224 LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Journ. Linn. Soc. (xxiii., No. 155: June 12). — F. B. Forbes & 

 W. B. Hemsley, ' Index Florae Sinensis ' (Caprifoliacece — Dipsacea: 



Viburnum arborescens, V. brachybotryum, V. Carlesii, V. Henryi, V. 

 propinquum, V. rhytidophytlnm, V. utile, Abelia parvifolia, Lonicera 

 Botirnei, L. fuchsioides (pi. ix.), L. gynochlamydea, L. Henryi, L. 

 similisy L. tragophylUi, Hedyotis tenuipes, Myrioneuron Faberii, Dipfo- 

 spora fruticosa, Lasianthus tricho phlebitis, Leptodermis vestita, Nertera 

 sinensis (pi. x.), Patrinia angnstifolia, P. saniculcefolia , spp.nn., all 



of Hemsley). 



Journ 



J. Battray, ■ Revision 



of Axilacodiscus ' (3 plates : many new species). 



Midland Naturalist (June). — W. B. Grove & J. E. Bagnall, 

 ' Fungi of Warwickshire ' (contd.).— W. Mathews, ' County Botany 

 of Worcester ' (contd.). 



^ (Ester r. Bot. Zeitschrift (June). — Obituary notice of Hubert 

 Leitgeb (died Ap. 5). — E.Formanek, 'Mahrische Thymus -For men. 1 

 — B. Blocki, Hieracium subauricitloides, sp.n. — F. Krasan, ■ Be- 

 ciproke Culturversuche.' 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



June 7, 1888.— The President (Mr. Carruthers) in the chair.— 

 Messrs. G. C. Haite and C. A. Hebbert were elected Fellows of the 

 Society. — The following were nominated Vice-Presidents : Mr. F. 

 Crisp, Dr. Maxwell Masters, Dr. John Anderson, and Mr. C. B. 

 Clarke. — Mr. D. Morris, of Kew, exhibited some drawings of a 

 fungus {Exobasidinm) causing a singular distortion of the leaves of 

 Lyonia, from Jamaica. — A paper was then read by Mr. H. N. 

 Ridley, " On the Natural History of Fernando Noronha," in which 

 he gave the general results of his investigations into the Geology, 

 Botany, and Zoology of this hitherto little-explored island. 



June 21.— Mr. F. Crisp, Treasurer and V.-P., in the chair, 

 which was subsequently taken by Dr. John Anderson, V.-P.— 

 Messrs. G. C. Haite and R. G. Alexander were admitted Fellows of 

 the Society.— Mr. F. W. Oliver exhibited the aquatic and terrestrial 

 forms of Trapella sine?ms, of which he gave a detailed account, 

 illustrated by diagrams.— Dr. R. C. A. Prior exhibited a branch of 

 the so-called "Cornish elm," and described its peculiar mode of 

 growth, which suggested its recognition as a distinct species. In 

 the opinion of botanists present, however, it was regarded as merely 

 a well-marked variety of the common elm. — Mr. A. W. Bennett 

 exhibited under the microscope, and made remarks upon, filaments 

 of Sphmroplea annulina (from Kew) containing fertilised oospores.— 

 Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited specimens of natural and manu- 

 factured Kola nuts, and explained how the latter might always be 

 detected.— The following botanical papers were then read : (1 » M*- 

 H. Bolus, "On South African Orchidea' 1 ; (2) Mr. E. A. Bolfe, 

 14 A Morphological and Systematic Bevision of Jpostasia" 



