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of about 40 feet, with stems girthing 4 feet 6 inches to 

 5 feet at 5 feet up, with fine healthy, well-furnished 

 heads. 



Dr AiTCHisoN referred to cedar trees he had seen in 

 India, and confirmed the view that the Lebanon, Deodar, and 

 Atlas cedar are varieties of one species. 



Dr Paterson sent for exhibition blooms of Vanda 

 Gowerii. 



Mr EuTHEEFORD HiLL exhibited a pod of the Poinciana 

 regia of Madagascar, the Indian " Forest Flame " or " Gold 

 Mohur," so called on account of its rich yellow or orange 

 blossoms ; also a herbarium specimen of Andrographis 

 panicidata, an acanthaceous plant of some interest as the 

 reputed source of " Kreat Halviva," an Indian remedy for 

 influenza, about which there has been extensive correspond- 

 ence recently in the public press. For the specimen he 

 was indebted to Mr Thomas Stevenson, F.C.S., of Messrs 

 Kemp & Co., Bombay, and from him he had also obtained 

 the specimen exhibited of the dried herb as sold in the 

 bazaars in India. The name Kreat had also been applied 

 to Ophelia chirata, and there was much confusion as to 

 the plants even in India. When Mr Stevenson sent a 

 messenger to the bazaar for " Kreat," he in the first instance 

 brought back Ojyhelia chirata. The plant is common in 

 India, and possesses bitter, tonic, and mild aperient pro- 

 perties. A compound infusion and a compound tincture are 

 official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia, and the expressed 

 juice of the leaves is used by the natives in bowel complaints 

 of children. 



The following Papers were read : — 



Notes on Fertilisation ; chiefly of British CrucifeRyE. 

 By G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S. 



During the summer just passed I have been occupied in 

 forming lists of insect-visitors to plants belonging to some 



