xxiv Proceedings. {January i6th, i8gg. 



\Microscopical and Natural History Section?^ 

 Ordinary Meeting, January i6th, 1899. 



Mark Stirrup, F.G.S., President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. J, Cosmo Melvill exhibited and described the series of 

 the order IlicinecB in his herbarium. 



Mr. Henry Hyde exhibited a collection of ferns from 

 New Zealand and Australia. 



Mr. Thomas Rogers exhibited specimens of Helichrysum 

 paronychioides^ one of the Compositge, from the Orange Free State, 

 and also cudweeds and grasses from Natal and Cape Colony. 



{Microscopical and Natural History Section.^ 



Ordinary Meeting, February 13th, 1899. 



Thomas Rogers in the Chair. 



Mr. John Watson exhibited under the microscopes living 

 embryos of the Mexican Axo\o\\, Menobranchuspisciformis Harlan, 

 showing circulation in the gills. 



Mr. Thomas Rogers exhibited a collection of plants recently 

 made in Ireland, including Sisyrinchium angustifolium and S. 

 calif ornicum, the latter being a species new to the British Flora. 



{Microscopical and Natural History Section^ 



Ordinary Meeting, March 13th, 1899. 



Mark Stirrup, F.G.S., President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. M. Sykes and Mr. J. F. Allen were appointed Auditors. 



Mr. Rogers exhibited leaves of a North American plant, 

 Gelax, also a stem of an Aloe with a large circular black fungus. 



Mr. Stirrup exhibited and described a large collection of 

 Silurian, devonian, and carboniferous corals. 



