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species of Fig, and it was possible that the mode of fertili- 

 sation differed in different. species. The Figs which we eat 

 are not the ovary, bat the receptacle; the small seeds in the 

 Fig are the fruit, each one being the result of a perfect flower. 

 The fertihsation is dependent on the Fig insect, or Euphristes, 

 which acts in measure like a gall. 



Messrs. E. S. & 0. E. Salmon exhibited beautiful specimens 

 of the following plants -.—Ranunculus tripartitus, Eranthis 

 hyemalis, Chara vulgaris var. longibracteata, Agrimonia odorata, 

 all from Surrey ; Spiranthes astivalis, from the New Forest ; 

 Malva pusilla, from Edenbridge ; Fritillaria Meleagris, from 

 Pinner ; Anemone Pulsatilla, from Tring ; Helleborus fcetidus, 

 from Clayton, Sussex ; H. viridis, from Four Elms, Eden- 

 bridge ; Astragalus ghjcyphyllos, from near Loddington, Kent; 

 Rhynchospora alba, from the New Forest. 



Evening Meeting. — November 20th, 1891. 



The ' Keport and Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalist's 

 Society for 1890 ' was presented by the Society. 



Dr. Bossey exhibited some line specimens of Plunmtella, 

 from the New Pond, on Earlswood Common, 



A fine series of pressed plants from North Wales was 

 exhibited by Messrs. E. S. & C. E. Salmon ; also a specimen 

 of the rare beetle, Chrysomela cerealis ; and some photographs 

 of birds' eggs in the nest, &c. 



Mr. Tyndall stated that the rainfall for October, as 

 measured by him at Eedhill, amounted to 7-24 inches. This 

 amount has but once been exceeded in twenty-two years at 

 Eedhill during October. The average fall for the month is a 

 little over 3 inches. 



Mr. E. S. Salmon read a paper entitled ' Three Weeks' 

 Holiday in North Wales in pursuit of Natural History ' : — 



To a botanist who is acquainted only with the Flora of the 

 lowland counties, the first visit to a mountainous country 

 must always be an eventful one, for at and above an elevation 



