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Gall on Willow. — Mr. Fraser, F.L.S., showed a, rather small 

 example of the gall on Salix fragilis produced by the mite Eriophyes 

 salicis, collected on the bank of the Brent, near Ealing. Mr. W. 

 Marshall, V.M.H., also sent an example of this gall collected on the 

 bank of the Dart, Kent. It is only a few years since the first specimen 

 recorded as British was shown before this Committee, but several 

 specimens have since been received from various parts of South-East 

 and East England. 



' Wheat-ear ' Sweet William. — Mr. Fraser also showed a specimen 

 of Sweet William with the bracts multiplied as in the ' Wheat-ear ' 

 Carnation. 



Cirrhopetalum miniatum. — Mr. Eolfe, A.L.S., drew attention to 

 a Cirrhopetalum exhibited by Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, as havinf^ 

 been introduced from Annam with Dendrohimn Bronckartii. It 

 resembled C. gracillimum Eolfe, especially in its caudate, almost thread- 

 like lateral sepals, and in the strongly ciliate dorsal sepal and 

 petals, but differed in having vermilion -coloured flowers, with the hairs 

 of the dorsal sepal and petals yellow. His first knowledge of the plant 

 was in September 1910, when it was sent to Kew for determination 

 from the Eoyal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, with the information that 

 it had been purchased from Messrs. Sander as a plant imported with 

 Dendrohium Bronckartii. It was then named and described as 

 Cirrhopetalum miniatum Eolfe. Afterwards a painting was received 

 from M. Maurice Valcke, a collector for Messrs. T. Pauwels, Meirel- 

 beke, Belgium, who stated that he met with the plant at Haut Laos, 

 between Siam and Cochin China. 



Erica cinerea malformed. — Mr. Hill, M.A., showed a specimen of 

 Erica cinerea malformed in the same way as those exhibited by Dr. 

 Eendle on a previous occasion, this time from wild plants collected 

 in South Devon. 



Green-herried Elder. — Mr. J". Bennet-Poe, V.M.H., sent specimens 

 of the albino form of the Elder in which the ripe fruits are greenish 

 (as in white grapes). Some members of the Committee thought them 

 sweeter than the black form. 



Aristolochia Clematitis fruiting. — Mr. Bowles showed fruits of 

 Aristolochia Clematitis from his garden at Myddelton House, Waltham 

 Cross, containing ripe seeds. 



Fruit of Pyrus Niedzwetzkyana. — He also showed, on behalf of 

 Canon Ellacombe, fruits of Pyrus Niedzwetzkyana, in which the flesh 

 is deeply coloured, as are all parts of the tree. 



Verbascum with galls. — He also showed the curious proliferations 

 which are sometimes noticed at the base of Yerbascums, and which 

 have previously been shown before the Committee, but which were 

 in the present examples growing some distance up the stem. 



Albino forms of Geranium Robertianum. — Mr. Bowles also showed 

 the two albino forms of Geranium Robertianum, one with a red stem, 

 the other with, a green, which have maintained themselves for a long 

 time in his garden. Almost all the plants of the latter form appear 



