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S. undulata, but the Director of the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to 

 whom it was referred, says it is distinguished from that species by a 

 bright yellow crest to the lip and other differences. It appears to have 

 been lost sight of since 1862, and even now its habitat is unknown. 

 S. undulata has been figured several times (see Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxxi. 

 t. 53; Will. Orch Alb. v. t. 335; Warn. Sel. Orch. ii. t. 21; Cogn. 

 Diet. Orch. Draw. xlix. t. 33), and always without the yellow disc. 



Draha rupesfris. — Mr. Fraser, F.L.S., showed a specimen of 

 Draha rupestris in a pot, in which condition the plant grows much 

 more dwarf and. compact than when in a rock-garden in free soil, 

 attaining in the latter conditions to about six inches in height, and in 

 the former to only about three inches, though flowering quite as 

 freely. 



Olivia miniata. — Mr. J. W. Odell showed, an inflorescence of Olivia 

 miniata with one of the bracts foliose and about seven inches in length. 



Narcissus sporting. — Mr. Shea showed a variety of Daffodil which 

 had appeared, among plants of ' Empress,' but which had a much 

 flatter perianth and no green coloration at the back ; the mouth of the 

 corona was wider and the colour somewhat paler. The evidence as 

 to its origin did not appear conclusive, and the Committee were inclined 

 to regard it as probably a seedling from ' Empress.' 



Narcissus malforraed. — Eev. J. Jacob sent a flower of Narcissus 

 having the perianth segments three-lobed instead of entire, as is usually 

 the case. 



Elaeagnus sp. fruiting. — Mr. Durham sent from Salcombe, South 

 Devon, Elaeagnus macropkylla, E. Fredericii ' Anna,' and E. pungens 

 variegata, each bearing ripe fruits. The pink berries of the first named 

 with their silver scales are particularly beautiful. 



Scientific Committee, April 16, 1912. 



Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., E.L.S., F.E.S., in the Chair, and fourteen 



members present. 



Stachys palustris.— Mr. Fraser, F.L.S., showed a specimen of 

 the rhizome of this common British plant, and remarked on the 

 similarity between it and the Chinese Stachys tuherifera, the rhizomes 

 of which are edible. 



Result of crossing a ' rogue ' Wall-flower. — Professor Henslow 

 exhibited sprays of golden and crimson Wall-flowers. They originated 

 from a ' rogue ' which appeared in his garden at Leamington. The 

 flowers had no petals, and the six stamens were represented by 

 open but more or less united carpels round the normal central 

 pistil. He pollinated some of the flowers from a red variety and 

 others from a golden-yellow sort. The pods ripened and bore a fair 

 amount of seed, but the staminate-carpels much less than the normal 

 one in the middle. The seed was sown and the plants raised at 

 Wisley in the gardens of the Eoyal Horticultural Society. Both sorts 



