XTNNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. V 



February 4, 1864. 



G-eorge Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The E,ev. Tullie Cornthwaite, M.A., John Thompson Dickson, 

 .Esq., and Clements E. Markham, Esq., were elected Eellowa. 



The following Papers were read, viz, : — 



1. " Observations on the Eunctions and Structure of the Repro- 

 ductive Organs in the Primulacece •,'^ by Mr. John Scott, of the 

 B-oyal Botanic Grarden, Edinburgh. Communicated by Charles 

 Darwin, Esq., E.E-.S. & L.S. (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' 

 vol. viii.) 



2. "Notes on some Points in the Anatomy of the Rotatoria ;" 

 by "Walter Moxon, M.B., E.L.S. (See ' Transactions,' vol. xxiv. 

 Part 3.) 



Eebruary 18, 1864. 

 Greorge Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following extract from the Will of the 

 late Joseph Woods, Esq., E.L.S., viz. : — 



" I give to the Linnean Society of London such of my local 

 Eloras, or editions of local Eloras, as they do not possess ; and 

 some other botanical works in the like predicament. A list of 

 these will be found with these papers, in the writing of Hichard 

 Kippist." 



It was proposed by the President, and unanimously resolved, 

 that the Special Thanks of the Society be presented to the Ex- 

 ecutors for this very acceptable and valuable bequest. 



Dr. Hooker, V.P.L.S., exhibited the Fruit of the "Chayota" 

 (Sechitim edule), cultivated in the West Indies and Azores, and 

 lately introduced into South Europe and India. 



The foUowing Paper was read, viz. : — 



" Contributions to the Knowledge of Foraminifera.-^On the 



