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Stirling an expression of sincere regret on the part of the Society 
at the result. 
Mr. John Paterson, L.R.C.P. & S. (Edin.), exhibited a collection 
of mosses (chiefly Norwegian), comprising all the European 
Andrezacez. 
Mr. Christopher Sherry showed a section of a Beech tree, about 
140 years old, cut down recently at the Botanic Gardens, and 
showing the initials “C.F.” and a date (probably “May, 1816”) 
near the heart-wood. It seemed probable that the inscription 
belonged to the second decade of the present century, as eighty 
rings of growth could be counted between the inscription and the 
bark. Mr. Sherry also exhibited an Anthurium of the Scher- 
zerianum group, with double spathes, and particularly noticeable 
for its twisted spadix. 
Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S., F\R.G.S., exhibited 
examples of the bark-cloth of Uganda, and described its preparation 
by the natives. In connection with it he showed on the screen 
a series of views which he had taken in Africa, and in his remarks 
he referred particularly to the Euphorbias of remarkable size and 
appearance, which characterise the Uganda region. Mr. Scott 
Elliot also exhibited samples of cotton, and made observations on 
’ their microscopic structure, He also exhibited a series of American 
plants collected by Mr. W. Moir. 
Mr. Robert Dunlop exhibited caterpillars of Chelonia caja, 
Linn, Arctia fuliginosa, Linn., and a number of photographs 
taken chiefly at excursions of this Society. 
Through the courtesy of Mr. E. H. Bostock, of the Scottish 
“ Zoo,” Mr. R. D. Wilkie exhibited eggs of the Indian Python 
(Python molurus, Gray). This animal is about 20 feet long, and 
about 24 inches in girth at the thickest part. The eggs, of which 
29 were laid between a Friday and the following Wednesday, are 
- rather larger than those of a goose. 
Mr. Wilkie also exhibited the infloreseence of Gunnera scabra, 
a Chilian plant, the acid leaf-stalks of which are used as a 
substitute for rhubarb. 
The following papers were read :—(1) ‘On the Grasping Power 
of Carboniferous Crinoid ‘Fingers’ or ‘Branches,’ and a 
Speculation as to whether the Bulk of the Carboniferous Crinoidea 
were Fixed or Floating Animals,” by Mr. John Smith, Corre- 
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