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ferent from either of the above. The sporangia in the two first frtiits 

 are protected by bracts, which pass between the s2)orangia from the 

 axes. When they reach the outside, they ascend and overlap each 

 other, as is seen in Lejndostrohiis. This fruit I have just found seems 

 to be void of these bracts altogether, and appeal's to be a nalced cone. 

 The sjiores are those of a Calainite, and the sjiorangia are very nume- 

 rous and densely packed together. If the above featm-es are borne 

 out by the cutting up of this specimen, it will be made public in a 

 future memoir. 



I am yours respectfully, 



John Butterwokth. 



PKOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.* 



EoYAL Microscopical Society. 



King's College, June 7, 1871. 



W. K. Parker, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



It was announced in reference to the proj)osed meeting in July 

 that as the College authorities were unable to grant the use of the 

 rooms in consequence of their being occupied for examinations, &c., 

 the meeting could not conveniently be held as proposed. 



A list of donations to the Society was read, and a vote of thanks 

 passed to the respective donors. 



A letter was read from M. Ernst, of Caraccas, describing a speci- 

 men of diatomaceous earth found in that locality. 



The Secretary stated that Mr. Slack had added some notes to 

 this letter. He found the earth rich in specimens ; but up to the 

 present nothing decidedly new had been detected. 



The Secretary announced that it had been proposed in council 

 to confer the honorary Fellowship upon a distinguished microscopist. 

 Dr. Maddox, who had contributed largely to the ' Transactions ' of the 

 Society, As Dr. Maddox resided in the country, the Council thought 

 that they would not be doing wrong to confer this mark of respect 

 upon him. 



Mr. J. Hogg read a pajier "On Mycetoma, or the Fungus-foot 

 Disease of India." 



Mr. Stewart said he had had an opportunity of examining a speci- 



* Secretaries of Societies will greatly oblige us by writing tlieir reports legibly 

 — especially by printing the technical terms thus : H y d r a— and by " underlining " 

 words, such as specific names, which must be printed in italics. They will thus 

 secure accm-acy and enhance the value of their proceedings. — Ed. ' M. M. J.' 



