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One of these was the thickened base of a stem of the tree-heath, 

 Erica arborea, the French " bruyere " from which the so-called 

 briarwood pipes are made ; the others were the fruits of an 

 abnormal variety of Citrus medica^ the citron, in which the 

 carpels, instead of forming a continuous covering, are separated 

 into finger-like processes which have given rise to the fanciful 

 name of " Buddha's fingers " by which the fruits are known in 

 certain localities. 



Dr. Gilbert J. Fowler, F.I.C, read a paper (communi- 

 cated by Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S.) entitled "Some 

 Observations on the Chemical Effect of Tropical 

 Sunlight." 



General Meeting, May 12th, 1908. 



Dr. W. E. HoYLE, F.R.S.E., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Rt. Rev. J. E. C Welldon, D.D., Dean of Manchester, 

 and Mr. Charles Prestwich Scott, M.A., The Firs, Failow- 

 iield, were elected ordinary members of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, May 12th, 1908. 



The President, Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S., in the 



Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the tables. The following were among the recent 

 accessions to the Society's Library : — ^^ Index du repertoire biblio- 

 graphique des sciences viathhnatiqties" nouv. ed.(8vo., Amsterdam, 

 1908), presented by the Wiskundig Genootschap of Amsterdam; 



