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& 
ORDINARY MEETING.* 
THE PRESIDENT, SIR G. GABRIEL STOKES, BART., M.P., P.R.S.., 
IN THE CHAIR. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the 
following Elections were announced by General G. 8. Hallowes, Acting 
Honorary Secretary :— 
Members :—The Ven. Archdeacon Gibson, M.A., South Africa; Rev. 
W. T. McCormick, M.A., F.R.G.S., Brighton; Rev. J. Oxley Oxland, 
South Africa. 
ASSOCIATE :—Rey. W. L. Paige Cox, M.A., Birkenhead. 
The following Paper was then read by the Author :— 
THE DISPERSAL OF PLANTS AS ILLUSTRATED 
BY THE FLORA OF THE KEELING OR 
COCOS ISLANDS. By H. B. Guppy, M.B. 
HROUGH funds placed at my disposal by Mr. John 
Murray, I was enabled last year to take advantage of 
the invitation of Mr. G. C. Ross to make a short stay in the 
Keeling or Cocos-Keeling Islands. As it happened, however, 
I remained there nearly ten weeks, and amongst other things 
devoted my attention to the subject of this paper. It will 
be seen that I obtained much valuable information from the 
proprietor of these islands, that [ owe much to the courteous 
assistance of Dr. Treub, the Director of the Botanical 
Gardens at Buitenzorg, and that I am especially indebted to 
Mr. Thiselton Dyer, Professor Oliver, and Mr. Botting 
Hemsley with respect to the examination of my collections at 
Kew. Mr. Hemsley examined my specimens in the light of 
_ his extensive experience in this department of Botanical 
science ; and it will be at once perceived by those interested 
in this paper that my part has been that of a collector and 
an observer. Having, however, previously paid some atten- 
tion to this subject in the Solomon Islands, I was to some 
* February 3rd. 
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