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in vegetable respiration.' — C. Barthelemy, 'Note on the water- 

 reservoirs of Dipmcus.' 



Xuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. (July 7). — F. von Mueller, 'On the posi- 

 tion of the genus Donatia.' — L. Macchiati, ' Experiments on the 

 exhalation of carbon dioxide by roots.' — L. Nicotra, ' Further 

 observations on flora of Messina.' — T. Caruel & A. Mori, ' On the 

 " variolatura " of orauges.' — T. Caruel, 'Anew Cartonema {C. 

 tenue).' — Gr. Archangeli, ' Amorphojjhalliis Titanum, Becc' — Id., 

 ' Further on Taccarum cylindricnm.' — P. Porta, ' Botanical expedi- 

 tion of Huter, Porta and Pdgo in Calabria in 1877.' — T. Caruel, 

 'The Tulips of Florence.' — Id., ' Phenological observations on 

 plants at Florence, 1848-64.' 



Mayyar Nov. Lapok. — A.Kanitz, 'Priscorum botanicorum epis- 

 tolse ineditae,' ii. & iii. — V. Janka, ' Bot. excursion in Turkey ' 

 (contd. ; Kalofer, &c.) — J. Holuby, ' Mycological notes,' iv. 



IStoctrtfngs of Socutus. 



LiNNEAN Society of London. 



May 1, i^T'P.— Lieut.-Col. Grant, C.B., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the chair. — The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of 

 the Society: — T. E. Brown, Inspector of Forests, of South 

 Australia, Adelaide ; Richard Rimmer, of Sydenham ; and 

 P. O'Shanesy, Cometville, Queensland. Two foreign members, 

 viz., Dr. Edward Bornet, of Paris, and Prof. H. G. Reichenbach, 

 fil., of Hamburg, were also elected. — Mr. Edward J. Morris 

 exhibited a quantity of the berries, whole and ground, of the 

 Cofea liherica, grown by him in the vicinity of Monrovia, the 

 Liberian caj)ital. — A living example of Welwitschia mirabilis, from 

 Kew Gardens, was shown and commented on by Mr. W. T. Thiselton 

 Dyer. — The Chairman drew attention to a series of teaching diagrams 

 forming the 'Anatomisch-Physiologischer Atlas der Botanik,' now 

 being issued in parts by Dr. Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port, of 

 Zurich. — The following papers were read : — ' On Nutrition in its 

 relations to the Fertilization of Flowers,' by Thomas Meehan. His 

 observations chiefly refer to Wistaria sinensis, W.fnitescens, (Jatalpa 

 syrinycpfolia and Linum perenne, from which he deduces that the 

 struggle for power between the growth or vegetative and the 

 reproductive forces decides fertility. He further suggests that 

 the perfection of the poUeniferous organs, and consequent potency 

 of pollen, is dependent on phases of nutrition involved in this 

 struggle. Thus, in the above-mentioned plants it is seen that 

 potency in pollen — the main element in the reproductive force — 

 operates only when there has been some check given to the force 

 of vegetative growth. — Some remarks on Mr. Meehan's contri- 

 bution, and partly in reply to Mr. Dyer's previous strictures on the 

 subject of IVistaria, were read by ihe Rev. G. Henslow ; these 

 in the main supporting Mr. Meehan's views by quoting other 



