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had flowered again this year arid also another clump in a different place. Un- 

 fortunately there was no trace as to when these bamboos were planted or from 

 whence they came. Some of the seed was exhibited and a young plant raised 

 from the seed last year. 



Mr. Mahaluxmivala also exhibited some seeds of the Talipot palm (Corypha 

 umbraculifera), one of which flowered last year in the Victoria Gardens and 

 another in the Elphinstone Circle Gardens. 



Mr. John Wallace, C.E., and Lt.-Col. K. R. Kirtikar, I.M.S. (Retd.), read a 

 paper on " The Giant Creeper " (Calycopteris floribunda), exhibiting specimens 

 of the plant and sections of the trunk. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HELD ON 7th APRIL 1910. 



A meeting of the members of the Bombay Natural History Society took 

 place on Thursday, 7th April 1910, at the Society Rooms, Colonel W. B. 

 Bannerman, I.M.S., presiding. 



The election of the following 34 new members since the last meeting was 

 duly announced : — Mr. S. F. Ellis, Jacobabad ; Mr. Liladhar Sunderji Roy- 

 Sampat, Bombay ; Mr. C. T. Symons, Colombo ; Mr. Herbert A. Heath, 

 Matugama, Ceylon ; Mr. W. Lilburn, Lucknow ; Mr. H. P. Thomasset, Cascade, 

 Mahe, Seychelles ; The Superintendent, University Museum of Zoology, 

 Cambridge, England ; Mr. Melville Leslie, Bombay ; Major W. H. Kenrick, 

 I.M.S., Khandwa ; Mr. Harold Fowler, New York City, U.S.A. ; The Principal, 

 P. R. Training College, Ahmedabad ; Mr. W. A. H. Miller, Karwar, Kanara ; 

 Mr. G. S. Butterworth, Belgaum ; Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. M. Robinson, 

 Rangoon ; Major A. D. Greenhill Gardyne, Cawnpore ; Sub-Lt. D. Webster, 

 R.N., (H.M.S. " Fox "), East Indies Station ; Miss M. Hazlewood, Rangoon ; 

 Mr. W. S. Thorn, Paletwa, N. Aracan ; Capt. G. H. T. Graham, London ; 

 Mr. J. M. Wright. I.C.S., Shwegu, Burma ; Mr. L. Donaldson, Phillaur, Punjab ; 

 Mr. K. J. Luke, Chatalpara, E. Bengal ; Mr. Robert T. Harrison, A.M. I.C.E., 

 Sukkur ; Mr. R. B. MacLachlan, Sukkur ; Mr, F. A. Wrigley, Rangoon ; 

 Mr. J. V. Young, I.F.S., Pyinmana ; Dr. P. W. Quinn, Betul, C. P. ; Mr. E. S. 

 Thomas, I.C.S., Palghat ; Lt.-Col. R. H. Penton, R.A.M.C., D.S.O., Poona ; 

 Mr. H.D.Rice, Maritranve, Mysore ; Capt. R. P. Quin, Cawnpore ; Mr. J. S, 

 Fraser, Madras ; Mr. D. Squire, Cannanore, S. Canara ; Mr. W. Harrold, 

 Ahmedabad, and Mr. F. M. B. Rosenthal, Secunderabad. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSEUM. 



The Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. S. Millard, acknowledged the following 

 contributions to the Museum since the last meeting : — 



