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The meeting then adjourned, and the annual dinner of the Society 

 took place at the Hotel Victoria. The following evening a Conversazione 

 was held at the Society's Rooms in Burlington House, and was rendered 

 particularly attractive by the exhibition of a collection of numerous 

 interesting memorials of Linnaeus. 



June 7, 1888. — W. Cakruthers, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Messrs. G. C. Hake and C. A. Hebbert were elected Fellows of the 

 Society. 



The following were nominated Vice-Presidents :— Mr. F.Crisp, Dr. 

 Maxwell Masters, Dr. John Anderson, Mr. C. B. Clarke. 



An exhibition under the microscope of decalcified and stained portions 

 of the Test of Laganum depression was then given by Prof. Martin Duncan, 

 who' made some very instructive remarks on the structural characters to 

 be relied on for discriminating the species. 



Mr. D. Morris, of Kew, exhibited some drawings of a Fungus {Exobasi- 

 dium) causing a singular distortion of the leaves of a Lyorica from Jamaica. 



A paper was then read by Mr. H. N. Ridley on the Natural History 

 of Fernando Noronha, in which he gave the general results of his 

 investigations into the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of this hitherto 

 little-explored island. 



The meeting adjourned to June 21st. 



June 21, 1888.— Mr. F. Crisp, Treasurer, V.-P., in the chair, which 

 was subsequently taken by Dr. John Andehson, V.-P. 



Messrs. G. C. Hake and R. G. Alexander were admitted Fellows of 

 the Society. 



Mr. F. W. Oliver exhibited the aquatic and terrestrial forms of Trapella 

 sinensis, of which he gave a detailed account, illustrated by diagrams. 



Dr. R. C. A. Prior exhibited a branch of the so-called " Cornish Elm," 

 and described its peculiar mode of growth, which suggested its recognition 

 as a distinct species. In the opinion of botanists present, however, it was 

 regarded as merely a well-marked variety of the common Elm. 



On behalf of Mr. R. Newstead, of the Grosveuor Museum, Chester, 

 photographs and drawings of the Little Grebe, Pudiceps minor, were 

 exhibited to illustrate a peculiarity observed in the mechanism of the 

 leg-bones. 



Mr. A. W. Bennett exhibited, under the microscope, and made remarks 

 upon, filaments of Spharoplea annulina (from Kew) containing fertilized 

 oospores. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited specimens of natural and manufactured 

 Kola-nuts, and explained how the latter might always be detected. 



The following papers were then read : — (I) Dr. P. 11. Carpenter, on the 



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