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one b}'^ one, in seai'ch of food ; there were about 140 young ones 

 altogether.* — Mr. R. J. L. Guppy read an interesting paper on the 

 •' Microzoo of the Tertiary and other Rocks of Trinidad," and illus- 

 trated his paper by a number of colored diagrams of the sti-ata re- 

 ferred to and specimens of the rock. His beautiful and well-mounted 

 collection of Foraminifera Avere shown to the memljers under the 

 microscope and excited much admiration by their beauty and 

 variety of form. The paper was well received and was listened 

 to with great attention. On the motion of the President, seconded 

 by Professor Carmody a unanimous vote of thanks was accorded 

 to Mr. Guppy for his interesting contribution, after which the 

 Club adjourned at 10 p.m. 



*The Club is particularly anxious to obtain additional evidence upon 

 this curious and hitherto unnoted habit of the centipedes, and would be 

 glad of specimens engaged in thus protecting their young. Such specimens 

 should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. F. W. Urich. 



CLUB PAPERS. 



THE NATURAL ORDER OF COMPOSITE.— Part II. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



Tlie Compositse is represented both in cold and hot countries, 

 but is more pi'ominent in temperate and dry climates than in 

 moist and tro23ical ones. Representatives are found existing in 

 each of the five continents — Europe, Asia, Africa, America and 

 Australia. Europe alone has the very creditable number of 

 about 1,336 species, among which are the well known Edelweiss, 

 of the alpine districts of Switzerland, and the equally well known 

 English daisy ( Bellis perennis, L.) of England. In tropical 

 countries many species assume an arboreus growth, especiall}'^ in 

 moist and wet climates, which, perhaps, it is only natural to 

 infer. A brief account of the way many species — not only of 

 Compositie, but also other natural orders — are transferred from 

 one district to another may not be inappropriate under the above 

 h3ading. It has already been shewn how well adapted is the 

 pxppus of the fruit in numerous genera for being distributed by 

 a.d of the wind. "Take the dandelion (Taraxacum officmaJe, Web. ) 

 for example, and see how extremely easy it is for a merely 



