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'Corsaro' alle Azzorre.' — H. Eoss, * Tessuto assimilatore e peri- 

 derma' (1 plate). — L. Micheletti, 'Index in Lichenes Italise.' — 

 U. Martelli, * Case teratologico nella Magnolia anonafolia' (1 plate). 

 L. Maccbiati, ' Synedrella pulchella var. abnormis.' — G. Cicioni, 



* Myosotis intermedia & Polygonum dumetorum,' — A. Goiran, 'Alcune 

 notizie sulla Flora Veronese ' (Potentilla hcsmatosticta, sp. n.). — 

 G. Arcangeli, ' Sulla fruzione trofilegica delle foglie.' — L. Macchiati, 



* Le Diatomacee della fortezza di Castelfranco.' — G. Arcangeli, 



* Sulla struttura dei semi delle Victoria regia.^ — Riccia atromarginata 

 Levier, sp. n. — U. Martelli, ' Sul Polyponis gelsoriim Fr.' — L. 

 Celotti, * Contribuzione alia Micologia Komana.' — C. Avetta, 



* Contribuzioni alia Flora dello Scioa' (Eriosema Scioamim, Werneria 

 Antinorii, Vernonia Antinoriana, spp. nn.). — E. Pirotta, * Osservazioni 

 sopra alcune fungbi' {Pseudolizoina, gen. nov.). — A. Terraciano, 

 ' Le Viole Italiane spettante alle sezione Melanium.' 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift (May). — M. Willkomm, ' Nachtrag zu 

 meinen Mittbeilungen liber einige kritisebe Labiaten der Spaniscb- 

 Baleariscben Flora.' — W. Voss, * Carl Descbmann ' (3 Jan. 1821- 

 11 Marcb, 1889). — J. Freyn, * Ueber einige kritisebe Arabis- Avten.' 

 7— J. A. Baumler, * Mycologiscbe Notizen.' — D. Hire, * Nacbtrage 

 zur Flora von Buccari.' — E. v. Halacsy, ' Viola Eichenfeldii [adri- 

 atica X scotophylla).' — H. Braun, ' Systematiscbe Uebersicbt und 

 Verbreitung der Gattung Thymus in Nieder-Oesterreicb.' — B. 

 Blocki, ' Rosa Ciesielskii, sp. n.' — ' Cbronik der Pflanzenwanderung. 

 Galinsoga pa^Dijiora.' 



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April 18, 1889. — Mr. Carrutbers, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — The Eev. E. Collie was admitted a Fellow of the Society, 

 and the following were elected: Messrs. P. Griffon, T. W. Shore, 

 and E. W. Scully. — Mr. J. E. Jackson, Curator of the Museum, 

 Kew Gardens, exhibited specimens illustrating the mode of collect- 

 ing at Icbang, China, the varnish obtained from Rhus vernicifera^ 

 so largely used by the Chinese and Japanese for lacquering. 

 — On behalf of Mr. Henry Hutton, of Kimberley, some photo- 

 graphs were exhibited, showing the singular parasitic growth 

 of Cuscuta appendiculata on Nicotiana glaiica. — Dr. Masters gave a 

 summary of a paper *' On the Comparative Morphology and Life- 

 history of the CojiifercB,'' a review of the general morphology of the 

 order, based upon the comparative examination of living speci- 

 mens in various stages of development. These observations, 

 made in various public and private "pineta," supplemented by an 

 examination of herbarium specimens, demonstrated the utility 

 of gardens in aid of botanical research. The mode of germination, 

 the polymorphic foliage, its isolation or "concrescence,"' its in- 

 ternal structure, the arrangements of the buds, the direction and 

 movements of the shoots, were all discussed. In reference to the 

 male and female flowers, the author described their true nature, 

 tracing them from their simplest to their most complex, or most 



