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interesting to note that B. leptoclada has produced fruit and seeds which 

 on germination gave rise to typical leptoclada plants. The form known 

 as obtusa compacta has also produced fertile seeds, but the seedlings 

 have not yet reached a size large enough to judge of their precise character. 



Virescent Gaillardia. — Mr. Holmes, F.L.S., showed specimens of 

 virescent Gaillardia flowers. These were taken by Mr. Saunders for 

 further examination. Mr. Holmes also showed galls on the stem of 

 Willow caused by the dipterous gall-fly, Cecidomyia saliciperda. 



Proliferation in Pear. — Dr. Rendle, M.A., showed a Pear from the top 

 of which several leaves were protruding. The fruit had been formed from 

 a late flower, and such proliferation is not uncommon. 



Fig. 109. — The late Mr. Geo. Nicholson, V.M.H. (Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Malformation in Strcptocarpus. — Mr. Odell showed flowers of Strepto- 

 carpus in which there were petaloid outgrowths external to the corolla, 

 these outgrowths being reversed, i.e., the part coloured like the inner part 

 of the corolla being turned outwards. 



Doubling in Gardamine pratensis. — Mr. Frazer, F.L.S., remarked upon 

 the various forms of Gardamine pratensis, especially with regard to the 

 doubling which results from axial proliferation, the calyx and corolla 

 being repeated again and again, and the flowers being therefore infertile. 

 He showed a specimen of the double-flowered form of the variety palustris 

 of that plant. 



Galantlius Olgae. — Mr. Bowles, F.L.S., showed flowers and foliage of 

 this autumn-flowering Snowdrop, which has been described as having no 

 green spots on the inner perianth segments, but in this specimen they 



