Proceedings. 223 



[^Microscopical and Natural History Section]. 



Ordinary Meeting, January i6th, 1893. 



The President of the Section, Mr. R. E. CUNLIFFE, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. Hyde exhibited parts of a seal, including the head 

 and hind feet, which had been preserved in spirits of wine 

 and corrosive sublimate. 



Mr. Hyde also exhibited a branch of the plane tree, 

 illustrating the growth of the buds, the base of the leaf stalk 

 forming a protecting covering to the bud ; he stated that 

 he had never noticed this kind of protection in any other 

 tree before. 



Mr. Charles Bailey also stated that it was new to 

 him. 



Mr. Cameron exhibited an undescribed fungus gall, 

 found on the roots of one of our native cotton grasses in 

 Cheshire. 



