PBOCEEDINGS OF THE 



6. " Account of a Heronrj, and Breeding-place of other Water- 

 birds, in Southern India ;" by the same. (See ' Zoological Pro- 

 ceedings,' vol. viii.) 



November 17, 1864. 



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



The Hon. John Leicester Warren Avas elected a Fellow. 



Dr. Hooker, Y.P.L.S., laid before the Society a lithographed 

 plate of a gigantic species of AristolocMa, from the forests of 

 Old Calabar, where it was discovered by the Eev. W. Thom- 

 son, of the United Presbyterian Church Mission, and who had 

 transmitted a flower in spirits to Kew. At Mr. Thomson's 

 request, it had been named A. Goldiana, after the Eev. H. Goldie. 

 Dr. Hooker hoped to make further observations on it at a future 

 Meeting of the Society. (See Meeting of February 16, 1865.) 



Dr. Hooker also exhibited some Hazel-nuts, said to have been 

 taken from a closed cavity of a large oak-tree at Llanelly, in 

 South Wales, and which were supposed to have lain there for 

 many years. The nuts presented a curious striped appearance, 

 and the kernels were quite sound and fleshy, though discoloured. 

 They Avere sent to Dr. Hooker by Mr. J. Douglas, the proprietor 

 of the saw-mills in which the tree was cut up. 



The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " Facts relative to the movements of Insects on dry, polished, 

 vertical surfaces ;" by John Blackwall, Esq., F.L.S. (See ' Zoolo- 

 gical Proceedings,' vol. viii.) 



2. " Note on a Skeleton of Dinornis robustus, Owen, in the 

 York Museum ;" by Thomas Allis, Esq., F.L.S. (See ' Zoological 

 Proceedings,' vol. viii.) 



3. " Description of a huge Banyan-tree, Ficus indica, which 

 occurs in the Chingleput District, and covers an area of about 

 4,800 square yards ; the number of aerial roots which support 

 the branches, and some of which descend from a height of 60 feet, 

 amounting to about 2000;" by John Shortt, M.D., F.L.S. 



