr. Charles T. 

 Druery showed two proliferous forms of Athyrium Filix-fcemina, 

 raised from spores provided by Mr. P. Neill Eraser, of Edinburgh, 

 and presenting the following abnormal characteristics : — No. 1. The 

 first frond evolved from the prothallus, besides being bi-pinnate and 

 very foliose, instead of the usual uni-palmate form peculiar to seed- 

 lings of this family, bore two buds, one in the axil of a pinnule, 

 the other in the axil of a pinnulet ; these buds without any 

 dormant period developed at once small palmate fronds and aerial 

 roots, the growth being so vigorous that the roots were projected 

 into a mound of soil raised at a distance of half an inch. The 

 second frond produced bears four buds, which are, however, 

 dormant, the growing season being over. In addition to these 

 axillary buds there is a whitish mass of apparent bud-formation in 

 the crown or the caudex, at the base of the fronds. The same 

 prothallus has also developed three small independent ferns from 

 its edge ; these, however, are seemingly normal, which fact, coupled 



