CXXXli PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
pottery, presumably Neolithic. No Hazel is now known to be 
indigenous to Guernsey. 
Flies attached hy Fungi. — Mr. McLachlan exhibited 
specimens of Melanostoma scalare attached to flowering stems 
of a Grass, Glyceria fluitans. They were received from Mr. 
Ralph C.Bradley of Sutton Coldfield, who writes as follows: — 
" Whilst collecting in Blackroot Bog, Sutton, on June 16, 1 came 
across an extraordinary phenomenon. For a space of about a 
dozen square yards the flowering stems of Glyceria fluitans were 
covered with a large number of dead Melanostoma scalare, whose 
bodies were very much distended by a fungoid growth similar 
to that seen on the house-fly in the autumn. Some stems bore 
thirty to forty specimens, and fresh victims were constantly being 
added. I also found two flowering stems of Dock covered with 
the dead bodies in a similar manner. The flies were to be 
found only on the flowering part of the stems, and not on any 
leaves or herbage. Why M. scalare should be the only species 
attracted to the stems and attacked in this manner is very curious, 
as swarms of other insects were flying about, but did not seem 
to be tempted to join them in the least." They were reserved 
for investigation. 
Scientific Committee, July 23, 1895. 
Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair, and four 
members present. 
Cyprii:)cclium malformed. — 'Dr. Masters described a curious 
case received from Messrs. Sander k Co., in which the sepals 
were normal, but the two petals and the lip were absent. The 
column was erect, terminating with three tabular stigmas, and 
bearing three petaloid two-lobed imbricating staminodes, on the 
edge of one of which was an anther. They appeared to represent 
the three outer stamens. One of the three stamens of the inner 
whorl was perfect, with a curved filament bearing a two-celled 
anther. The other two were absent. 
Lavandula dcniata Foliage. — Dr. Masters also drew attention 
to a peculiarity in the venation of the lobed leaves of this species, 
in tljat the "median" cord of each lobe is not central, but 
