1904] Proceedings N. C. Academy of Science. 117 



that we must look still farther back in geological 

 time for the simple ovate form. 



4. Angiosperms With Exposed Ovules: W. C. Coker. 



Attention was called to some Angiosperms in which 

 the carpels are not completely fused, so that the seeds 

 are exposed directly to the air. In Tiarella the two 

 carpels, which are of unequal size, are not fused even 

 in the flower and the air has full access to the ovules at 

 the time of fertilization. Fruits of Sterculia platani 

 folia were shown with open carpels and the unripe 

 seeds completely exposed. In Cuphea the central 

 placenta bursts and ruptures the wall of the capsule, 

 exposing the seeds sometime before they are ripe. 



5. Working up the Entomological Fauna of North 



Carolina: Franklin Sherman, Jr., and C. S. Brimley. 



(Appears in full in this issue.) 



6. Solution of a New Mathematical Curve: 



Jas. L. Lake. 



7. Cleistogamic Plants: W. C. Coker. 



The frequent occurrence of cleistogamy was pointed 

 out, and the results of a study of the cleistogamic 

 flowers of Specularia perfoliata and Lamium 

 amplexicaule were presented. 



8. Report, — Recent Soil Work: flP. G. Morrison. 



The following were presented by title only, the author 

 being absent: 



9. Further Notes on the Reproduction of Rfptiles: 



C. S. Brimley. 

 (Appears in full in this issue.) 



10. A Case oe Snake-bite, by the Victim: 



C. S. Brimley. 

 (Appears in full in this issue. ) 



