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the Island of Socotra. The geuus Begonia contains succulent 

 plants with an acid juice, their chief characteristic being the 

 alternate, oblique, or unequal-sided leaves, whence they are 

 usually called " Elephants'-ears." B. socotrina, while possess- 

 ing the monoecious flowers and other essential features of the 

 Begoniacese, differs distinctly from most of the other species 

 in having a peltate leaf similar to that of Tropccolum, 



He also exhibited an abnormally developed pitcher of Nepenthes 

 intermedia with the lid absent and the orifice much contracted, 

 forming a marked contrast to the opening in a well-developed 

 or normal pitcher. 



Mr. R. Turner exhibited a specimen of Gei-aniiun pyrenaicuin. 

 Brown f., from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 



Mr. Turner also read a paper on " The Colours of Flowers," 

 in which he gave an interesting account of the causes of floral 

 colours and the purposes which they served. 



