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out the Himalayas at altitudes of from 6,000 to 10,000 feet, and 

 in the Kkasya Mountains at elevations of from 4,000 to 6,000 

 feet. 



" Cedar " of Goa. — Dr. Masters contributed the substance of 

 a paper on the history of this tree, which is inserted in the 

 Journal of the Society. The tree in question is a Cypress, the 

 only known large examples of which exist at Bussaco, in Por- 

 tugal, where they have been known since the beginning or middle 

 of the seventeenth century. They are supposed to have been 

 introduced from Goa, but no such Cypress grows wild in that 

 region. C. lusitanica, alias C. glauca, is now commonly planted 

 in India and in South Europe. In some parts of the British Isles 

 it thrives, but is in most places tender. The tree mentioned in the 

 Conifer Conference Beport as having attained a height of 39 feet 

 at Bhosdhu, in Dumbartonshire, was erroneously called lusi- 

 tanica, as shown by specimens now received from Bossdhu and 

 exhibited to the Committee, and which were clearly referable to 

 C. Lawsoniana. (See pages 1 to 11.) . . 



Boot Galls. — The Chairman alluded to the existence of 

 Biorhiza (Cynips) aptera on the roots of the Plum, Oak, Deodar, 

 Beech, and Birch, and stated that it had now been proved 

 repeatedly that the insect producing the root gall is exclusively 

 female, and is always destitute of wings. The male form of the 

 same species produces the spongy galls on the leaves of the Oak 

 known as Oak Apples. The only true British Cynips is Cynips 

 Kollari, that which makes the round galls on the Oak. This 

 insect has been introduced within the last thirty or forty years. 

 Other galls, supposed to be the work of different genera of insects, 

 are now known to be the work of two stages or generations of one 

 and the same species. 



Scientific Committee, March 27, 1894. 



R. McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair, and five members 



present. 



The late Mr. Jenner Weir. — It was unanimously resolved 

 that a letter be sent to the widow expressive of the sense the 

 Committee entertained of the loss occasioned by the decease of 



