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Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited a number of food-nuts utilised by the 

 natives of Northern Queensland, but the species of which had not been 

 determined, since no flowers nor foliage of the trees producing them had 

 been obtained. 



On behalf of Mr. A. R. Hunt, the Secretary exhibited a curiosity, in 

 the shape of an orange within an orange, and remarked that, although by 

 no means of common occurrence, a similar abnormality had been described 

 and figured by Dr. Perrier (Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ix. tab. 2). 



Mr. G. C. Druce gave an account of the Dillenian Herbarium at 

 Oxford, prefacing his remarks with some particulars of Dillenius's life 

 and labours, and of the botanists of his day with whom he was in 

 correspondence. 



Prof. Stewart exhibited and described a remarkable hermaphrodite 

 Trout, explaining, by means of the black-board, the normal structure of 

 the genital organs in both sexes of the fish, and pointing out in what 

 respects the specimen in question differed. 



A paper was then read by Dr. John Lowe on some points in the life- 

 history and rate of growth in yew-trees, and some excellent photographs 

 and drawings of celebrated yews were shown in illustration of his remarks. 



March 5. — Prof. Stewaet, President, in the chair. 



Capt. T. Keene was admitted, and Messrs. T. B. Cato and E. Norman 

 Langham were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. D. Morris exhibited a dwarf species of Thrinax which he found 

 growing plentifully in the island of Anguilla, West Indies, and which was 

 apparently undescribed. 



Mr. T. Christy exhibited the fruit of some undetermined species of 

 tree which had been introduced into commerce by the name of Monchona, 

 but the origin of which had not been ascertained. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited several instantaneous photographs (taken 

 by Mr. W. H. St. Quintin in Yorkshire) of a living Great Bustard, Otis 

 tarda, and gave a brief account of the recent visitation of several of these 

 birds to England. Between Dec. 9th and Feb. 5th no fewer than seven 

 had been shot in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, and 

 Carmarthenshire. For details of all see ' The Field,' Feb. a8th. 



On behalf of Miss E. Barton, Dr. D. H. Scott gave the substance of a 

 paper communicated by her, and entitled " A Morphological and Systematic 

 Account of the Fucaceous genus Turbinaria." 



Mr. George Murray described some new species of Caulerpa, with 

 observations on the position of the genus. In elucidation of this paper, 

 Mr. E. M. Holmes exhibited a large series of specimens, showing the 

 extreme variability of the species of sea-weeds which had been referred to 

 this genus. 



