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is less rocky. Temperature cooler ; with scanty vegeta- 
tion, chiefly exotic. 
3. CentraL. From 1200 to 2704 feet. Has good depth 
of soil covered with vegetation. Chief plants are :— 
Furze, Brambles, Fir-trees, Willows, Fuchsias, Scarlet 
Geraniums, Buddleas, Oaks, Peach, Loquat, Passion- 
flowers, Tobacco, Camellia, and numerous other Euro- 
pean, S. African, American, Australian, Indian, and 
Japanese plants, with some indigenous species. 
Total number of plants recorded as growing wild or under 
cultivation is as follows :— 
Native. Endemic. 
Flowering Plants........ 880 38 37 
Teste tie Pies Hod eo IDe 25 25 12 
(with 29 common tropical weeds that are doubtful natives). 
The Native Flora includes 5 Endemic Genera not closely 
allied to any other. 
Mammalia are absent on the Island, except those introduced ; 
birds are represented by 1 Plover (Agialitis Sancte-Helena) and 
8 Sea-birds. 
One Lizard and two Turtles are known on the Island, and 
75 species of Fish, all marine, of which 17 are peculiar to the 
locality. 
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Muerte, held at Reigate, 28th of December, 1900. 
Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.Z.S., lectured on 
Tur EvoLutrion or CHRYSALIDES. 
He exhibited numerous specimens and diagrams in illustra- 
tion of his lecture. 
January 16, 1901. 
A lecture was delivered by Mr. R. Kearton, at the Market 
Hall, Redhill, entitled 
ProruRES FRoM NaTURE, 
illustrated by splendid lantern-slides. « 
