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LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
Me vee! 5, 1885.—Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Pres., in the chair. — 
— There was for the Baron Von M Mueller a@ ‘collection of 
eeetty = of species of Hucalyptus, prepared by Mrs. Lewellin, — 
of Melbourne. These confirm Baron von Mueller’s observations as 
. definite aoe and the relation of these to the skeletonising pro- 
ss.—Dr. Ondaatje showed examples of walking-sticks from Ceylon 
Baliis: viz., the Kittool Palm (Caryota wrens), oe Areca, and Coco 
Nut.—Mr. ¥: G. Baker made remarks on tubers of Solanum Maglia — 
grown at Kew, the see of twelve Seer Shelbe twenty-eight 
ounces; also the ‘‘ papa del Oso,” Bear’s Potato (S. ‘tuberosum var.) 
grown out of doors from Kabobs received from Dr. Ernst, of Caracas, — 
who sheatiad them from Merida, where they are found wild. — 
John Ball read a paper entitled ‘‘ Contributions to the Flora of the oe 
Peruvian Andes, with Remarks on the History and Origin of the 
An referring chiefly to the western slope of the 
Cordilleras. From the collections made and other data, so far 
as this region of Peru is concerned, it may confidently be stated 
coast to 8000 ft., a temperate zone reaching to 12,500 ft., and an 
alpine zone upwards to 1700 ft. above the sea-level. As regards 
fourth of the whole species, the gras es one-eighth, the 
Scrophularinee supply five per cent., while C ucifere, Garyophylla, 
and Leguminose each are represen ted by about: one-thirtieth of the 
oe 
the proportions of the endemic genera and species as criteria, the 
An Flora appears to be one of the most distinct existing in the 
world. Mr. Ball agrees with those who think it probable that the 
south polar lands constitute a great archipelago of islands. To this 
region in question he is inclined to refer the origin of the antarctic 
types of the 8. American Flora. . 
December 8. — Sit John Lubbock, Bart., Pres., in the chair. — 
—Sir H. E. Maxwell, Bart., Lieut.-Col. L. Bit penis and Messrs. 
R. A. Bastow, 8. J. Capper, C. Ford, G. B. Howes, J. H. Gurney, 
jun., W.H. Jones; W. F. A. La mbert, o. T. Musson, G. 
Osborne, D. Petrie, and G. Thorn were elected Fellows Rev 
Geo. Hens low = a “Contribution to the Study of se Relative 
t parts of the Solar 
Effects of on the 
* Plants, The conclusions are ie experaments prove “that 
