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rest, from which they are separated by a considerable length of stem. No 

 satisfactory suggestion as to the cause of this difference has been given. 

 The flowers of Angraecum caudatum are remarkable for the extraordinary 

 length of their spurs — quite 12 inches in one of the flowers, and nearly as 

 much in the others on the same inflorescence. 



Leaf- cutting of Anthurium. — Mr. Chittenden showed a specimen 

 illustrating a method of reproduction in Anthurium Dechardi. Mr. Blakey, 

 at Wisley, had inserted a leaf taken off the plant with its base intact, but 

 without any part of the stem, in sand in a propagating pit. Four buds 

 had been produced on the inner surface of the basal part of the leaf, and 

 numerous roots had developed. Two of the shoots had grown out into 

 rhizomes 10 inches to 12 inches in length, bearing at their tips well- 

 developed plants, and the other two shoots had grown out for a short 

 distance. 



Poinciana pulcherrima. — Mr. Jenkins, F.R.H.S., sent a specimen of 

 this plant. It was raised from seeds received from the Gold Coast, where 

 it is known as the Pride of Barbados (it is also called Barbados Fence 

 Flower). The seed was sown in March, 1907, and was raised by Mr. 

 Edward Barber, The Gardens, Brentor, Surbiton. The yellow-flowered 

 P. Gilliesii, raised from seeds by the late Rev. H. Ewbank, Ryde, took 

 12 years to reach the flowering stage. It is interesting to note the 

 sensitiveness of the plant, the leaves folding in a downward direction 

 when exposed to cold, and remaining so when placed in warmth till the 

 stem was split at the base. When this was done the plant showed signs 

 of reviving within an hour or so. 



Scientific Committee, December 22, 1908. 

 Mr. E. A. Bowles, F.L.S., in the Chair, and eleven members present. 



Calauthe vars. — Mr. Chapman showed two interesting hybrids of 

 Calanthe, one of a deep red, the other still deeper in colour. These are 

 interesting on account of the spreading and intensification of the colour, 

 as compared with the original species, C. vestita and C. rosea. The 

 flower was deep red inside, but almost white externally. 



Malformed Cyclamen. — Mr. Crawshay showed an interesting, though 

 not very uncommon, malformation of the Cyclamen where two flowers 

 had been produced in the axils of two of the sepals of an otherwise quite 

 normal flower. All the flowers on the plant, which was a seedling, were 

 similarly malformed. 



Apples Decaying. — Mr. Baker showed specimens of an apple with 

 a wide open ' eye ' which was decaying from the core inwards. At the 

 ' eye ' end of the fruit there was a deposit of some material which was 

 thought to be possibly the remains of a spray fluid. It was taken by 

 Mr. Holmes for further examination. 



Albinos among British Wild Flowers. — Mr. Fraser, F.L.S., showed 

 specimens of an albino form of the ordinarily blue Gentiana campestris, 

 remarking that he had found it occupying an area of several square yards 

 at an elevation of about 1,000 feet in the Scottish Highlands, while all 

 the plants at a lower elevation were of the usual blue colour. The plant 



