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the foot of the Chilterns. In his opinion, the insects went into 

 the cavities by accident or for protection, and that they were not 

 digested ; he suggested that the knobbed cells were modified 

 stomata. He asked why it was that parasitic plants turned black 

 on drying. Mr. J. Wilson said that he had found toothwort as far 

 north as Perthshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, and that, unlike other 

 parasites, the Orobanches did not blacken on drying. Mr. N. E. 

 Brown confirmed the fact that Orobanches did not blacken on 

 drying, and stated that he had never seen the alleged " pseudo- 

 podia." In reply to a question by Mr. Inwards, he said that the 

 toothwort did not appear to injure the host plant. Mr. D. Bryce 

 thought it unlikely that the remains of rotifers had been found 

 in the cavities, although they were supposed to have been found 

 there. 



At the 54:6th Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on 

 November 11th, 1919, the President, Dr. A. B. Kendle, M.A., 

 F.R.S., in the chair, the minutes of the meeting held on 

 October lith were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. David E. Williams, F. C. D. Jefieries, Harry C. Witt, 

 Thompson Muskett, R. Freemason Cole, S. R. Wycherley, W. G. 

 Parker, M.A., M.D., and Francis Dell were balloted for and duly 

 elected members of the Club. Six nominations were read for the 

 first time. 



The Secretary announced that there would be a Gossip Meeting 

 on November 25th, and that at the next Ordinary Meeting, on 

 December 9th, Mr. D. J. Scourfield, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., would give 

 a short address on the use of .the centrifuge in the collection of 

 plankton forms. The Secretary also announced the gift to the 

 Club of twelve slides (botanical sections) by Mr, Sidwell in memory 

 of his friend and fellow-worker, T. R. Jarvis Edwards. The 

 hearty thanks of the Club were accorded to Mr. Sidwell for his 

 gift. 



• The President said that the Librarian had arranged the books 

 of the Club Library in their cases at the Natural History Museum, 

 South Kensington, and that in future he would be at the Museum 

 from 2 to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month for the purpose 

 of giving out books or receiving books that had been borrowed. 

 Members wishing to avail themselves of the Library should go to 

 the Museum at the time stated. The books are in the " New 



