SCIE^.TIFIC COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 18. 
clxxix 
follicles ; Mandcvilla suaveolens, fruit of two long, narrow, slender 
follicles ; Stmmtonia latifolia, fruit a long, thick, oblong obtuse berry ; 
Cercis siliqiiastrum, with legumes like those of a pea, but compressed ; 
Magnolia Soulangeana, a long cluster of follicles, bursting, and revealing 
a seed covered wdth an orange-red investment. 
Weeping Chrysanthemum ' Pioneer.'' — This was one of eleven seedlings 
from a cross between ' Eva Knowles ' and ' Viscountess Hambledon, 
raised by Mr. Austen, Ditton Court, Maidstone. The peculiarity of all 
eleven plants consisted in the downward geotropic direction of the 
branches, which were bent downwards like those of a Weeping Ash, 
but upturned heliotropically at the ends, when flowers are produced. 
This peculiar habit would render the plant very useful for certain decora- 
tive purposes. No cause can be assigned for the drooping tendency. 
Double Cyclamen. — Some remarkable flowers were sent by Mr. Ker, 
of Liverpool, on which Dr. Masters undertook to report. 
Germination of Leucadendron. — Dr. Masters showed a drawing 
(Fig. 184) of seedlings raised by him, presenting a curious outgrowth 
from the caulicle (hypocotyl), similar to that in the Pea shown on the 
last occasion. He remarked that some seedlings of the Silver Tree of the 
Cape, Leucadendron argenteum, were raised by him some years since in 
a cool greenhouse. They were remarkable for the membranous fold or 
sheath projecting downwards from the base of the caulicle (hjpocotvl). 
The draughtsman has by an oversight shown the radicle proceeding from 
the centre of the sheath, but in reality it came from the side.] 
Scientific Committee, December 18, 1900. 
Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair, and four members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Botanical Certificate. 
To Kleinia pendida (votes, unanimous), from Mr. R. Irwin Lynch, 
Botanic Gardens, Cambridge. 
To Kalanchoe marmorata (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Lynch. 
To Nematanthus longipes (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Lynch. 
Quercus sessiliflora. — Mr. Wilks showed leaves with petioles, and 
sessile acorns of this variety, and remarked upon its rarity in the woods 
of north-east Surrey. He had only met with two, but they were very 
handsome trees, about 100 yards apart, and probably 150 years old. He 
observed that this form of the Oak keeps its leaves longer than Q. j^edun- 
ctdata, which is the commoner of the two varieties. The leaves are 
inclined to be tomentose below, giving a silvery appearance. Sir J. D. 
Hooker, in the ' Student's Flora,' records this character as belonging to 
Q, intef media, a subspecies with short petioles and peduncles. Dr. Masters 
remarked upon the scarcity of Q. sessiliflora in Kent, but that it formerly, 
and perhaps still, grows at Brockley. 
Madura aurantiaca, Fruit. — An unripe fruit of this American tree was 
sent by Mr. Jas. Vert, of the Gardens, Audley End. It is known as the 
Osage Orange, and is a native of the south U.S.A., it is allied to the 
