PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 189 



Abhandl. com Xatuncissenschqfi Yereine zu Bremen (vol. vi., pt. 3). 



F. Buchenau,- ' Malformed flowers in the cultivated Fuchsia.'— 

 W. Focke, < The vegetation of the winter of 1879-80/ 



Science Gossip.— F. Kitton, ■ The early history of the Diato- 

 maceee. 1 — G. E. Marsee, ' Notes on some of our smaller Fungi J 

 (contd.) 



Flora (March). — J. E. Weiss, < Anatomy and physiology of 

 thickened roots (concluded). — W, Nylander, ' Lichenes nonnullas 

 Insulae S. Thomas Antillarum.' — A. Minks, ' Morphological-licheno- 

 graphical studies. 



JEsculus 



Id. (April). ? 



0. Kuntze, 'Fifth note on Cinchonas.' — J. B. Kreuzpointner, 

 1 Notes on the Flora of Munich.' — < J. E. Duby, < Diagnosis Mus- 

 corum Novarum ant non rite cognituin.' 



V voctelrmsn ot Sotfetfea, 



Linnean Society of London. 



April 1, 1880.— Prof. Allman, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. John B. Jackson exhibited several stems, with the rhizome 

 attached, of a rundo donax. He mentioned that enormous quantities 

 of these have recently been imported into this country from 

 Algeria as a commercial product, and made up into parasol-handles. 

 -Dr. Maxwell T. Masters gave an oral demonstration, being an 

 epitome of his recent studies respecting Japanese Conifers, and 

 examples illustrating the same were laid on the table. The 

 collection, due chiefly to the activity of Mr. Maries, in several 

 respects was most instructive and interesting from a morphological 

 point of view, and explained several peculiarities of their geo- 

 graphical distribution. 



April 15, 1880.— The ltev. George Henslow, F.L.S., in the 

 cian- __ Mr. S. H. Win tie, of George Bay, Tasmania, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society.— The only botanical communi- 

 cation read was a paper by Mr. N. E. Brown, « On some new 

 *>-oule<£, with observations on other known forms.' Of new species 

 ^everal interesting Bornean forms collected by Mr. Burbidge and 

 P e }' s are now described. While in general following Prof. 

 a ugle ?» m Bis late monograph Mr. Brown nevertheless on good 

 pounds gives preference to the classification of Schott as being the 

 s j natural arrangement. Mr. Brown's drawings and dissections 



towed most accurate and painstaking work. 

 m.f a y>*> 1880.— H. T. Stain ton, F.K.S., in the chair. — Mr. 



of °^ as T Cm ' i «t.V i-ead a letter from a correspondent, Mr. Blacldaw, 

 &t - Paulo, Brazil, in which it was mentioned that several 



^empts to rear the Liberian Coffee (Coffea liberiea) in the above 

 tinl at (litfereut seasons and under different conditions, both 



Q ei- cover and i u the open air. had all been unsuccessful.— The 



