MEETINGS. 



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Monthly Meeting held Wednesday, March 16th, 1910, at 8, 

 William Carey, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The attendance of members numbered 28. 



Mr. E. W. Sharp exhibited a full grown specimen of 

 Haliclystes octoradiatus found in Havelet Bay, February, 

 1910. Attention was called to the fact that one clump of 

 tentacles was bifurcated. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand presented four 44 Bulletins de 

 la Societe d'Archeologie d'Avranches, for 1907 (Nos. 6, 7 

 and 8) and 1908 (Nos. 1, 2 and 3); also 44 Proceedings of 

 the Linnean Society" for 1905 to 1909 (five Nos.), and 

 fourteen unbound parts of the " Journal of the Linnean 

 Society" published 1905 to 1909. Thanks to Mr. Marquand 

 the Library now possesses Vols. XXXVI, XXXVII. 

 and XXXVIII of the 44 Journal" complete. Mr. Marquand 

 also presented ten, mounted and labelled, rare plants from 

 Guernsey and Alderney — a valuable addition to the Society's 

 Herbarium. This donation includes specimens of Salvia 

 Marquandii, a species of Salvia new to science and found 

 apparently only at Vazon. The plant is described and 

 figured in the 1 906 Transactions. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand read a paper 44 Rambles in Sark in 

 search of Wild Flowers." This was a popular description of 

 what wild flowers the visitor to Sark may expect to find 

 in his rambles, with some brief reference to the Island's 

 rarities. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer 

 for his interesting paper, and Mr. W. Sharp, in calling 

 attention to the fact that Mr. Marquand was shortly leaving 

 Guernsey, said an immense debt of gratitude was owing 

 to him for his invaluable help to the Society, nncl he was sure 

 they were all very sorry to be losing him. This statement 

 was loudly endorsed by the meeting. 



Mr. Eric W. Sharp read a paper entitled 44 The Ascidians 

 of Guernsey," which he illustrated with drawings and -speci- 

 mens collected by himself. This valuable contribution to our 

 knoAvledge of these curious marine animals which frequently 

 form a conspicuous adornment of the rocks round our coast 

 was listened to with great interest, and the specimens handed 

 round for examination were much admired. Mr. Sharp was 

 very heartily thanked for his excellent paper, and in the 

 discussion which followed Mr. E. D. Marquand spoke most 

 highly of Mr. Sharp's researches in Marine Zoology, and 

 congratulated the Society on posssessing such an energetic 

 worker in this branch of Natural Science. 



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