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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Sir J. D. Hooker, C.B., in the Chair. 
Fungus Spores. —Dr. Cooke reported that the specimens 
referred to him at the last meeting, and which were deposited 
as dnst over household utensils, were not the spores of the dry 
rot, hut of some unknown fungus. 
Salep. —Dr. Cooke exhibited a series of specimens of tubers 
of various species of Orchid used as salep in India and Turkey, 
and imported without any further information by which the 
identity of the species could be determined. Mr. Elwes 
remarked that when he was in Asia Minor, he had sent out 
Turks to gather similar tubers, and he had seen two large baskets 
full collected in a couple of hours. 
Eurotium on Cocoa Husk. —Mr. Schofield showed Cocoa husk 
with a species of Eurotium growing thereon. 
Plants Exhibited. —-By Sir George Macleay (gardener, Mr. 
Green) : A plant of Bowicea volubilis, an Asparagus-like plant, 
with a bulb from which only one or two true leaves are formed ; 
the rare purple-spotted Australian Orchis, Dipodium punctatum,. 
By Mr. Elwes : The yellow Viola biflora ; the Portuguese Iris 
subbiflora , concerning which it was noted that, while in its 
native country the plant flowers in autumn, and it did so here 
also the first year, yet the plant exhibited, which was a seedling 
grown in this country, was flowering in spring ; Tulipa saxatilis, 
a lovely Cretan species, with flowers of a pale lilac colour with 
a rich yellow centre ; Arnebia echioides, a showy herbaceous 
boragineous plant, with pale primrose yellow flowers, marked 
in the sinuses between the petals with purple spots, which are 
very conspicuous when the flowers first open, but which 
disappear subsequently ; in the morning they are bright, by 
noon they fade, and next day they are scarcely visible. It was 
remarked that this was contrary to the ordinary course of 
things, the sun and light being the usual source of colour. 
Fritillaria olympica , F. Elirhartii , or F. macrandia, from Syria ; 
Streptopus roseus, from North America ; Muscari conicum, the 
most free flowering of the species ; Corydalis bracteata, a fine 
species, with leafy bracts, and large pale yellow flowers, in 
aspect like those of a Linaria ; and lastly, three species of 
Ariscema from Sikkim, singular Aroids, one of .which had a 
