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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
January ii, 1921. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., in the Chair, and six members present. 
Triple- spathed Richardia. — Mr. C. J. Lucas sent an inflorescence of 
Richardia aethiopica with three white spathes, the innermost being very small. 
Mints. — Mr. Fraser showed specimens and made remarks upon various 
forms of Mentha aquatica, including an albino. 
Cockroach among Bananas. — A beautiful green cockroach, Panchlora viridia, 
found among imported bananas, was sent for identification. 
Scientific Committee, January 25, 1921. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., in the Chair, nine members and two visitors present. 
Snowdrops. — Mr. Elwes showed a number of snowdrops from different 
sources, including one which was twin-flowered last year, and is again twin- 
flowered, although one flower was separated from the other by a length of stem 
of six inches. Mr. Elwes also showed a form known as Galanthus maximus, which 
was referred to Mr. Bowles. 
Various plants. — Mr. Elwes also showed Moraea Johnstoni and remarked 
that it was apparently identical with Dietes Macleayi major. 
Galanthus lutes cens. — Mr. Bowles remarked that this yellow-flowered snow- 
drop comes well and true from seed. 
Pink-flowered Rhododendron moupinense. — Mr. A. Grove showed a plant 
from his garden of the Rhododendron moupinense with pink instead of the usual 
white flowers. It was lifted from the open ground. 
Orchid from Palestine. — -Mr. Bowles showed an Orchid from Palestine which 
he took to be Serapias pseudocordigera. It was referred to Dr. Rendle for further 
examination. 
Eustephia coccinea. — Mr. Elwes showed a plant which he had grown for 
ten years, and which was only now flowering. Mr. Worsley recognised it as 
Eustephia coccinea. It bore two long-tailed flowers on the top of a foot-long 
scape. 
Scientific Committee, February 8, 1921. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., in the Chair, with ten members, and Miss Pellew and 
Mr. S. Pope, visitors. 
Orchid from Palestine. — -Dr. Rendle corroborated the identification with 
Serapias pseudocordigera of the species shown at the last meeting. 
Galanthus maximus Velenowsky. — Mr. Bowles said he had made a careful 
examination of the snowdrop Mr. Elwes had shown under the name Galanthus 
maximus at the last meeting. He could find nothing in it to cut it off specifically 
from G. Elwesii, of which it was a far western representative from Bulgaria. 
Rumex alpinus.—Mx, Fraser showed dried examples of this fine plant as seen 
in Alpine meadows (usually starting its growth too early to be really effective 
in England), and remarked that it was apparently a survival of old cultivation 
around monasteries. 
' Witches' Broom ' on Prunus subhirtella autumn ali s .—Mx . P. D. Williams sent 
a witches' broom from this plant, which had developed after pruning in the 
spring of last year. 
' Linkages ' in Primula sinensis. — Mr. Bateson showed specimens of Primula 
sinensis to illustrate the process by which the new variety ' Etna/ that day 
exhibited by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, had been bred. In it were combined, for 
the first time, a red stigma (a feature which has a peculiar influence on the 
colour of the petals) with dark red foliage. Hitherto all combinations with 
dark red foliage have been weak in flower colour. The variety was interesting 
