February 20th, igiz.] PROCEEDINGS. xxxiii 



The relations of the axillary bud are here with the stem and not 

 with the subtending leaf-trace. The accessory xylem may all 

 pass off to the branch or may be more extensive, occurring all 

 round the main stele, and persisting after the departure of the 

 branch. In the latter case its development suggests a com- 

 parison with secondary thickening. 



Thus the branches which occur occasionally in Botrychium 

 and Helmiiithostachys are not "adventitious," but derived from 

 axillary buds that are constantly present. While not agreeing 

 in detail with the branches in the Zygopterideae, those of the 

 Ophioglossaceae are clearly comparable structures, and the 

 study of their vascular supply strengthens the probability of a 

 relationship between the two groups. 



Ordinary Meeting, March 5th, 191 2. 

 The President, Professor F. H Weiss, D.Sc, F.L.S., in the Chair. 



The President referred to the loss the Society had 

 sustained by the death, on February 21st, of Professor Osborne 

 Reynolds, LL.D., F. R.S. Professor Osborne Reynolds had 

 for many years taken a most active part in the work of the 

 Society. Elected as a Member on November i6th, 1S69, he 

 was for many years a Secretary or Vice-President ; and, in 1888 

 and 1889, was elected President of the Society. Professor 

 Reynolds had contributed many important Papers to the 

 Society's Memoirs. Mr. Francis Nicholson proposed, and 

 Mr. Francis Jones seconded, that the President be requested 

 to send to Mrs. Reynolds on behalf of the Society a letter of 

 condolence on the death of her husband. This proposition 

 was unanimously agreed to. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the donors of the books 

 upon the table. These included a copy of ^'■Literary Celebrities 



