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mal. Reproduction is by zoospores. The Alga belongs to the 
tlirophgeee and most likely ot the Ulvacee, in the family Confer- 
voidee.— Mr. H. N. Ridley read a paper “On new Gon nus o 
Orchids from the Island of St. Thomas, West Africa.’’ The structure 
of the column of this new orchid (Orestias gracilis) is quite unique 
in 1s respects. - 
e 16th. — William Carruthers, F.R.S., President, in the 
Gaines mets iam Elborne, Mr. J. Th rnhill, Mr. William 
Datura as a notable. example of vegetable repair. The plant by 
accident got broken almost ri right across the stem, whereom’ the 
ers put it carelessly away in an outhouse, believing it sure to 
then read :——On the Flora of Munipore nnd Robie, by “Charles 
Baron Clarke, F.L.S.-: . * On- a further Collection of Ferns from 
We learn with much reeret that Mr. A. G. More has been 
obliged by _ill-health to tind from his post of — tor of the 
4 . ‘ for 
So od net tot the Museum ten man ay years ina subordinate: 
- capacity. We hope it may still be possible for Mr. More, in his 
: retirement, ed continu: e his work on the new edition of the ‘Cybele 
2 simply indispensable to the student a 
‘eh on, od hich owe its critical value mainly to Mr. Mor 
