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Mr. Hastings C. Dent exhibited specimens of Anastatica 
hierochuntica (L.), “The ftose of Jericho/’ and read a paper 
thereupon. 
Mr. R D. Darbishire, F.G.S., exhibited specimens of the 
rare fresh-water bivalve Mulleria lobata, from Bogota, S. 
America, and explained the unique process of its growth. 
Mr. Lionel E. Adams gave an account of a luminous 
centipede observed by him in a garden at Maidenhead, 
Bucks, probably a species of Geophilus. 
Mr. Charles Bailey, F.L.S., presented to the Section a 
copy of the new London catalogue of Musci and Hepaticse 
known to occur in the British Islands. 
