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I'age List of Publications issued '^' Proceedings oF the 122nd Session ' Presidential Address ^^' Obituaries '^3 Additions to the Library • • i°9 Donations ^35 Benefactions, 17i,tO-l 910 , 1 3'^ index 144 680895 Publications of the Societv issuerl during the period, Hist .Uilj, ii>U!i, to 31st July, 1910:— Journal (Botany), No. 270, 4th Aug., 19»>!). „ 271, 28th Oct., 1909. (Zoology), Xo. 2U0, loth Dec, 1909. „ 201, 22nd June, 1910. „ 20(5, ;{Oth Nov., 1909. Transactions (2nd Ser.) Botany, Vol. Yll. Bart xiii., Sept. 1909. „ \iv., Nov. 19U9. „ (2nd Ser.) Zoology, A'ol. X. Bart ix., Xov. 1909. ,, Xlll. ,, I., Oct. 1UU9. II., Feb. 1910. „ 111., Juiic 191(». I'l-oceediuj^s, l:U.st Session, from November 190S to June iyu9 October J9U9. List of [Fellows, Associates, and Foreign Members], 1909-1910. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINJ^EAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. (OXE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND SESSION, 1909-1910.) November 4th, 1909. Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the Cleneral Meeting of the 17th June, 1909, were read and confirmed. Miss JiUia Liudley, Mr. Martin Hubert Foquet Sutton, and Mr. Cecil Hallworth Treadgold, M.A. (Cantab.), were admitted Fellows. Captain John Humphrey Barbour, M.B., Mr. Frederick James Bridgman, Mr. Linnaeus Greening, Mr. Heni'y John Jeffery, A.R.C.S.,Mr. Frank Armitage Potts, M.A. (Cantab.), Mr. Walter Theodore Saxton, M.A. (Cantab.), Mr. Hugh Scott, B.A. (Cantab.), Mr. Cbarles Sillem, and Mr. Charles VV^orster-Drought, B.A. (Cantab.), were proposed as Fellows, and Mr. Oswald Arthur Sayce as an Associate. Mr. Richard Siddoway Bagnall was elected a Fellow. Mr. Cecil C.irus-Wilson, F.E.S.E., F.Gr.S., exhibited specimens and lantern-slides of the Natural Inclusion of Stones in Woody Tissue. He said ; — About twenty-three years ago a gravel-pit was started in the valley-gravels occux-ring between Syndale and Newnham, some three miles from Faversham in Kent. Part of a wood, chiefly oak trees, covered the deposit ; as the work pro- gressed these were felled, and the stumps and roots dislodged. LINK. SOC. PKOCEEDOGS. — SESSION 1909-1910. b 2 PUOCKEDINGS OF THE The gnivel consists of subatignlar, water-worn flints, large noJiiles less worn, and occasional blocks of Narsen-stone ; the whole brtin'Kwater, F.R.S.E., there were ex- hibited 25 drawings in body-colour on dark backgrounds, of wild flowers, chiefly from Wrexham. Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S., F.L.S., exhibited photographs on the screen of fruits and seeds of some of the plants introduced by the Romans into Britain. The remains have been collected princi- pally from disused Roman wells, employed subsequently as rubbish pits, and often sealed up under Roman pavements of later date. The principal sources have been Roman Silchester, Caerwent, London, and Pevensey ; and to a large extent the collections have been made by Mr. A. H. Lyell, who has been most careful to reject any deposit of doubtful or later date. The fruits and seeds exhibited belong to pea, bean, fig, grape, mulberry, medlar (a very small variety), apple, cherries (probably both black and red), sloe, bullace (wild and cultivated), damson, a larger plum like the '• black plum" of Cornwall, Portugal laurel, black and white mustard, turnip? fennel, dill, coriander, aleianders, ChcerophyUum aureum (a casual, perhaps introduced with packing- case rubbish from France, and not grown in Britain), belladonna, henbane, field poppies {Fajxtver lihceas, P. Argemone), the opium poppy (seeds of this were probably used, as in Rome, scattered on loaves of bread), greater celandine, corn-cockle, white campion, bladder campion, penny cress, sow-thistle, ox-eye daisy, Cheno- podium urbicum and C. murale, and leaves of box. Box-leaves have been found in three different rubbish-pits in Roman Sil- chester ; the branches may have been used for wreaths, as the nearest native substitute for the Italian myrtle. The plants thus far found do not suggest any direct shipping trade with the Mediterranean. The peach, apricot, almond, and other fruits that will only ripen south of Britain are missing. The fruits and spices found are only such as can be grown com- mercially in Britain at the present day, and this makes it probable that the abundant fig and grape seeds belong to fruit grown in this country and not imported in a dried state. Mulberries do not travel well and are scarcely ever dried; they must have been grown at Silchester. Mr. Lvell (visitor), Lt.-Col. Prain, Mr. G^. C. Druce, Mr. L. A. Boodle, the Rev. J. Gerard, Mr. E. M. Holmes, Mr. E. G. Baker, and the President took part in the discussion which followed, and Mr. Reid briefly replied. Mr. G. Clakidge Druce, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of (a) Zannichellia gibberosa, Reichb., new to Britain, from Eye Green, Northants; and (6) Orchis maculata var. O'Kellyi, Druce, from Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, recently described in ' The Irish Natu- ralist.' 8 PEOCEEDiyCS OF THE Mr. Clement Keid rxhibited in connection with this, three photographs of ZannicJiellia fruits obtained by him from the Cromer Forest Bed (pre-glacial), and also contributed some remarks ; Mr. Hohncs brought specimens of another variety of Orchis macvlata and commented on the same, and Mr. Druce replied. The following papers were read : — ]. "Nudibranchs from the Indian Ocean.*' By Sir Ciias. Eliot, K.C.M.G. (Communicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A., F.R.iS., F.L.S.) L'. " Trichoptera von Mr. Hugh Scott auf den Seychellen gesammellt." By Dr. Georg Ulmer. (Communicated by the same.) 3. " Report on the Brachiopoda obtained from the Indian Ocean." By Dr. W. H. Dall. (Communicated by the same.) 4. "Narrative of the 'Sealark' Expedition. Part III." By Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., and others. December lOtb, 1909. Prof. E. B. Poulton, E.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd December, 1909, were read and confirmed. Dr. William Henry Lang, and Mr. Charles Sillem, were admitted Fellows. Mr, Cyril Crossland, and Dr. Harry Drinkwater, M.D. (Edin.), were proposed as Fellows. Prof. William Bateson, M.A.(Cantab.), F.R.S., and Mr. Donald Herbert Edmund Sunder, were balloted for and elected Fellows. The following papers were read : — 1. "Report on the Crustacea Isopoda and Tanaidacea collected by Mr. Cvril Crossland in the Sudanese Red Sea." By the Rev. T. R. R. Stedbing, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. 2. " Isopoda from the Indian Ocean and British East Africa." By the same. '3. " Pycnogonida from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, collected by Mr. Cvril Crossland." By G. H. Carpenter. (Com- niunicated by Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 4. " On a Collection of Blattidre preserved in Amber, from Prussia." By R. Shelford, F.L.S. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOJiTDOX. 9 5. " The Bi'vozoa from collections made by Mr. Cyril Cross- land, Part II.— Cyclostomata, Ctenostomata, and Endo- procta." By A. W. Watees, F.L.S. The Vice-President in the Chair announced the subject for the following meeting on the 20th January, 1910. January 20th, 1910. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of tbe General Meeting of the 16th December, 1909, were read and confirmed. Mr. Frederick James Bridgmau was admitted a Fellow. In accordance with the announcement from the Chair at the previous Meeting, the Meeting was devoted to a discussion upon the OEIGIN OF THE VERTEBRATES. Dr. W. H. Gaskell, F.R.S. (Visitor), who opened the Discussion on the " Origin of Vertebrates," said : — I take it for granted that we all believe in Evolution and that an upward progress can be traced from the Protozoa to 3Ian. Now the formation of the Metazoa from the Protozoa and the progress of the Metazoa upwards signifies that the separate units composing the individual have been coordinated for the well-being of that individual. Such coordination has taken place in two ways : (1) a chemical method, by the formation of hormones ; (2) a nervous method, by the formation of a central nervous system, and it is self-evident that as soon as a central nervous system is formed, such nervous coordination, especially in connection with the formation of the special senses of sight and smell, must become the important factor in the life of the individual, and its further and further development must constitute the most important factor for the upward progress of the animal race. The first point I want to impress upon you is that for all questions of Evolution, the central nervous system rather than the alimentary canal is the most important factor. Throughout the whole history of the attempts to find out the origin of Vertebrates one point stands out clearly : whatever other views have been put forward there have alwa3^s been strong supporters of the view that the Vertebrates have arisen from that great group of segmented Invertebrates, the Appendiculata, and such supporters have not been outsiders of no account, but largely the main authorities in the zoological teaching of the time, e. g., Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Leydig, Newport, Treviranus, Owen, Dohrn, and numerous others, all of whom based their views on the presence of the infundibulum in the Vertebrate in exactly the 10 PJUJCEKDIXCiS OF THE siiine position in the brain as the cesophaj^us in the Invertebrate group. Supra-infundibular nerve-mass was then tlie same as the supra-oesophageal, infra-infundibular as infra-oesophaKeal, and it was seen that the function corresponded marvellously- So powerful was the fetish of the inviolability of the aliinentary canal, tliat no one of these observers ever noticed that if the infuiidibuluin is the old oesojthagus, it leads directiv into the great cavity of the ventricles of the brain, which again lead into the straight narrow caual of the spinal cord and so through the )ieurentoric canal to the anus; that in fact if the infundibulum is the (esophagus, the rest of the liuiiig-walls of the cavitv of the central nervous system corresponds «ord for word with the rest of the Iinvrtebrate alimentary canal. On the contrary, they considered the homology could only hold good by turning the animal topsy-turvy and making the back of the Invertebrate correspond to the ventral surface of the Vertebrate. Such a method was doomed to failure and is now universally discredited. As to the alternative hypothesis of an origin from some non- segmented Invertebrate, please think what it implies and consider seriously whether it is possible to accept it. I imagine we may take it lor granted that we know the nature of all the main group's of animals alive on the earth at the present time, and as far as 1 know the geological record has not brought to light any foi-ms which are not capable of being classified either among or in con- nection with our present main groups; yet the assumption of this hypothesis is that from some unsegmented animal low down in the scale a group of segmented animals has arisen, in which the alimentary canal was always ventral to the central nervous system and that this group gave origin to the Vertebrate. The absence of any evidence of such chain among living animals at all comparable to the well-marked evidence in the case of the Appendiculata, makes this hypothesis an improbable one ; and when the hypo- thesis further necessitates that not only the central nervous system of such segmented animals has been built up on exactly the same lines as the central nervous system of the Appendiculata, hut, contrary to all other nervous systems, has been formed hollow, and that that hollow tube has been formed in such a shape and in such a position with respect to the true nervous elements as exactly to mimic the alimentary caual of the Appendiculata with respect to its central nervous system, — I ask you plainlv, does not the improbability amount to an absurdity? This I claim to be the great characteristic of the Vertebrate which differentiates it from all other animals — the presence and nature of this tube around which the central nervous system is grouped : and I beg that those speakers who follow after me and disagree with my conclusions, will give some explanation of the presence and peculiarities of this tube. To me and to all my friends who are accustomed to deal with the Vertebrate central nervous system, the explanation I have given is so self-evident and natural, that it is impossible tc look at the matter in anv other wav. XINKEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOK. II The paramount importance of the development of the central nervous system for the upward progress ot the members of the Animal Kingdom leads to the conclusion that each higher group of animals has arisen in succession from the highest race developed up to that time, by highest meaning the group possessing the best developed central nervous system. This law is proved to us most clearly by the evidence of the rocks in the case of the Vertebrate group. Thus we see that Man came from the Mammals, tlie highest race in the Tertiary times. They arose from the Keptiles, the highest race in Mesozoie times, who in their turn arose from the -Amphibians, the lords of the Carboniferous epoch. Further back we leave the land and find that the Amphibians arose from the Fishes, the earliest of the Vertebrate race which swarmed in Devoniau times. This steady sequence in upward progress from Fishes to ]\Ian, revealed by Geology in the long series of ages from the Devonian to recent days, is in absolute conformity with the upward development of brain-power through the Vertebrate series from Fishes to Man, as shown by the investigations of Comparative Anatomists, especially Edinger and Elliot Smith. If thus it can be proved that such a law of Evolution has held good through the enormous spaces of time between the beginning of the Devonian and the present day, surely it is highly probable that the same law has held thz'oughout, and that therefore the Fishes themselves arose from the race that was the most highly developed at the tune when they first appeared; a race therefore which possessed a central nervous system most closely resembling that of the fish. The evidence of the rocks points to the Silurian age as the time when the Vertebrate first arose, and to the great and striking group of Arthropods which swarmed in the seas at that time, to which the name Palceostraca has been given. These were the highest developed race at that time and from them, according to this law of Evolution, the Vertebrate ought to have sprung. The great problem then for the study of the origin of Vertebrates resolves itself into this : What was the nature of the earliest fish aud of the Palaeostraca in Silurian times ? That was the problem I set myself, and it is that comparison which I have attempted organ by organ in my recent book. Such an attempt Avas rendered possible by the fortunate occurrence of one of the Palaeostracau Group — Linmlus or the King Crab — being still living in the present day, and what is still more important, the remarkable resemblance of Ammocoetes — the larval form of the Lamprey — to the fishes belonging to the Osteostraci, especially the close resemblance in position and structure of that remarkable muco-cartilaginous head-shield of Anvnoccetes to the head-shield of such a fish as Cephalasjns. My object throughout has been by the study of Ammocoetes to find out a clue to the past history of these extraordinary early forms of fish. The results are published in my book, and give a 12 rUOCEEUr.NGS OF THE striking evidence of the way in wliich these euriy fishes may Lave arisen from their conti^inporary Palajostracan rivals. It must always he reineinberccl that these latter animals were not Crusta- ceans or Arachnids, but tlie precursors ot" both of these groups, and much nearer to their origin from the Annelids than the ])resent day Arthropoda. To this circumstance must be attributed the annelid characteristics so markedly found in the Vertebrate, especially in the excretory organs. It seems lo me highly probable that this same law of upward progress, viz., that each successive group has arisen from some member of tlie highest group existing at the time, holds good also for the vegetable kingdom, especially in view of the statement recently made that Phanerogams arose from Cycads, I hope that the President may see his way to offer a few remarks on that aspect of the question. The great stumbling block lo the acceptance of my theory ia the minds of many, ia the necessity of making a new digestive tube in a highly organised animal, aud yet the same zoologists accept without the slightest dilliculty, as a commonplace, the manufacture of a new respiratory organ for breathing air instead of water in the transition from the fish to the amphibian. The previous factor in that case was the swim-bladder which provided the new organ, in tlie other a respiratory chamber formed by the internal gills ; for one of the great characteristics of many members of the Palaeostracan group is the absence of external gills and the indication of internally situated gills, and it does seem to me that the evidence is stronger in favour of the Vertebrate alimentary canal being formed from a {)reexisiing respiratory chamber, than that an alimentary canal should have taken on a respiratory function in its anterior end. The way in which the alimentary canal is innervated by the downgrowth of the great respiratory nerve, the vagus, which is so clearly a segmental nerve for the respiratory part but not for the small intestine, points to this conclusion. The fact that in the Avell-marked segmental respiratory chamber of Ammocoetes a new unseginented alimentary tube should be formed at transformation, again indicates that a segmented respiratory chamber was the pre- cursor of an alimentary canal. Finally, the position of the anus in such a form as Drepanaspis and Bothriolej)is immediately following upon the region of the head-shield, suggests strongly that in these most ancient and extraordinarily formed fishes the anus followed close upon the mesosoraatic or respiratory region just as it does in such an animal as Limulus. Finally in this sketch, not of details but of general principles, I come to the argument that this theory is untenable because it contravenes the fundamental principles of ontogeny. Against tliis slatement I most strongly protest, for the strength, I might almost say the main strength, of my position is based on the facts of Vertebrate development. The one great principle of ontogeny is the L.iwof Recapitulation, LIKXr.AX SOCTETT OF LONUOX. 1 3 a and Lasamas, in which the skeleton if any, was formed of small isolated plates, has given the lie to suVh assumptions If early Vertebrates were like A.yMoa;us they may have existed from Pre-Cambnan times and we should have found uo trace ot hem Moreover, the form of Cephalaspis and its allies IS otally unlike the typical fish form. This is fusiform and flattened in the vertical plane, while Lirmdus, like all l'ala;ostraca and the overwhelming majority of Arthropoda, is flattened in the horizontal plane Cej.hah,sjns in outer form resembles such modern hsh as LopJuus {ihe Anghr) and the Gurnards, which habitually squat on the bottom and some of which bury them selves in the mud ; and some of these forms actually develop their scales into plates and have their eyes shifted dorsallv. I have no doubt at all that whilst Cephalaspis, Plerichthys, and their con geners were practising this sluggish mode of life, the real ancestors of the dominant Veitebrates of the sea were ranging like flashes of living light through the waters above. It is customary to speak ot Amphou'vs ^^ a degraded creature, but no one who has ever seen i swi.n will fad to realize the immeasurable superiority of the Vertebra e motor system over that of the Arachnid The comparison ot the one to the screw of a steamer and of th^ other to an eigh -oared boat gives some idea of the difference. We may add that the whole course of evolution in fish and other Vertebrates has tended in the direction of getting rid of external armour and there is no foundation for Dr. Ga.keirs assumption that th^ possession of heavy external armour indicates a " dominant " iorm. It really indicates a sluggish form. But Dr. Gaskell continues, there is the unique feature that the Vertebrate nervous system is tubular and that the ganglion cells bear A .1 A f ^^t^^'i^^^P to tJ"s tube as do the ganglia of an Arthropod to its alimentary canal, and the central nervous svstem IS the n.ost important organ in the body : whilst all else n.ay chance It endures Here again every single item of this statement may be met with a denial. A tubular nervous system is not con- fa.ied o the \ ertebrata. It is found amongst the Echinodermata in Ophiuroiaea, Echinoidea, and llolothuroidea, and in all cases it 18 formed precisely as in Amphioa-m. An exposed plate of nervous ectoderm such as is found throughout life in Asteroidea is covered by the meeting of two thin non-nervous flaps. Then again the ganghonated character of the nervous system of an Arthropod IS appealed to as a sign of high differentiation-but th.8 IS entirely to misread it. This character depend, on the nature of the locomotor system, which consists of discrete groups of muscles confined to appendages, which leads to a local grouping LONEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 1 9 of motor nerve-cells. What intelligence Limulus has is confined to its minute archicerebrum, and this is probably small in amount. Amphioxus has no particular reason to fear Lhmdus on the ground of brains. lu the Vertebrate the swellings of the nervous system are associated with the development of large sense organs, but its locomotor organs are the almost continuous bands of muscle known as myotomes, and hence the motor nerve-cells form a practi- cally continuous plate. Moreover, the whole study of the Animal Kingdom is dead against the assumption that all else may change but the nervous system must endure. If we start with the most highly developed Arthropoda, or with the most highly developed MoUusca, we find as we pass back to more primitive forms that the nervous system evaporates into a mist of general ciliated nervous ectoderm. Out of this, as required by the exigencies of motor and sensory organs, accumulations of nerve-cells develop, and disappear with the disappearance of these organs. Of course, like every other organ, when they have persisted for a long time in a phylum they become stable, but why we should trace the highly developed brain of a Cuttlefish back to primitive ectoderm and pass from the developed nervous system of a typical Arthropod to the typical nervous system of a developed Vertebrate — ignoring all the really primitive forms belonging to the Vertebrates, is conceivable to no one who really knows zoology. The alternative theory to his, as Dr. Gaskell admits, is that Vertebrates arose from some simple form with undiiferentiated organs. Amphioxus gives us an idea of the Vertebrate structure in its most undifferentiated form, but showing the characteristic Vertebrate organs of notochord, gill-slits and tubular nerve -cord. The worm-like Balanoglossus and its allies show the same structures, but without the segmentation characteristic of the muscles of Amphioxus and other Vertebrates. But in its develop- ment, which shows far more primitive features than that of any known Arthropod, Amphioxus resembles Balanoglossus. The larva of Balanoglossus resembles that of Eehinoderms, and here we have a hint of a wide ranging free-swimming group of pelagic animals, the direct descendants of whom are Vertebrata, but the degenerate off-shoof s of whicli at various levels are Echinodermata, Enteropneusta, Amphioxus, and Ascidians. Dr. Gaskell heaps scorn on the idea that Vertebrates, the domi- nant class, arose from a degenerate like Balanoglossus, and asks how such worms could have competed with the big Arthropods. No one supposes that Vertebrates are descended from Balano- glossus, but at the immensely remote period of time when the ancestors of Balanoglossus, leaving their closely allied compeers the ancestors of Vertebrata, deserted the surface to seek the mud, the ancestors of the Gaskellian Arthropods were probably in the condition of the Trochophore larva. Dr. Gaskell alludes to Spengel's work on Balanoglossus a? destroying the supposed Vertebrate character. Nothing coula be more mistaken. Every argument o£ Spengel has been c2 20 PROCEEDINGS OF TBE pulverized, and every statement of Bateson confirmed in the sixteen years that have succeeded the publication of Spengel's work. Dr. Gaskell calls the theory of " parallel development," by which he means the theory of the independent origin of the great phyla Arthropod.!, Mollusca, Vertebrata, &c. from simple forms, an " unscientific and inconceivable suggestion."' Surely he has for- gotten the ' Origin of Species.' Does he forget that Darwin felt the differences between these phyla so strongly that he doubted their common origin, and seems to have imagined that they might have originated independently from primordial protoplasm. Does not Dr. Gaskell know that those who give their lives to the study of Zoology have " parallel development " or fan-like development forced on them at every turn, in every section and sub-section of the Animal Kingdom. That the air-breathing type of gastropod Mollusc, for instance, must have originated at least half a dozen times and the snake- like Vertebrate at least a dozen times each time in entire inde- pendence of every other. And why unscientific ? If protoplasm be fundamentally the same sort of thing at bottom, and if varia- tions be due to definite changes in its chemical composition produced directly or indirectly by changes in the environment, should not like causes have like results ? Dr. Gaskell states that his theory strikes at the root of the conception of parallel development. In this case I venture to predict ttiat the root will prove to be more resistant than the axe with which it is struck. Prof, E. H. SxAELiNG, F.R.S. (Visitor), followed and remarked : I do not know how far an apology may be considered necessary for the intervention of a physiologist in the discussion of a topic which has hitherto been regarded as the special preserve of the zoologist and comparative anatomist. I understand, however, that the chief criticism of the theory, which has been so ably put before us this evening, has had reference to the method by which the problem is attacked, rather than to the facts in comparative anatomy which have been discovered or collated by Dr. Gaskell. On this point, namely, the principles which must guide any research into the phylogeny of our race, a physiologist has as good a right to be heard as has a comparative anatomist. In fact, it was the author of the ' Origin of Species ' himself who introduced physiological considerations into the theory of descent. Darwin showed that the grouping of living beings made by zoologists had a far deeper significance than mere resemblance of form, and were really expressions of blood relationships among the members of any group or between allied groups. He thus replaced a purely conceptual anatomical grouping by an actual physiological kinship. Since the varying degrees of divergence among different forms are to be referred to the survival only of such individuals as are most LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 21 fitly adapted to their environment, the problems of relationship, of descent and, in short, of the origin of species become part of that great study of adaptation which is the proper occupation of the physiologist. These problems are bound up, not with the outward seeming of an organ or organs, but with their %ise to the animal in the struggle for existence, and are therefore in the first place problems of function. In a search for the ancestry of Man and of Vertebrates generally we must therefore remember that we are dealing, not with museum specimens, but with living organisms, and must endeavour to learn what are the essential factors in the life of the animal that give it an advantage over its fellows and tend to the perpetuation of its stock. We have really two questions to deal with, namely : — (1) What determines survival of type ? and, (2) What determines dominance of type ? Sui'vival is merely a question of perfection of adaptation and does not necessarily imply that the type which survives becomes dominant. There are many holes and corners on the surface of the globe where the environment is of a very special character, and in each of these we shall find some group of organisms adapted for this environment and for none other. In many cases such an environment is furnished by the svirface or interior of some other type leading a more active existence. It is in this parasitic con- dition that we get the most extreme degree of specialized adapta- tion associated with degeneration of all parts rendered unnecessary by the restricted range of environmental events to which the organism is liable. Dominance of a type, on the other hand, involves wide distri- bution and, in most cases, the existence of numerous species of the same general characteristics under widely different conditions of environment. To such a dominant type belongs the Vertebrate with its highest representative, Man. There can be no doubt that the evolution of such a type must have been continuous and progressive. It has often been imagined that the evolution of the dominant forms of life was simultaneous and not successive, and was to be compared rather to the spokes of a fan than to a tree with its branches diverging from a common stem. Such a fan- like evolution could only occur with a complete separation of environments. It is as difficult to conceive that the Vertebrate was evolved from a primitive worm-like organism which shot up past the more highly developed Arthropoda, as it is to believe that mankind is destined to be replaced by some beast that is now being evolved from lower groups in the depths of the sea. But what do we mean by speaking of lower and higher groups ? The idea involved in this antithesis is the same as that included in the term " dominance." The positioo of any type in the animal scale, the question whether it is to win in life's struggle, is determined PROCEEDINQS OF THE hy rnnfje of adaplalion or of reaction. The organ or system on which the range of adaptation depends is the one on uhich we must concentrate our attention in tracing back the evolution of the Vertebrate. This organ is the central nervous svetem. There has been no continuous rise in type of the muscular, digestive or respiratory systems. It is the central nervous svstem which determines dominance of any type, and the nervous svstem is the only part of the body which undergoes continuous evolution irom the lowest to the highest forms. The reactions of the highest animals are determined by the nerve-cells and tracts laid down in the embryo and inherited from the parents no new formation or repair being possible after the earliest stages ot loetal life, if indeed at any time. In no case, so far as I am aware, do we find the central nervous system cleared away and laid down afresh in the metamorphosis of" an animal. At various times an animal may breathe by its skin, by gills or by lungs. It may digest its food by means of glands derived from'the epiblast or hypoblast, and indeed digestive ferments may be produced hy almost any cell in the body. It mav excrete waste products by kidneys, intestines, or skin ; but the central nervous system remains the one unchangeable organ, whose function, namely the determination of adapted reactions and therefore of survival cannot be replaced by the vicarious activity of anv other part of the body. ■ ^ Looking back as physiologists we mav indeed see that all the main epochs m the evolution of higher forms of life are charac- terized by changes in the nervous system. The first step was taken when the individuals of a cell colony remained in structural connection, so that the consensus partiwn could be maintained by the propagation of molecular changes along the protoplasmic strands between the different cells and no longer depended solely on the diffusion into the surrounding medium of chemical sub- stances which might affect friend or foe alike. By a differentiation among these connecting strands a diffuse nervous system was formed with immensely enhanced rapidity of reaction of the w'hole organism to environmental changes at anv part of its surface. The location of the mouth at the front end of the body, i. e. the one which in the actively moving animal was first exposed to changes in the environment, was attended hy the concentration at this end of the specialized projicient organs of sense, i. e. those whose activity was aroused by changes occurring at some distance from the animal, in a region with which a continuation of the forward progression of the animal would bring it in more intimate relations. The presence of these foreseeinr/ organs at the anterior end necessarily brought in its train a subjection of all other parts of the nervous system to that part, the supra-cesophageal ganglion, which was the first recipient of the afferent impressions from these organs. The rise in type, which has culminated in the production of Man himself, has been determined simply hy a continuous LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 2$ advance in the complexity of adaptations, and by an increase in the powers of control and foresight exercised by the foremost part of the central nervous system. On these t^A'o factors, fore- sight and control, depends a man's position among his fellows, and a continuous growth in the same factors marks the pro- gression of living forms from the Worm to the highest Vertebrate. Since the functions which determine survival are those bound up almost exclusively with the central nervous system, this system is taken by Gaskell as his guide in tracing the genealoijy of the Vertebrate. 1 am not sufficiently equipped to bear testimony in favour or otherwise of the facts adduced by Graskell in support of his theory. I am convinced, however, that the principles on which he has proceeded are the only ones which Mill lend to a solution of the problem, and that researches along these lines will throw light on the meaning and physiological significance of many organs whose part in the economy of the body is still a mystery. It is difficult to understand the attitude which has been taken up by the majority of zoologists towards this theory of the origin of Vertebrates. We find zoologists themselves putting forward theories of the descent of Vertebrates based on a more or less profound study of all sorts of organs and structures which really have little or no importance in the life of the animal, or can be replaced vicariously or structurally with the utmost ease. Thus they concentrate their attention on or{j;ans such as the alimentary canal, blood vessels, foetal membranes, excretory organs, the notochord, but p:iy little or no regard to the one system of the body which is all-important in determining the continuous series of adaptations which make up the life of the animal. And what is strange is that in most cases no palaeontological evidence seems to be brought forward in favour of these hypotheses. I do not know whether succeeding speakers will be able to adduce any facts from the geological record in favour of the existence of the strange slug-like animals, with or without holes punched in them, which have been evolved out of the inner consciences of our most dis- tinguished zoologists and assigned to us as our remote ancestors. To an onlooker like myself the striking resemblance between the earliest fishes and the Arthropoda which were the dominant type just before the appearance of these Vertebrates, is striking evidence in favour of Gaskell's theory. I would ask the morphologists present here to-night to explain how they account for this striking similarity. If the gastrula theory had been mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis, it is possible that the presence of those earliest fishes in the earth's crust might be regarded as a divinely appointed trial of faith for the orthodox among zoologists. It seems to me that the morphologist, while professing a lip service to the doctrine of Evolution, has really forsaken the teachings of Darwin and gone back to the worship of his old idol, the study of form for itself. For him, as for the anatomists before Darwin, similarity of form is everything and function is of no account. 24 PE0CBEDING8 OF THE The special message of Darwin to biology was the vindication of function, and the demonstration that it was the use of parts and not their shape which determined their significance, — that rela- tionship between different types was a question of descent and of survival, and therefore depended not on form but on fitness, that is to say, on physiological function. It is curious to note, with this relapse into scholiasticism, the old tendency to intolerance of new ideas and of any light on the problems at issue other than that shed by some enshrined man-made theory at the end of a dark passage. In fact some members of the zoological hierarchy apparently regard the attempt to throw light from any other direction a? impious, and associate it, like many worthy divines did the work of Darwin, with the Author of all evil. I would not however like to suggest that Proiessor MacBride entertained any such comminatory feelings or was conscious of any spirit of religious intolerance when he speaks of the " diabolical ingenuity " of Gaskell's theory. But surely the odium ihcologicum is out of place in dealing with biological problems. A sacerdotal attitude of mind will never advance our knowledge of natural phenomena or of the origin of Vertebrates. It is a happy augury for the revival of freedom of thousfht in English biology that the Linnean Society should, in this jubilee year of Darwin, have devoted an evening to the discussion of a theory, which, I believe, will prove to be the most important contribution to the history of our race since the publication of the ' Descent of Man.' Mr. E. S. GooDEicn, F.E.S., F.L.S., stated that before em- barking on a theory as to the origin of the Vertebrates, we may attempt to determine what must have been the structure of the primitive early Vertebrate from which the Cephalochorda, Cyclo- stomata, and Gnathostomata (Fish and higher Vertebrates) have been derived. That all these forms are bilaterally symmetrical ccelomate animals, provided with gill-slits, notochord, and dorsal central nervous system, will be granted to start with ; but we must further try to fiud out what has been the general course of differentiation and specialization, to distiuguish the higher from the lower forms, and to point out what other characters must have been absent or present from the undifferentiated ancestral stage common to them all. With considerable certainty Gnathostomes can be traced back to an aquatic fish-like ancestor, in general structure not unlike the modern Selachian. It possessed biting jaws with true teeth, a general covering of denticles, open branchial slits, paired and median fins, a cartilaginous endoskeleton, and well-developed sense-organs. The Cyclostomes belong to an altogether lower grade of organi- sation, the primitive characters of which cannot be merely due to degeneration. The segmentation of the body is more complete, and the segments are more uniform. This is especially the case LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 25 in the head. The formation of a distinct head-region with a large diiferentiated brain, a skull, and cranial nerves, is one of the most important and characteristic features of the structure of the Craniata (Cyclostomes and Gnathostomes). It takes place by the gradual modification of more and more of the segments at the anterior region of the body where are situated the mouth, gill- slits, and paired organs of sense. But this process of cephali- zation has gone much further in the Grnathostomes, where the 9th and 10th cranial nerves become included in the skull, and the corresponding muscle segments are suppressed, than in the Cyclostomes, where these nerves emerge behind tlie rudimentary skull and the muscle segments still in the adult form an un- interrupted series from in front of the mouth to the tip of the tail. Moreover in the Cyclostomes there are no paired limbs, no true teeth, in fact no trace whatever of dermal skeleton, and the testis has not yet acquired any direct connection with the kidney tubules. The next point to be studied is the structure of the common ancestor of the Cephalochorda and the Craniata. Now, although Amphioxus is doubtless in some respects a very specialized animal — as for instance in the possession of an atrial cavity — yet it preserves many primitive characters. Judging from its struc- ture, we must conclude that the ancestral Vertebrate was still more uniformly segmented than the primitive Craniate, The head-region was scarcely differentiated at all, there was no skull (probably no cartilaginous axial skeleton at all), a quite rudi- mentary brain, no specialized cranial nerves, no eephalization due to the presence of large paired organs of sense. It is possible that Amphioxus is somewhat degenerate ; but it cannot seriously be urged that it once possessed in well-developed condition those paired sense-organs which have so pi'ofoundly modified the structure of the head-region in the Craniata. For it would be ridiculous to suppose that the modified segments could be I'estored to their original condition of uniformity with the trunk segments ; no trace of the disturbance appearing in either adult or embryo. Further, in Amphioxus, there is no dermal or epidermal armour, and primitiveness is shown in the structure of the endostyle, which becomes modified into the thyroid gland in higher forms. Lastly the presence of true uephridia, a type of excretory organ which has been lost in other Vertebrates, links Amphioxus to the lower Invertebrate Coelomata. Thus can be traced an irreversible series of stages in the differ- entiation of Vertebrate structure, at the bottom of which we find a much simpler, but still essentially Vertebrate ancestor, probably already extinct in Silurian times. Amoug the various Classes of modern Invertebrates we do not, and indeed cannot expect to find any close allies. But the some- what distantly related Enteropneusta (Balanoglossus) seem to 26 PP.OCEEUINOS OF THE point to a remote common ancestor in which the supportino notochord was not yet formed, the nervous system was superficial and more diffuse, and the segmental ion less perfect. We have seen that the study of the Vertebrates leads us back step by step to a simple undifferentiated ancestor, in which the complex sense-organs, the highly developed brain, tlie chambered heart, and other structures so characteristic of this phvhira had not yet appeared. Now, the same conclusion is reached on studym- such other groups as the Mollusca and Arthropoda. Here also we are led back along an irreversible series of forms to a simpler generalized ancestor. Tlie Vertebrates, Molluscs and Arthropods, have diverged along fundamentally different lines of aifferentiation. Just as the organisation of the Vertebrata is governed by the appearance of a dorsal nervous system, a notochord gUl-slits a mesoblastic skeleton, etc., so the whole organisation of the Arthropoda is dominated by the secretion of a complete superficial chitmous skeleton, and the accompanying development of jointed appendages serving for feeding and progression. Similarlv, the Molluscan organisation has been throughout influenced by the secretion of a calcareous dorsal shell, and the development of a soft body capable of distention by the blood-vascular system. Of all the systems of organs the nervous system mav be considered as the most important, and it is just in the study "of this system that we can most easily trace the divergence in structure of the three groups. Owing to adaptation to similar environment or function certain striking resemblances may occur between animals of widely separated origin; this is especially the case with sense-orf-ans adapted to receive definite stimuli. Thus, a Cepha]o[)od Moliusc ha^ a large brain enclosed in a cartilaginous skull, with paired orbits containing large eyes remarkably hke those of the Craniate Vertebrate. But the resemblance is due to convergence; these complex organs were not present in more primitive Mollusca. and have been acquired within the Molluscan phylum. Examined carefully they are found to differ as fundamentally in every detail from those of the Vertebrate as does the whole organisation of the Mollusc differ from that of the Vertebrate in general. Eesemblances between the Arthropod and the Vertebrate are not so striking; when they do occur they can be shown to be of the same nature. Here also the various organs which acquire some likeness to each other in the two groups are found to differ as fundamentally in detail as they do in origin. What the two groups really have in common is only that which they have both inherited from a ^ery early undifferentiated ancestral stock. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 27 Dr. H. Gadow, F.R.S. (Visitor), followed, and said : — When Dr. Graskell explained his hypothesis at a meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Societ_y, fourteen years ago, I was the only one who had the courage of pleading for its being given a chance. It has survived pitiful contempt and ridicule. If we want to join the ends of a broken chain, we must be clear about the links. I propose pointing out the last Vertebrate link, by reconstructing an early Vertebrate analytically. Ever since (jegenbaur based his investigations into the compo- sition of the cranium upon Elasmobranchs, and as since, after him, Balfour discovered so many important features in their embryonic development, the Elasmobranchs have come to be looked upon as the ideally lowest typical Vertebrates. Dohrn even went so far as to explain the Cyclostomes out of the way of direct ancestry as degenerated Elasmobranchs. This Elasmobranch worship is wrong. They are a side-branch which leads to nothing. The main stem of the Vertebrate descent passes through what we may call Gano-Dipnoi, and their ancestors, Proto-Gano-Dipnoi, presumably were still devoid of paired limbs, and still lower down were not yet Gnathostomes. We can reconstruct further: With a mouth not terminal but ventral : their bulk consisting of a large anterior complex and a short, tapering tail, both segmented and metameric. Condensation and fusion produced a head which was so large because it con- tained all the principal organic systems, as nervous, digestive, respiratory, vascular, and possibly excretory and generative. Metamerism in this anterior complex, the incipient head, was doomed, but in the posterior portion it underwent renewed activity. Not only were more segments formed by interstitial budding, but metamerism ran wild, culminating, besides other features, in vertebralization. The latter proceeded from the tail end forwards, and it is idle to seek for vertebrae in the primitive bead, excepting in the part from the vagus backwards, which in the early creature we are dealing with, was a very I'ecent formation. Meanwhile, the posterior or tail portion becoming larger, part of it, from before backwards, was converted into a trunk, as this was receiving most of those organs which were crowded out from the consolidating head, and also no doubt owing to the repetitional budding backwards of some of these organs. Thus we have arrived at a Tadpole-shaped A^ertebrate of which some Ostraco- dermi with their vertebralized tails are not a bad sample. Gegenbaur had taught us to consider the spinal cord as an outgrowth from the older brain. The greater part of the chorda is likewise due to a secondary growth backwards, this organ not being laid down in its totality, certainly not in the tail where it ought to have arisen if originally intended for an axial stiffening organ. It arises, however, in the trunk, and since this is a later 28 PB0CBEDINQ8 Or TUB addition (due to interstitial postcephalic budding) the chorda must be of a comparatively late stage. Both these features, chorda and spinal cord, fit into the sketch I have just outlined, but if we consider the spinal cord as an outgrowth from, and therefore a thing later than, the brain, this seems to go strongly against Dr. Gaskell's theory, and this would not be reconcilable with my early Vertebrate. But Gregenbaur's explanation, development from the supra-ojsophageal ganglia of the Invertebrates, is one of those captivating notions which is really nothing but a working hypothesis to account for the dorsal position of the spinal cord. And yet this hypothesis, absolutely wrong in detail, led and became wrapped up in the much more important principle of the foundation of a trunk by backward interstitial budding. As this became dimly recognised as reason- able, the spinal cord explanation benefited by it, although wrongly. A few words about the skeletal material, the cartilage. I remember Gegeubaur saying in his lectures, " AUer Knorpel kommt urspriinglich von Aussen." We are only now beginning fully to understand the meaning of that oracular sentence. The cartilage of the Vertebrata is originally an ectodermal, basal membrane product, which then migrates inwards. It does not arise, as the old master himself had taught, and as everybody teaches, in the immediate vicinity of the chorda, there to form arcuaUa or basal blocks, these to form neural and ventral processes, whence ultimately arise the median fin-supporting rays. The process is just the reverse. First rays, lastly basal blocks, culminating in the formation of an axial skeleton with centra. As an aside, I need scarcely mention that this reversed process considerably assists the derivation of the paired fins from a hypothetical lateral fin. Another point : since Gegenbaur has stated it positively, there have been persistent attempts to prove that cartilage appears endogenous in the chorda. Personally I think that this belief rests upon faulty, or misinterpreted observations, but if there should, after all, exist such endogenous chordal cartilage, such an endodermal origin would appear quite irreconcilable with the new doctrine of its ectodermal origin. And yet, if Gaskell's explana- tion of the chorda as an early folded-off portion of his new gut is right, then it becomes quite comprehensible how this new gut-wall may still retain some lingering scleroblastic cells, since, according to Gaskell, this gut is partly made out of ventral ectoderm. The early Vertebrate I have just reconstructed approaches the Silurian limbless Ostracoderms. PtericJitht/s may be a belated offshoot, still retaining a pair of Invertebrate limblike appendages. Ostracoderms I hold to be the lowest known Vertebrates, not yet Gnathostomes, whether we call them Hypostomes or Agnatha, or even Cyclostomes in a wider sense. It is one of Dr. Gaskell's happiest feats to have shown that LINNBAN SOCIETY OP LONDON. 29 Cyclostoraes closely resemble such Ostracoderms, not, however, as their descendants, but rather as their ancestors, although modified and even somewhat degenerated. To appreciate this, however, we must cease gazing at the Lamprey. The Ammoccetes larva is the key. Of course, even this is not primitive enough for the earliest Vertebrate, To reconstruct this we have to take away its trunk, and such a creature may well be expected to have lived in early ISilurian timeR. Although there is not yet known a single fossil Cyclostome from the Silurian slates to recent river- mud, such creatures may come to light and they would not be more puzzling than Palteosponch/lns. Thus far it is plain sailing. The Vertebrate end of the broken chain is clear enough. The attempts to bring Amphioxus into line have not been successful, and the claims of the other " Chordata " restrict themselves to a few features of doubtful value. JVowhere could these comparisons be driven home, and what do these attempts amount to against Dr. Gaskell's detailed, almost too minute comparisons of a dozen of the most important organs ? If his results were, every one, nothing but coincidences, analogies, such a state of things would be much more astonishing and un- likely than his whole hypothesis. His explanations of the huge cavities in the brain, the peculiar structure of its roof, the ventral and the neurenteric canal, are the only plausible ones ever offered. It is a somewhat forgotten fact that in some Birds there is no proper neurenteric canal, while in other species there are, not one, but two and even three successively formed communications of the central canal with the gut and passing right through the chorda. An organ which, like the chorda of a bird, has passed its prime, is liable in its degeneration to revert to primitive features, some\A hat muddled. Here we have three neurenteric connections, their respective funnels behaving as if the chorda were a negligible quantity, or rather part of the gut. Gaskell's explanation of the chorda is by far the best we have. If considered as a product of an endodermal gut, the chorda cannot well have started as a supporting organ. It must have started with gut-like function, but having lost this with its lumen, its walls shrinking to rod-shape, may then well have formed a useful axial support. Can it be upheld, that the chordoids of Balanoglossus and Hhabdopleura ever had a gut function ? This would mean that a glandular, secretive organ has lost its function and yet waxed large. A proper chorda is not a glandular thing, and even when it is a rod ten feet long and more than one inch thick, it possesses neither nerves nor blood-vessels. Zoologists have allowed histology to slip out of their hands into those of the physiologists, and it has done well there. Embryoloo-y would likewise have fared better if the function of the aggregating and growing masses of cells had been taken as the leading principle, instead of the structures which they ultimately give rise to. It is function which determines the organ, and the $0 FROCEKDINCS OF THK possible function often depends upon mere poaition, sometimes almost acfidental, with regard to the surrounding medium. Kature does not care where the material comes from, provided it be suitable. There are, for instance, endodermal and ecto- dermal gills ; nor does it matter whether a creature digests and absorbs food by its inner or by its outer surface. Whilst an armour-clad animal caiuiot do it, a naked Amphibian drinks through its whole skin ; and most species of Sjjelerpes, sometimes six and more inches long, never possess gills, have lost their lungs, and breathe almost entirely through their outer surface. The Germ-laver theory has crystallized into a dogma and has led into a cul-de-sac. How else could it happen that people, who have spent a lifetime at embryology, throw it up in disappoint- ment and denounce the theory of Eecapitulation, which is about tlie only valuable, really priceless generalization of this direct means of studying evolution. Because Dr. Gaskell is a good physiologist, he saw that the central canal and the brain ventricles could not possibly have anything to do, primarily, with the central nervous system, that, in fact, they are the remnants of a gut. This has of course been suggested long ago, from the general look of the thing, but there were no proofs, and there was the seemingly hopeless task of having to account for a new gut. Gaskell had the courage and insight to show how such a gut may have been evolved, and this is one of the best, simplest and most convincing chapters. It is a false dogma that the gut must be the organ which is homologous in all gut-possessing animals. Dr. Gaskell may be mistaken in some of his interpretations, but his hypothesis is not only at least as good as others, but it is the only one which endeavours to carry through a great number of comparisons. His hypothesis is logically conceived ; it is built up of items, none of which are impossible, therefore the total is possible. The discussion was then adjourned to the next General Meeting, Thursday, 3rd February, 1910, at 8.0 P.M. February 3rd, 1910. Dr. D. H. ScoTi', M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 20th January, 1910, were read and contirmed. Dr. Henry Drinkwater, M.D. (Edin.), and Mr. Cyril Crossland, M.A. (Cantab.;, B.Sc. (Loud.), were elected Fellows. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOX, 3! The discussion upon the Origin oE the Vertebrates, begun at the previous Meeting, was resumed. The discussion was continued by Dr. A. Smith Woodward, r.E.S., F.L.S., who remarked that Paheontology affords no clue to the ancestry of the Vertebrates, because they seem to have originated as animals with no hard parts caj)able of fossilization. When they first acquired a calcified skeleton in the Upper Silurian period, they were represeiited not only by very primitive types like the Ostracoderms, but by true fishes of at least as high a grade as the Elasmobranchs (Acanthodians). It is perhaps a significant fact that the Arthropods were the dominant type of life at the time when the Vertebrates began to be conspicuous. It is known that during the subsequent course of evolution of the Vertebrates themselves, each successively higher great group became the dominant type for the time being ; and that each advance was due to evolution from the immediately precednig dominant type. In every case, however, the higher group seems to have been directly derived from the earliest and most generalized members of the preceding group, not from the specialized members that flourished at the time of its dominance. If, therefore, the Vertebrates originated from Arthropods, their direct ancestors must have been early generahzed forms which there is little hope of discovering among fossils. Although so little is known of their organisation, it seems proliable that the Ostracoderms are lower in rank than the true fishes, and most nearly related, among surviving animals, to the Marsipobranchs. Dr. Gaskell has added to this probability by his researches on the Ammocoete. His comparison of tlie structure of the dermal head-shield in the Upper Silurian Aachenasjns with that of the more deeply seated plate of muco-cartilage in the Ammocoete, is particularly striking and interesting. Most of the Ostracoderms have a remarkable superficial resem- blance to the contemporaneous Arthropods of the Eurypterid group, being adapted for a similar mode of life on the sea-bottom. A few, however, are laterally compressed and as gracefully fusi- form as swiftly-swimming fishes (e. g., Birl-enia) ; and that these had a wide geographical distribution in Upper Silurian times is shown by the recent discovery of a fragment (named Ctenopleuron nerepisense by G. E. Matthew) in New Brunswick. The supposed discoveries in Ostracoderms of appendages com- parable with those of Arthropods, are due entirely to faulty observation or misinterpretation. There is nothing more than a normal branchial chamber on each side of the cranial region in genera such as Cqyhalasins, Pteraspis, Cyathaspis, and Tremataspis, where the skeleton can be well observed. The so-called paii-ed appendages ascribed to the trunk of Cephalaspis by Prof. W. Patten, are merely the scales which project along its sharp angulation on each side. 32 PKOCEEDINOS OP THE Prof. Authur Dbndy, F.R.S., Sec.L.S., contributed the follow- ing remarks : — Any theory of the orii^in of Vertebrates must stand or fall by the results of detailed criticism of the evidence upon which it rests, and owing to the large amount of evidence which Dr. Gaskell has brought forward, this must necessarily be a verv laborious undertaking. The portion of this evidence to which I wish to call special attention on this occasion is that which concerns the eyes, upon which very great stress has been laid. This applies especially to the median eyes, concerning which Dr. Gaskell himself states * that " undoubtedly, in recent times, the most important clue to the ancestry of Vertebrates has been given by the discovery that the so-called pineal gland in the Vertebrate brain is all that remains of a pair of median or pineal eves, the existence of which is manifest in the earliest Vertebrates." This being so, it seems especially desirable to examine criticallv the evidence brought forward in this case. Dr. Gaskell has studied these organs in the Ammocoete larva of Petromyzon. I myself have studied them in the Velasia stage of the New Zealand Lamprey, Geotria, which is very closely related to Petromyzon, and also in Sphenodon, where they are exceptionally well developed. I may say at once that my interpretation of their structure does not agree with that of Dr. Gaskell. Dr. Gaskell reminds us that Crustaceans and Arachnids, as well as A^ertebrates, have lateral and median eyes and that in these Arthropods, " the median eyes are in all cases eves with a simple upright retina and a simple cuticular lens, while the retina of the lateral eyes is compound or may be inverted, according as the animal in question possesses crustacean or arachnid aTfinities " Again he says, " The lateral eye of the vertebrate, possessing, as it does, an inverted compound retina, indicates that the verte- brate arose from a stock which was neither arachnid nor crusta- cean, but gave rise to both groups— in fact, was a member of the great palaeostracan group."' He then proceeds to examine the evidence with regard to the median eyes of Ammoccetes, with a view to discovering whether they belong to the same type as those of Arachnids and Crustacea. He compares an extremely diagrainmatic figure of the pineal eye of Ammoccetes, which in my opinion is far from being correct, with an apparentlv equally diagrammatic figure of an Acilius larva, which, to judge "from the drawing of this eye copied from Patten on a later page, is also far from accurate. By this procrustean method of treatment the two eyes are certainly made to look very like one another although it has been impossible to eliminate the cuticular lens of Acilius, which is entirely wanting in Ammoccetes. The manner in which it has been necessary to treat the evidence in order to arrive at this comparison is clearly illustrated by * ' The Origin of Vertebrates ' : Longmans, Green, & Co., 1908, p. 74. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX, 33 Dr. GiiskeH's discussion of the miiaule structure of the retiua. If the comparison is to be valid the retina of the pineal eye must be a simple retina, that is to sa}^ it must not contain an optic ganglion. Dr. Gaskell savs " neither I myself nor Studnicka have been able to see any detinite groups of cells between the nerve end-cells and the optic nerve sucli as a compound retina necessitates." It is difficult to reconcile this statement with wliat Studnicka himself says. According to this author,* the retina of a developed Ammoccete consists of the following cell- layers : — (1) At the bottom, a layer of nerve-fibres, \Ahich are in direct connection with those of the pineal nerve. (2) A layer of basal cells ; large, very clear cells with lightly staining protoplasm and large nuclei, with a number of nei've-libres running between them. (3) A laj^er of nuclei belonging to small cells. (4) A layer of cylindrical cells which correspond to the rods of older authors and which consist of sense-cells and supporting cells. This does not sound very much like a simple retina. Dr. Gaskell quotes Studnicka as saying that the nerve end-cells pass directly into the nerve, which, Dr. Gaskell observes, "points dii'ectly to the conclusion that this retina is a simple, not a compound retina, and that it therefore in this respect agrees Avith the retina of all median eyes." I do not know where Studnicka makes the state- ment upon which Dr. Gaskell bases this conclusion. What I do find hiui saying (oji. clt. p. 25) is that tlie lower extremity of the sense-cell is produced into a nerve-fibre which loses itself in the nerve-fibre layer of the retina (1). He further expressly states thxat in the adult Petromyzon there are amongst the round basal ce Is many which undoubtedly have the character of ganglion cells, and that the processes of these cells may be followed into the layer of nerve-fibres, while they also send processes into the layer of cylindrical cells. In short the retina of the pineal eye of Ammocceies is iin- doubtedly a compound retina and not, as Dr. Gaskell would have it, a simple one. My own observations on the pineal eye of Geotria fully confirm this view. In this animal also a well- developed retinal ganglion is pi'esent. Dr. Gaskell endeavoui's to harmonize my observations with his theory by supposing that the cells of which this retinal ganglion is composed "do not represent the original optic ganglion of a compound retina, but rather the subsequent invasion, by way of the pineal nerve, of ganglion cells belonging to a portion of the brain." When undoubted facts have to be ignored or explained away in this manner in order to * "Die Parietalorgaiie " (in Oppel's ' Lelirbuch der vergleiclieiuleii uiikro- skopischen Anatomie der Wirbelthiere ')> P- 24. LINX. SOC. PROCEEUINGS. — SESSION 1909-1910. d 34 PltOCKEDlNCS OK Tin: support a llifory it looks as il' th.-n theory must slaiul upon a soniinvliat shaky fouiuhition. Dr. GaskpU, then, coiiclutk's that iu the pineal t-ve of Ammocmtes "there is certainly no api)earance in the least resembling a compound retina such as is seen in the vertebrate or crustacean lateral eye.'' It is true that in the Lampreys tlie retinal ganglion of the pineal eye is not spread out to form a layer of such unilonn thickness as in the lateral eye, but the pineal eyes of Sphenodon and of the Lacertilia make a much closer approach to the lateral eyes in this respect. By far the most important evidence afforded by both the pineal and lateral eyes of A'ertebrates, however, is, in mv opinion, that derived from their development. Both differ essentiallv from any Invertebrate eye in being formed as diverticula of a hollow brain. The eyes of Arthropods are formed by thickening and differentiation of the superlicial epiblast. How is it possible to reconcile this discrepancy ? Dr. Gaskell himself {op. cit. p. 101) states the problem quite clearly in the case of the lateral eyes. Having arrived at the conclusion tliat the retina is in this case a compound retina, composed of a retina and retinal ganglion of the type found in Arthropods, he gops on to say : "From this it follows that the development of the vertebrate retina ought to show the formation of (1) an optic plate formed from the peripheral epi- dermis and not from the' brain ; (2) a part of the brain closely attached to this optic plate forming the retinal ganghon, which remains at the surface when the rest of the optic ganglion with- draws : (3) an optic nerve formed in consequence of "this with- drawal, as the connection between the retinal and cerebral parts of the optic ganglion." Of course, the same must apply to the pineal eyes *. Itelyiiig upon Gotte's observation " that the retina arises from an optic plate, being the optical portion of his ' Sinnesplafte,' " Gaskell concludes that the retina (of the lateral eve) is to 'be regarded as a portion of the superficial epiblast together with a retinal ganglion with which it has become fused, while the optic vesicles are explained as outgrowths of the primitive Arthropod stomach which supply only the epithelial and supporting framework of the retina, with which the nervous and sensory elements become interwoven. The development of the lateral Vertebrate eye is, however, a very complex process, and as I have not made a special study of it myself, I leave it on one side, though I may say that Dr. Gaskell's idea of the double origin of the retina and its supporting structures seems to me to be too far- fetched to be of much value as a support for his theory, and that any attempt to institute a close comparison between the lateral eye of a Vertebrate and the highly specialized compound eye of an Arthropod is foredoomed to failure. * At any rate so far as no. (1) is concprned, whatever view we may take as to the presence or absence of a retinal ganglion in the pineal ej e. laXXEAX SOCIETV OF LOXDOX. 35 Ui*. Gaskell unroi'tiiiiate!)' does not deal with the development of the ])iiieal eye, wliich is far simpler. This has been carefully studied is various types, all of which agree in essential features. J myself have studied it chiefly in Sphenodon, upon which animal the following statements are based. The pineal eye originates as a simple evagiuatiou of the brain-roof. This completely separates from the brain and closes up. The optic vesicle thus formed does not invaginate to form an optic cup, as in the case of the paired eye, but the retina, with its sense-cells, ganglion-cells and nerve- fibres, is formed directly and in situ by differentiation of its posterior wall, while the lens is formed from its anterior wall. There is not the slightest indication of the origin of any part of the retina directly from the superficial epiblast. It is true, of course, that the whole of the central nervous system is derived, in the first instance, from superficial e])ibiast, and so also is the central nervous system of an Arthropod. Ko one denies that the retina is epiblastic in orgiu ; the question is, what part of the epi- blast is it derived from ? In the Vertebrate it is derived from the part which becomes iuvaginaled to form the central nervous system. In the Arthropod and in other Invertebrates, it is not. I cannot, therefore, avoid expressing the opinion that the evidence which Dr. Gaskell derives from the study of the lateral and pineal eyes in favour of his theory does not stand the test of critical examination. It appears to me, if I may venture to say so, that he has failed to distinguish between analogy and homology. Animals which h;i,ve to live under similar conditions must be expected to become adapted along similar lines, and it is no moi-e necessarv to invoke a common ancestry to explain the resemblance between the visual organs of Vertebrates and Arthropods than it is to give the same explanation of the superficial resemblance between their organs of locomotion. Again, the resemblance between the lateral eyes of Vertebrates and the highly charac- teristic compound eyes of any Arthropod is not nearly so striking as is that betw'een the former and the higher Cephalopod eye, and yet no one, so far as I am aware, has yet ventured to include the Octopus in the ancestral portrait gallery of the A'ertebraia. Looking at the problem for a moment from a wider point of view, I should like to express my agreement with those who see in Amphioxns a close approximation to the starting-point of the great Vertebrate phylum. The evidence in favour of the essentially primitive character of Antpldoxus is, to my mind, overwhelming, but the acceptance of this evidence is fatal to Dr. Gaskell's views, for in Amphioxint^ of course, a very large proportion of the Vertebrate characters upon which he lays so much stress as indicating Arthropod atlitiities, have not yet put in an appearance. Thus, for example, there is no trace of either lateral or pineal eyes, and we therefore conclude with confidence that d2 36 PROCEKUINGS OI Till these structures liuve not bneii inheritotl Iroiii any Invertebrate ancestor at all, but have arisen cjuite independently within the A'ertebrate group. In connection with Dr. Gaskell's theory, the question is some- times asked: — If the cavity of the central nervous system of the Vertebrate, with its lining epithelium, has not been derived from the alimentary canal of an Arthropod ancestor, how do you account for its existence, and how do you account for the existence of the choroid plexuses ? To the zoologist, of course, this question presents no difficulty. One of the commonest ])heno- mena of development throughout the Animal Kingdom is the incrense of surface by the forniation of folds. We are familiar with it in glandular tissues and in respiratory tissues, and we are familiar with it also in the formation of the central nervous system of various Invertebrates, as Professor MacBride has already pointed out. jN'o one doubts, moreover, that this is the explanation of the convolutions of the brain in higher A^ertebrates. Why then object to apply the same principle in expltmation of the origin of the Vertebrate nervous system by invagination of the superficial epiblast ? The Vertebrates inherited from their In- vertebrate, worm-like ancestors, this characteristic mode of forming the central nervous system, which naturally resulted in the development of a hollow^ tube ■with at first a narrow lumen. Eurther evolution of the nervous system was brought about primarily by the increase in number of the nerve-cells and the consequent thickening of the wall of the neural tube. Ic will, of course, be asked by the supporters of Dr. Gaskell's theory, why has the cavity of the original neural tube increased to such enormous dimensions in the case of the ventricles of the brain ? Here again I do not see any difficulty. The great mass of nerve tissue formed in the brain requires some very well developed system for nutrition and respiration. This is primarily effected of course by the cerebral blood-vessels ; but we have also the cerebro-spinal fluid, with whieh the ventricles of the brain and the canalis centralis of the spinal cord are filled, and which probably exercises an important respiratory and possibly also other functions. I suppose Dr. Gaskell will hardly ask us to look upon the cerebro-spinal fluid as representing the digestive juices which were poured into the stomach of the ancestral Arthropod. What about the choroid plexuses, then ? Here, again, we have a beautiful illustration of the principle of folding in order to increase surface, a folding which is quite inexplicable except on the assumption that the choroid j)lexuses fulfil some very im- portant function in connection with the cerebro-spinal fluid into which they dip. They are, as everyone knows, extraordinarily vascular (which the wall of the Arthropod stomach is not), and they probably constitute a kind of intra-cerebral gills concerned in the respiration of the cerebro-spinal fluid ; they may also have other functions in connection with this important fluid. LIXXEAN SOCIETY OF LO^fDOX. 37 It appears from Dr. Gaskell's opening speech that he assumes that the anterior opening of the neural tube in the larval Amphi- oxiis represents the old Arthropod mouth, but in the higher A'^ertebrates he locates this ancestral mouth in the region of the infundibulum. This necessitates the supposition that the anterior neuropore is identical in position with the infundibulum, a supposition wliiuh would, I imagine, strike modern embryologists with amazement. Then again, what is the value of the evidence afforded by the so-called neurenteric canal? This structure, if structure it can be called, simply results from the fortuitous enclosure of the blastopore by the uprising neural folds, and to my mind it has no phvlogenetic significance of the kind attributed to it by Dr. Gaskeil. It was urged, I think by Professor Starling, that the immense physiological importance of the central nervous system gives it a special claim to consideration as evidence in the discussion of the- origin of Vertebrates. This is entirely contrary to the usually accepted views of systematic zoologists, who find in structures which are apparently of the least use to their possessors * the best guides to genetic affinity. Organs which are of great use must be subject to adaptive modification in accordance with the changing needs of the organism. Modern schemes of classification are indeed largely based upon this principle, and certain modi- fications in the nervous system of tape-worms have been explicitly ruled out as guides to classification in accordance therewith. [The central nervous system of a Vertebrate of course agrees with that of an Arthropod in exhibiting traces of a fundamental metamerism, because both Vertebrates and Arthropods are meta- merically segmented animals, and both have very probably been derived from some metamerically segmented common ancestor. It is the later modifications, coenogenetic rather than palingenetic features, readily explicable as adaptations to the special needs of the Vertebrate organisation (which are of course in many respects similar to those of the Arthropod organisation), that I consider to be inadmissible as evidence in considering the phylo- genetic relationships of the Vertebrates. The fact that highly specialized characters of the brain may afford a useful clue to relationship within the limits of the Vertebrate phylum does not, in my opinion, affect the question at issue. In dealing with closely related groups comparatively recent modifications are oi:' undoubted taxonomic value; but in comparing such widely divergent groups as Vertebrates and Arthropods, resemblances due to such characters, when they can be explained quite reasonably as the result of con- vergent evolution, must be eliminated from the discussion.] * I may cite in illustration the microsoleres or so-called flesh-spicules of siliceous sponges, wiiii their cxtraDi-diuarily diverse and rtp|)arently specifically constant niodilications. 38 PROCEEDINGS OF TUE Sir Eay Lankester, F.R.S., F.L.S., said lie was not preparer! there and then to discuss points of detail, hut the subject was so interesting that he should wish to offer some remarks. Moreover he gathered from Dr. Gaskell's book, and from more direct in- formation, that he himself was to some extent connected with the genesis of Dr. Gaskell's vie^s, since certain observations and arguments of his own on Limulus and the Scorpion had germinated in Dr. Gaskell's mind and led him to the vpry careful and elaborate studies which he had made and the extraordinary theory which he advanced. AVhilst calling it an " extraordinary " theory, he did not wish it to be supposed that on that account he wished to reject it or not to give it full attention. This was a matter not to be treated as a priori impossible or improbable, but the question simply was, " Are the facts brought forward by Dr. Gaskell such as to make it appear probable that the Vertebrates have developed from Arthropods resembling Limulus by the conversion of the old alimentary canal into the neural tube and the simultaneous formation of a totally new digestive tract ? ' The relations of animal forms to one another is the great pi'oblem of morphology. A hundred and twenty years ago morpho- logists still believed in the " scala naturae " and a linear progressive series of animal groups. The great step was taken by Cuvier in opposition to the conception of Lamarck of arranging animal forms in four branches — " embranchemens " he termed them, the Eadiata, Mollusca, Articulata, and Vertebrata. lie thereby anticipated the modern conception of a branching pedigree, which became the generally accepted form of classification when once Darwin had established the tlieory of Descent. The earlier attempts at a branching pedigree made by Haeckel differed from the later ones by the same naturalist, and there had been considerable development and improvement in the theoretical pedigree, which aimed at exhibiting the genetic affinities of ail animal forms. The question of the position of the Tunicata had been one of the most interesting. Allman, foi'ty or more years ago, considered the Tunicata as related together with the Polyzoa to the Lamellibranchs and other Mollusca. He regarded the perforated pharynx of the Ascidian as formed by the fusion of the gill-plates of a Lamellibranch along their free edges to form a closed sac, and this was perhaps the largest call upon the imagination which had been made by a modern morphologist until Dr. Gaskell suggested the conversion of the Arthropod's digestive tract into the spinal cord and the formation of a new gut in Vertebrata by the closing in of an open ventral groove. The facts brought forward by Kowalevvsky had determined the position of Ascidians in the Vertebrate stem. There were four " coinci- dences " of structure which by the law of probability led to the conclusion that Ascidians were genetically closely related to Vertebrata. They were the existence in the Ascidian tadpole as well as in Vertebrata (l)of the notochord developed from eudoderm. LINNEA^- SOCIETY OF LONDON. 39 (2) of the pharyngeal gill-slits, (;5) of the tubular dorsally placed nerve-cord, and (4) of the cerebral eye. The evidence was cumulative, and its value depended on the exact and indisputable nature of the agreements and on the fact that they were found in the two cases compared and in no other animals, so that a common inheritance of these structures by Ascidians and certain Yertebrata, not shared by other forms, was the only rational explanation of the facts. Was tliis the case with the coincidences of structure between the Lamprej' and the Arthropods brought forward by Dr. Gaskell ? Sir Kay Lankester held that the coincidences cited by Dr. Gaskell were not of a sulliciently exact and special nature, nor peculiar to the Vertebrates aud Arthropods, so as to render it necessary to suppose that Vertebrates had been derived from Arthropods, and certainly not of such a nature as to render it reasonable to suppose that the extraordinary conversion of the Artlu'opud's digestive tract into the nerve-tube liad taken place as insisted upon by Dr. Gaskell. The view which w"as almost universally accepted at present by zoologists was that when once we pass from the Coelenterate or Entero-coclous grade of animal structure to the Ccelomata or Coelomo-cielous grade, a number of diverging great lines of descent or phyla must be recognised — such as the Echinoderma, the Ap- pendiculata (including Arthropods, Rotifers, and Annelids), the jNIoUusca, the Vertebrata, the Nemertina, and other worm-phyla. As to the beginnings of any of these lines of descent, we had (as was natural enough) very scant indications, nor could we say anything as to the early connection of any one of these great phyla with another. What appeared highly probable, if not certain, was that they all converged to simpler ancestral forms, and that they all inherited the same fundamental tissues, digestive tract aud glands, nephridia, coelom and coolomic ducts, reproductive gonads, blood- vascular system, and nervous cords (many or few), and essentially the same types of sense-organs — ophthalmic, auditory, gustatory, olfactive, and tactile. That the optic vesicles of Arthropoda should agree, not absolutely but in many important respects, with those of Vertebrata, could not be held to indicate special afHnitiea since Annelids, Molluscs, and even Echinoderms had organs of the same kind. Tliat some of the tissues should agree minutely in two of the phyla was not suggestive of special affinity, since many of the tissues agreed in most of the larger phyla. Sir Eay Lankester held and he desired to state it without any offence, that in searching by long and strenuous enquiry for evidence in favour of such a hypothesis as that adopted by Dr. Gaskell, the mind is liable to a kind of " suggestion," and that the psycho- logical condition may become similar to that of those wdio too readily admit all sorts of coincidences as evidence that Bacon wrote the plays of Shakespeare. The heroic nature of the task which it is sought to accomplish undoubtedly in many enterprising and devoted investigators has re-acted unfavourably on the 40 pROCEr-mNGs of thk judgment. All are liable to it and it may be that something of till' kind is here at work. Though he could not follow Dr. Graskell in the theory put forward by him as to the origin of Vertebrates, he recognised very gratefully the value of the observations on many details of structure to which it had led that distinguished physio- logist, and also the new observations which it had called forth on tlie ])art of other naturalists, such as the interesting additions to our knowledge of tlie head-shield and the body-scales of Gcplial- a^pis which had just been placed before the meeting by Dr. Smith Woodward. Jle thought the Society was to be congratulated on n very interesting debate. (In the further course of the discussion Sir Kay Lankester stated that whilst he considered Amphioxus and the Ascidian tadpole to present in many points of structure a very much more primitive phase of the Vertebrate group than do either Lampreys or Pishes, he held that they were also specially modified and degenerate each in its own way, and were not closely representative of tbe main line of descent, lie considered that the remains of the earliest known fossil fishes, on account of their necessardy incomplete condition. Avere not capable of throwing much light on the question of Vertebrate ancestry. He was led to the conclusion that Balanoglosms threw some light on the subject, and he drew attention to the remarkably complex brain and cerebral respiratory pits of the Nemertine worms and the dorsal median as well as lateral nerve-cords of those creatures, which had led Hubrecht long ago to suggest their close connection with the remote ancestors of A^ertebrates. A large survey of the facts of animal structure, even including that of unfamiliar marine worms, was necessary in order to form a reasonable judgment on the question of Vertebrate ancestry.) Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.E.S., T.L.S., remarked that con- sideration of the general morphology of the nervous system enables us to place the Vertebrates in their true perspective amongst the various Invertebrate groups. In the Ca?lentera, as shown by the Hertwigs, the nervous system frequently appears as a diffuse layer of cells and fibres underlying, and in close connection with, the epidermis, whilst there is much evidence that a similar primitive condition underlies the various presentations of the nervous system in higher groups. Even amongst the Ccelentera, two processes coincideutly or independently result in modification of the primitive simplicity. The original diffuse layer may become thickened in definite regions, forming, for instance, rings round apertures or radial bands, whilst in tlie intervening areas it may be obliterated. The thickened bands or rings may migrate inwards and lose their intimate connection with the epidermis. Similar processes varying in position and extent of their incidence have led to many different arrangements of tlie nervous system in the higher groups. In tlu! Turbellaria, inward migration has taken place, and two ventro-lateral cords have been formed. LIXNEAiSr SOCfETT OP LOXDOIf. 4 1 In tlie Trematodes, inward migration baa taken place, and there are six cords, two dorsal, two ventral, and two lateral, with a network of connecting cords, some of which form a series of hoop-like rings. In the Cestodes there is less inward migration, whilst there are two lateral cords with occasional transverse connections. In the Nemertines, sometimes there is no inward migration, so that the nerve-strands remain strictly snb-epidernial ; sometimes the strands have completely separated. Tlie primitive continuons sheath is frequently retained with two lateral and sometimes one dorsal thickening. In the Nematodes also the extent to which inward migration has taken place varies very much, in some cases the sub-epidermal position being retained. Six strands occur in many forms, one dorsal, one ventral, and two at each side ; these are connected by traces of the primitive continuous sheath in tlie form of a very broad anterior hoop, and narrow posterior strands. A different arrangement of these antero-posterior strands occurs in front of the nerve-collar. In Gordius, inward migration has occurred and there are three ventral strands. In Arthropods, the inward migration and separation from the epidermis are complete, and there are two ventral bands with an anteriorly placed collar. In Balanoyloss^is, there is a continuous sub-epidermal sheath which has not migrated inwards, and special dorsal and ventral thickenings, and also in the collar region the very interesting short neural tube with anterior and posi;erior neuropore formed by invagination. In Chordates, there is a single dorsal band which migrates in- wards, whilst the outgrowing segmental nerves may be taken as specialized representatives of the continuous sheath. Erom the point of view of the general morphology of the nervous system, therefore, the Chordate or Vertebrate group exhibits simply one of a large series of different modes of spe- cialization of the primitive diffuse, sub-epidermal sheath. In quite a number of these different experiments, the processes of segmentation and of cephalization with the formation of a brain have occurred independently, and have produced analogical or homoplastic structures. The elaborate comparison of the results of the processes of cephalization and segmentation in Ammocoetes and higher Vertebrates with those of the Arthropods are meaning- less unless we suppose that Ampliioxus has passed through such a stage and has lost all traces of it ; it is a simpler supposition that the higher Vertebrates have independently acquired the results of cephalization after having passed through a stage of which Amphi- oxus is the nearest living although specialized and degenerate representative. As Prof. Gaskell has laid so much stress on comparison between 42 rnoCKEDlNGS OF THE the brain and central nervous system of Artliropods and Verte- brates, It IS interesting to notice that C. Judson Jlenick, another distinguished physiologist and psychologist, has recently compared the two sets of organs (Address cf the Chairman of the Section /oology ; American Association for the Advancement of Science, 190S), prnitnj in 'Science,' 1910, p. 7). Professor Herrick, reviewing tiie subject without reference to any theory of ori^rin, comes to the conclusions that the psychological procf'sses" of Arthwpods and Vertebrates differ totallv ; that the difference of Junction IS correlated with a fundamental difference of type under- lying all superlicial resemblances, and which was " foreshadowed lar back among the ancestral crawling things in which no truly vertebrate character was manifest, foreshadowed merely bv a structural type with different latent potencies." Professor Stanley Gabdixer, F.E.S., F.L.S., said :— Of the many speakers only Dr. Gaskell has put forward a connected theory which the rest have merely attempted to destroy. Their alter- native plan IS by a line of evolution through JmpMoxus, but they do not attempt to show us how this beast may have been produced. Lnlortunately in the whole question of the Origin of Vertebrates we have very few real facts upon which to base our views. Such facts, so far as I can see, will be obtained from the study of extinct forms, and it is a most curious fact that nowhere 'hns Palaeontology yet shown a series of transitional tvpes between distant groups. We have to content ourselves with conclusions from analogies and proofs by j^^'ohahilities. We largely study existing forms. The danger of this is \yell exemplified when we consider the relations of Keptiles to Mammals. Both groups as existing now must largely be traced to Theromorphs, of Avhich, following Cope, minute and relatively punv forms probably br.incbed off into each of the two ph via. Applying the ordinary terminology ot Cope, it may be said that existing Reptiles have regressed and that existing Mammals have progressed. AVe may now consider this line as fairly weW established by analogies and p^rohahilities, and it appears to me that it is a line almost of facts to which we can appeal with considerable certainty for zoological canons. If there is one point more than another which it shows it is surely the paramount importance of considering the condition of the central nervoi;s system a test of progression, as Dr. Gaskell maintains. It demonstrates with certainty that his deductions from the brains of living Vertebrates, as such a test, are absolutely justified. In opposition to Professor Dendy I should claim that the central nervous system is the best organ on which to trace the changes of evolution. It governs every organ in the body, and it must reflect in its own structure every change which those organs undergo, every act of progression. Turning to Amphibia, we have no indications of their real origin, and we have still less when we come to the Fishes. The LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONJJOX. 43 Leptocardia and the Marsipobrancbia are M'itb no certainty repre- sented in the fossil state. The}^ are derived from an ancestor far more ancient than the Theromorplis, and any comparison of existing forms, supposed to have been derived from this ancestor, might well show vastly greater differences than between say Primates and Lacertilia, or even Primates and Pisces. The weakest part of the MacBride-Goodrich argument the other night lies in their consideration of Amphiodus as a simple primi- tive A'^ertebrate. Whatever Amphioxxis may be, it is surely not in the main stem of the Vertebral e descent, and it is certainly a verv specialized form. To argue, as Goodrich did, that the presence of priuiitive excretory cells (soleuocytes) in Amphioxus proves it to be primitive, and related to the Annelids, comes to the same thing as claiming that Phoronis is also an Annelid, because its larva has similar cells. Examining both the above groups, and applying " every canon of Biology," we must, I conceive, regard Ampjliioxus as equally typical of regression as is any beast that exists in the Animal Kingdom, while the Marsipobrancbia as typically show progression. Looking at the groups from this point of view the Leptocardia may be cast aside from our discussion as unprofitable, and we can turn with certainty to considering tlie morphology of Marsipo- brancbs for some guide to the evolution of Vertebrates. It is not my desire to draw your attention to the series of facts, both physiological and morphological, discovered by Dr. Gaskell in his extensive comparison of the higher Invertebrates with the lower Vertebrates. They present an extraordinary series of analogies and probabilities which cannot be lightly passed over, and, even if his views be ultimately rejected by palaeonto- logical discoveries, will for ever make Zoologists indebted to him for drawing their attention to a fresh and broader aspect in which to consider their science. Of his comparisons I would particularly draw attention to that between the internal cartila- ginous skeleton of Limulus and that of Animocoetcs, the skeleton being a part which, judging from fossil and living Vertebrates, seems to retain for the longest period traces of all its developments, "earmarks," as Osborne terms them. I might refer also to the infundibulum, the commissures of the brain, the thyroid, the auditory apparatus, and the existence of giant fibres and cells in the nervous system. By far the simplest way to explain this extraordinary series of coincidences between the organs of different forms is to suppose that they are due to a common inheritance, I would turn now rather to the difHculties which beset the view, and by far the chief of these must be deemed to be that relating to the alimentary canal. To get that of Petromyzon from that of Ammocoetes we have an entirely new formation of quite startling character. This is a fact, and accepting it as such we can proceed with our minds moi'e open, I think, to consider how a gut in Vertebrates came into existence. Professor MacBride is quite 44 PUOCEEDIWGS OF THE llaeckelian in his vieu s of the gastrula-or at least of the gerin- layer theory, which he cLii.n.s to he stron-er than ever. If there IS a real hiiuhiiiMMitiilly important separation such as he claims betvveen the germ hiyers, it la quite incouceivabJe that there could be torm(Hl cells of one layer from those of another layer. In regeneration of tissues we have clear evidence that ectoderm can lorm me.stKlerm and endoderm, that endoderm can form ectoderm and mesot erm. Mesoderm is not very happy in its formation of the other layers, but Dendy has shown that in Anledon the endo- derm can come from ectoderm and from mesod<;rm. I would altogether dissent from .Sir Eay Lankester's line of evolution from the gastrnla. I am inclined myself at present to regiml the Annelids as coming from some Actinian-like ancestor. In this, as in a 1 Actinia, the secreting digestive epithelium, that ot the stomodtcum and mesenterial filaments, is derived from (grows down from) the ectoderm after the whole of the gastro- vascular cavity is lined by an epithelium which is capable of ingestion but not of extracellular digestion. My own work is not suihciently advanced perhaps for me to make this statement but such were the indications I obtained. The lining epithelium ot the cavity would be equivalent to and homologous with the endoderm ot I/i/dra, and it would form the mesoderm of three- layered animals, the endoderm being an entirely new formation 1 am aware that there are great, even insurmountable, difficulties in respect to this view, but the ectoderm and endoderm of higher forms appear to me to be far more intimately related in their functions than are either of them to the mesoderm. In the experimental work of Driesch, Wilson, and others, we get into a maze of difficulties in regard to the preformationist hvpothesis. Blastomeres, it is clear, are to a large degree inter- changeable. Incidentally, a fourth blastomere gives a gastrnla in Am2)hio,vus. Again, in budding there are difficulties with this theory, the gut of some budded-olf Polyzoa being formed from mesoderm, while of Tunicates, supposed relations of the Verte- brates, GlaveUma buds from the endoderm and Botryllus from the ectoderm, giving ectoderm and endoderm respectively ; and do not some Sponges turn inside out to give the adult ? I need scarcely go further into the question of the germ-layer theory. The confusion when it is applied to Vertebrates is obvious, and we get everywhere involved in difficulties in Inverte- brates. If the gastrnla be a general stage on which great stress IS to be laid, it necessarily might be supposed that the stages up to It should be the same, while actually in the segmenting e^gs we get the most diverse fates for the individual cells. " On the whole it is abundantly clear, it appears to me, that it is the nurture as well as the nature of the individual organs which is to be discussed. The law of recapitulation in embrvology has only a limited applicability. Surely the transitory characters are at best only a very partial reminiscence of the structural types LIXXEAX SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 45 tlu'ough which the adult may be supposed to liave passed during the geological ages. In all these stages the embryo has itself been subject to specialisation. 1 think that where Dr. Gaskell errs is in laying too much stress on many details of the recapitulation hypothesis. Some of his resemblances I can conceive might be due to convergent or adaptive evolution, acting upon lines almost infinitely long before the common ancestor is reached. Yet there remains such a mass of hard analogy, borne out too by the most careful physiological and morphological investigation, a mass which cannot be put forward — or even a tithe of it put forward — by the exponents of any other view, that one is inclined to doubt the presence of adaptive evolution at all in this cose. Although I should feel it to be "non-proven," I cannot but regard it as by far the most striking view of the origin of Vertebrates that has yet been expounded. Morphologists must carefully consider whether they may 7iot be holding on to shibboleths, and wilfully blinding their eyes to the great mass of facts, many largely physiological, which has in recent years been accumulated. Is it not just as necessarv for the zoologist, who wishes to consider these great questions, to be a physiologist as it is for the latter to be a morphologist ? If it is desired to prove Dr. Gaskell's hypothesis wrong, his points must be taken fact by fact to see where they lead — as indeed barristers do with evidence in our courts. If it is desired to prove some other theory right, it must likewise be taken fact by fact, and no one can, as some try to do at present, consider the natui'e of any beast without any examination nito its nurture. The Eev. T. E. E. Stebbixg, F.E.S., F.L.S., said : Mr. President, may I be allowed for a few moments to intervene on behalf of those among us who may describe themselves as the know-nothino- section of the audience, persons not a few who are committed to neither side in ihe controversy? When we return home and our friends gleefully enquire, " What then has been decided as to the Origin of Vez'tebrates ?," so far we seem to have no reply readv except that the disputants agreed on one single point, namely, that their opponents were all in the wrong. It occurs to me to illustrate the position by propounding another enigma. What is the origin ot arguments ? Take an example. Suppose a company in which some pedantic ai'ithmetician asserts that two and three invariably make five. To those who like myself easily fall in with, the views of the last speaker, the statement appears incon- trovertible. But in some brains any positive declaration at once sets up what may be called an intellectual wriggle. This process soon enables the contradictory person to point out that two and three sometimes make six and sometimes minus one or plus one as well as two-thirds of one or one and a half. Since one opera- tion in arithmetic is as good as another, if not a great deal better it follows that two and three do not invariably make five ; far from it. Thus the wriggling of the brain originates argument. 4^ PKOCEKDINGS OF THE I iicidoutally I may refer to two points raised by those w ho object to connecting the origin of Vertebrates with the Arthropoda. It was represented that the cliitinous envelope of the latter' was prohibitive of cilia. The delicate auditory cilia of Crustaceans are well known to carcinologists, but I am warned by intelligible signals that the term cilia is variously applied in dilf.^rent branches 01 Natural History. Another objection was founded on the diffi- culty of believing in the transfer of function f.om one or^^an to anoth'-r, as required by Dr. Gaskell's hypothesis. Jiut on this head the ingenuity of A'ature seems to have been signally vindicated by the lato Professor Gegenbaur, who showed how one part of an animal organism, in proportion as it went out of servic3 for one function, could be appropriated for another. Now, on the general question we have admired Dr. Smith AV'oodward's interesting account of the earliest fossil fishes. But these are accepted Vertebrates. For the origin of Vertebrates we must go back to something that is not a Vertebrate, such as may have existed perhaps far back in the Laurentian period. Imagine some soft, more or less elongated, animal organism wriggling about in the primeval sea. Then, as now, tlie hard conditions°of the AVorld demanded some sort of hardening on the part of living creatures. Some would find advantage in a stron^^er external coating, others in a strengthened central axis. ]iut in either ease the necessity of wriggling would often be paramount, giving rise on the one liand to a segmented exoskeleton, on the other to a jointed backbone. In these wrigglers, Mr. President, you have the origin of the Vertebrates,— a theory which it will be difficult to refute, as the supposed animals have liitherto revealed absolutely no relics. The President having called upon Dr. Gaskell to replv, that gentleman said : — It is impossible for me in the short time at my disposal to deal thoroughly with all the speakers in the two days' discussion. I will, however, do what I can. Prof. MacBride in his latest paper prefers, as he said many years ago, to attribute my explanation to my diabolical ingenuity." As I have stated in my book, there is absolutely no ingenuity on my part; given the one fixed point that the infundibulum represents the old oesophagus and the animal remains upright, all the resem- blances between the two groups of animals to which I have drawn attention, naturally follow. The devil is not in mv ingenuity but in Nature's facts. I can symuathize with MacBride, for surely there could not be a more diabolical trick than to create from a lowly organised unsegmented animal whole groups of animal's becoming more and more segmented, all characterised by the presence of an alimentary canal ventral to the nervous system, and then wipe them off the face of the earth, so that no trace of this setjuence of forms is left among li\ ing animals. Not content LIXNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXUOX. 47 witli tliis, this diabolic agency lias left as the end result a segmented animal — the Vertebrate — in which with the greatest cunning he has not only made the supra-int'iindibiilar brain the exact counterpart of the supra-oesophageal and ths infra-infun- dibular of the infra-oesoi)hageal, but lias grouped that nervous system round a large epithelial bag, which has nothing to do with a nervous system, but most ingeniously has been put in the exact position of the cephalic stomach and oesophagus of the Arthropod animal. To complete the story and give it an artistic finish, this ingenious devil plants above the brain of the A^ertebrate impostor two median eyes exactly in the position of the two median eyes of the Palaeostracan. He does not put them therefor the purposes of sight, for they are fuuctionless and degenerate in all Vertebrates, but just for sheer mischief, and how he must have chuckled over the happy thought of making them partly degenerate in the lowest Vertebrates, for he well knew that in the Limulus and his con- temporaries they were already markedl)'' degenerate and that they were no longer the chief eyes but their place had been taken by the large lateral eyes. Prof. MacBride has asserted again, witliout giving instances, the statement so often made before, that 1 assume violent changes of function. Again and again 1 have denied it, and shown that I do not assume any such thing. Yet again 1 will go through tlie list of resemblances and ask where this statement of MacBride's is justified. The function and structure of the supra-infundibular brain is the same as that of the supra-oesophageal ganglia ; the two lateral eyes and the two median eyes are the same in the two groups ; the median nose has the same structure, the same nerves, and the same olfactory glomeruli in the two groups and even the slight difference, that the nasal tube in Ammoccetes opens dorsally and the olfactory passage in the Scorpion ventrally, vanishes after von Kupffer's demonstration that this Ammoccetes nasal tube originates as the tube of the hypophysis, which opens ventrally, and the dorsal position is due simply to the growth of the upper lip. Passing to the infra-oesophageal region, in both animals the anterior part is devoted to the organs of mastication and the posterior part to the organs of respiration ; there is no change of function here, and 1 have given the evidence to show how the actual masticating and respiratory organs of the one group have insensibly shifted into those of the other group. Where are the violent changes of function so far ? Then, if we pass into the spinal cord region, are we to look for them in the muscles or in the excretory oi'gans or in the coclomic cavities ? Why, the whole evidence is that they are the same in the two groups ; no sign of change violent or otherwise. 1 wonder what Prof. Macliride means. Surely this scathing indictment is not bused on the thyroid gland which, I must repeat yet again, is not a mucin secreting gland but is a gland of great importance to the well being ot the Vertebrate, apparently having something lo do with 4S PnOCEEDlXGS OI- THE llio manipulntioii ol' iodine. Is anything known of the funclion of the corrfs])ondiiig gland in the Scorpion ? It may have the same function for aught I know. No! The oulv part of my theory which causes this assertion is that I have had the audacity to make a new gut and so go contrary to the laws of the germ- layer theory ; 1 am content to leave it at that: time will show, I lirmly believe, that the germ-layer theory is absolutely dead. 1 come now to the observations of Goodrich ; he as well as MacBride seemed, to my astonishment, to hold the view that Amphinxus was on the direct line of ascent to the Cyclostomes, that between Amjihioxus and the Cyclostomes a brain had been developed with organs of sense, the eyes and nose. Surely this is a unique position ! All other morphologists look upon Amplnoxus as a degenerate animal, and degenerate in this precise direction. AV'hat conception has Goodrich of the evolutionary process, of the struggle for existenc(?, of the survival of the fittest ? Just consider it : here is a wretched animal without brains, without eyes, without a nose, victorious in the struggle for existence over the whole of the Invertebrate world. What is the di'iving force ; how could it have taken ])lace? Only, it seems to me, by some beneficent ])ower taking special charge of him and assisting him iu the growth of brain and ot eyes and nose. If there is one thing certain, surely it is Gegenbaur's dictum that the brain part is older than the spinal part, and further, the study of neurology shows clearly that in all animals, w'hether vertebrate or invertebrate, the brain is built up in connection with the optic and olfactory senses. No, the Amphioxxis is not the ancestor of the Cyclostomes but, in my opinion, is closely related to the Cyclostomes as seen by its myomeres and the whole of the spinal region. After the Vertebrates had been well established the Amphioxus, in my opinion, arose by a process of degeneration from some ancestor of the Cyclostomes. Goodrich asserts that such a view is impossible, as no trace is seen in the development of the missing organs. Surely that argument is not good enough, for in the Tunicates, where a relationship with the Vertebrates is inferred from their development, such development is only found in certain members of the group and not in all. Smith Woodward gave us an interesting discourse on certain early fishes, but I did not gather whether he thought the evidence I had brought forward pointed to the Osteostraci being Cyclo- stomes, though I think he favours that view. He called Blrlenia, Lasthenla, and Thelochis Ostracoderms, and seemed to imply they were of the nature of Elasmobranchs. I cannot see why he called these scanty remains Ostracoderms, and would like to know whether, in his opinion, they were gnathostomatous, for the evidence is strongly in favour of the true Ostracoderms being clyclostomatous. In any case I see no difhculty in the presence of these forms, for surely it was likely enough that in the Upper Silurian seas some fish-like forms should have already progressed L1>'NEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 49 onwards in the Elasmobranch direction with shagreen scales and possibly jaws from the primitive agnathous condition. The question of the interpretation of the lateral markings on some of the head shields of these mailed lishes is a comparatively small matter. Smith Wood\^•ard agrees with me that they show the presence of segmentation in this region, but thinks they were branchial segments ; in my opinion, judging from Ammoccetes, they extend too far forward for branchiae, and I think they are more likely to have been due to the presence of muscles supplied by the trigeminal nerve. Coming to Lankester's speech I have a difficulty in finding any- thing to answer in it ; he spoke of cryptograms and of Bacon and Shakespeare : another suggestion akin to the diabolic ingenuity of MacBride which hardly requires any further answer than I have given. He said there was no resemblance between the lateral eyes of Vertebrates and Arthropods, but that is not the point ; it is not the dioptric apparatus upon which I was laying stress, but the retinal arrangements. It was the resemblance between this latter apparatus in the two groups upon which every observer from Berger to Parker has laid stress. Finally, I come to the remarks of Dendy. He referred to the drawing of the right pineal eye of Ammocoetes as drawn in my book as a diagram. That is not so: the left half of the drawing is from the actual specimen, the right half is ray interpretation of the meaning of the appeai'ance seen. In my paper in the Q. J. Micr. Science all the drawings are carefully drawn by Wilson from the actual specimens and are not in any way diagrams. He referred to the finding by Studnicka in the pineal eye of Amnio- ccetes of certain cells which he called ganglion cells. They are not arranged like an optic ganglion and are much more like the cells described in the median eye of Limulus by Lankester and Bourne, and called by them intrusive connective tissue cells. What these cells are I do not venture to assert ; in any case they are present both in the median eye of Limulus and of Ammocoetes. As to Geotria, I have explained in my book that the cells grouped round the atrium may be nerve-cells as asserted by Dendy, but they are found along the nerve from the ganf/Uon hahenulce to the eye. In the left eye of Ammocoetes the nerve has vanished and cells of the gcDic/lion habenulce run right into the eye. It is perfectly possible that Geotria represents an intermediate stage of degeneration between that of the right and left eyes of Ammo- coetes, especially seeing that a portion of the original cavity is cut off to form the atrium by the massing of the cells in question. As to the tube of the nervous system, Dendy, as well as all the other speakers on that side, find it very convenient to leave out the infundibular prolongation in their picture of the formation of an epithelial tube, an unfortunate omission as it happens to be the main point of my argument. Dendy's vie«- that the choroid LINN. SOC. PBOCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1909-1910. 6 50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE plexuses form a respiratory organ for the brain is novel : I wonder what Dendy's conception of a respiratory organ is. In conclusion, I am grateful to the Linnean iSociety for allowing me to put my views before them, and only hope that all those who dissent from them will study for themselves organ by organ the resemblances between the two groups of animals and make up their minds whether they are accidental or, as I believe, tsignificant of a real relationship. The President said that at that hour of the evening, and after so brilliant a discussion, no one would expect a speech from a botanical Chairman, though much had been said of great general interest to all biologists. On the first evening Dr. Gaskell had directly appealed to the Chair with reference to his belief that •' each higher group of animals has arisen in succession from the highest race developed up to that time." At present he would only say that the evidence on the botanical side appeared not unfavourable to such a view ; perhaps he might have an oppor- tunity of returning to this question on the 24th of May. The President felt that any criticisms of his on the course of the discussion might well be dispensed with, for he had been anticipated by Prof. Stanley Gardiner, whose remarks appeared to him to agree, point for point, with those which would occur to the mind of any present-day botanist in listening to the discussion. It only remained for him to ask the Fellows to return their hearty thanks to Dr. Gaskell and all who had taken part in the discussion, for the intellectual entertainment they had provided. February 17th, 1910. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair, succeeded by Mr. H. \V. Monckton, Treasurer & Vice-President. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 3rd February, 1910, were read and confirmed. Mr. Henry John JefFery, A.E.C.S., was admitted a Fellow. Dr. Leonard Cockayne, Mr. Walter Ambrose Heath Harding, M.A. (Cantab.), and Miss Ida Margaret Hayward, were proposed as Fellows. Mr. W. T. Saxton, F.L.S., then gave an account of his recent investigations upon the anatomy of the genera Widdring- tonia, Endl., and Callitris, Vent., of which the following is an abstract. LIXNEAX SOCIETY OF LONDON. 5 1 Evidence is broup;ht forward in this cominanicatioii to show (i) that WiddriiKjtonia and CaUitris do not conform to the " Cupressineae " type ; (ii) that Widdringtonia cannot be merged in the genus ddlitris, but must rank as a distinct genus. (i) The chief points in which these two genera differ from the Cu|)ressinece are as follows : — (a) The position of the Archegonia. In Cupressineae these are found at the apex of the prothallus, in Widdringtonia and CaUitris never at the apex. (h) The multinucleate prothallus cells. (c) The development of the proembryo. Eight free nuclei are not formed in these genera and the proembryo fills the archegonium. ('/) At least, three embryos may be formed from a single proembryo. Callitrine.e is suggested as a tribal name to include these two genera (possibly also Actinostrobus and Tetraclinis). (ii) Both morphological and anatomical differences are pointed out between CaUitris and Widdringtonia, which seem more than sufficient to warrant the retention of Widdringtonia as a separate genus. Of the morphological differences the more important of those brought forward for the first time are : — {a) In Widdringtonia about 64 potential megaspore mother- cells are formed at the base of the nucellus. In CaUitris about two such cells are found, half way up the nucellus. (6) The number and arrangement of the Archegonia differ materially in the two genera. (vas hardly ever purchasable. The drawings shown were formerly in the possession of J\lr. E. Meinsliausen, of the Imperial Botanical Garden at Nt. Petersburg, and are now the property of the University of Birmingham. Dr. OiTO Staff, F.li.S., Sec.L.S., exhibited specimens of Utri- cularia rifjida, Benj., from West Africa, and C. neottioides, St. Hil., from Brazil, the only known representatives of Kamienski's section Avesicaria, whicli is characterised by the absence of bladders. This condition seems to be correlated with the habitat of the plants, that is, rocks and stones submerged in running watfT. The plants are attached to the rocks or pebbles by modified clawlike rhizoids, very like the ' haptera ' of Podostemonacea;. The fertile stems are erect, bearing the flowers and fruits above the water. The assimilation-apparatus is submerged and consists of much-divided, in their ultimate divisions, capillary branches which resemble the ' leaves ' of our native Utricularias. In U. riyida they seem always to spring from the base of the fertile stems and often attain a considerable length. Here and there they give rise to young fertile shoots which attach themselves by tlirowing out 'haptera' from their bases. In r. neottioides, however, they also spring from the axils of the lower 3-5 scale-leaves of the flowering stems, and remain rather short. Xowhere is any trace of bladders to be found. The flowers are those of typical Utricularias. The capsules are small and open, in U. rigida at least, by lateral slits, the valves remaining united at the top for some time. The seeds of both species are rather peculiar in the genus in as fai- as they exude mucilage when wetted. The coat of mucilage thus formed helps them in becoming fixed in positions suitable for the growing plant. U. rifjida is known from the Sierra Leone coast to the head-\\aters of the Niger ; U. neottioides from the mountains of Brazil (Bahia, Goyaz. Minaes Geraes). Thus they form another link connecting the floras of AV'est Africa and Brazil. In habit these Utricularias resemble two other aquatic plants of tropical Africa also found in running water, namely Quartinia, a Lythracea, and Anr/olii'a, a Podostemonacea, of whicli specimens were shown. An animated discussion followed in which the following took part:— Mr. E. M. Holmes, the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, Prof. Dendy, Prof. Poulton, and Mr. Henry Groves, Dr. Stapf replying. Mr. E. N. AN'iLLiAMS brought up for exhibition fresh specimens of a straw-coloured variety of Lathrira S(/iia)naria, Linn., from Harefield, Middlesex, growing upon elm-roots ; the normal form grew also with it, but was earlier in its develo])ment than the variety now show n, and besides had the property of quickly turning black after being gathered, whilst the new variety retained its hue for more than 24 hours without much change ; it was distinct from the pure white variety nivea, known on the Continent. LINNEAI^ SOCIETY OF LONDOX. 59 The General Secretary exhibited the Linaean MS. ' Spolia botanica ' dated 1729, to show that the name Linncea had been scratched out, and Htulbeckia substituted, in compliment to Prof. Oluf Eudbeck the Younger, in whose house he was then living as tutor. This shows that Linnaeus had early selected the plant which now bears his name, for he mentions two localities in Stenbrohult parish where it occurs, and that the choice of this plant to bear his name was not made when gathering specimens at Tugganforsen in Lyksele Lappmark. After this conclusion had been arrived at, and the erasure and substituted name shown to several Fellows on the 10th March, 1910, the discovery was made that Dr. E. Ahrling had recorded the same, which had been overlooked as being in a note in his ' Carl von Linnes Uiigdomsskrifter,' i. pp. 92-93, of which the following is a translation : — '• As regards the name or word Eudbechia just employed, there is this peculiarity, that in the original manuscript the word was evidently written there after erasure, and of the first writing there remains a perfectly plain L such as Linnaeus usually wrote, altered to E. Perhaps this suggestion may be ven- tured, that Linna3us first wrote Linna'a, when he meant to keep these records to himself, but afterwards, when he dedicated them to Prof. L. Eoberg (into whose hands however the manuscript perhaps never came), he considered himself bound to protect himself against people's ridicule." Mr. H. W. Monckton and the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing raised questions, which were replied to by the exhibitor. The following papers were read : — 1. Eight months' Entomological collecting in the Seychelles." By H. Scott, E.L.S. 2. " Some points in the Anatomy of the Larva of TijmJa maxiraa ; a contribution to our knowledge of the respira- tion and circulation in Insects." Bj' J. M. Bkown, F.L.S. May 24th, 1910. Anniversary Meeting. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 5tli May, 1910, were read and confirmed. Before opening tlie business of the Meeting, the President spoke of the incalculable loss which the Society, in common with the whole Empire, had suffered by the death of His late Majesty King Edward, Patron of the Society. The grief universally felt had found expression in every quarter ; there was one remark however, which he, as President of the Society, would like to add. ^O PKOCBED1NG8 OF THE His late ^Majesty's great work, in maintaining the peace of the world, claimed in a special manner the gratitude of scientific men, for Peace was the greatest scientific interest. .Science, like genius, was of no country, and the maintenance of harmonious and friendly relations between all those nations among whom science was cultivated, was an essential condition for the advancement of knowledge. The President then read from the Chair the following Loyal Addresses, which had been prepared by the Officers, and approved by the Council ; these were unanimously adopted, all present risiuii from their seats : — Co ti)t icing's iBost ercellent iBaiestp. THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, AND FELLOWS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. fKo£it ©rafiou^ Sobtrcign, We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the President, Council, and Fellows of the Linnean Society of London in Anniversary Meeting assembled, humbly beg leave to offer our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy with Your Majesty in the great sorrow which has befallen You in the death of Your beloved Father, our late Sovereign Lord, King P]dwabd VII. Your Majesty's loss is our loss also, and is felt not only throughout the Empire over which His late Majesty ruled, but by the world at large. While thus expi'essing our sorrow, we ask leave, Sire, at the same time to tender to Your Majesty our unfeigned and heartfelt congratulations upon Your Majesty's accession to the Throne of Your Ancestors. The sympathetic interest, which Your Majesty has constantly manifested in all that concerns the progress of Science, encourages us to hope that Y'our Majesty will be graciously pleased to con- tinue to our Corporate Body, that beneficent Patronage which it has uninterruptedly enjoyed at the Hands of Your Majesty's lioyal Predecessors since the granting of our Cliarter in 1802. That Your Majesty's Eeign over a loyal, grateful, and loving people may be long and glorious, is our earnest wish and ardent prayer. Given under the Common Seal of the Society, this twentv-fourth day of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten. DUKINFIELD H. SCOTT, President. L. S. AKTHUK DEXDY, ] . ^ B. UAYDON JACKSOX, / '^'^''^^'"''^^ ■ * (Dr. Stapk being abroad co.iUl not sign tlie addresses.) LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 6 1 Co ^n iBost Cjccellent iWajestp (aueeu 9lleji:anlira. THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, AND FELLOWS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. ifMalrani, We, the President, Council, and Fellows of the Linnean Society ot London, in Anniversary Meeting assembled, remember- ing with heartfelt pride the high distinction which Your Majesty has conferred upon our Society in graciously consenting to become one of our Honorary Members, beg leave humbly to express our profound sorrow at the great and irreparable loss which has befallen Tour Majesty, the Royal House, and the Nation, in the death of our Beloved and Venerated Sovereign Lord, King Edwaiid the Seventh, our Patron, Whose Memory will ever be faithfully cherished by a grateful people. Given under the Common Seal of the Society, this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten. DUKINPIELD H. SCOTT, President. L. S. ARTHUR DENDY, i ^ . B. DAYHON JACKSON, J ^^^''^^«'''^*' Mr. Frank Armitage Potts was admitted a Fellow. Dr. Wilfred Fade Agar, M.A. (Cantab.), was proposed as a Fellow. The Treasurer then brought forward the Annual Cash State- ment to the 30th April last, duly audited, and explained the various items. The statement was thereupon received and adopted (see pp. 62, 6^). The General Secretary laid his Annual Report before the Meeting : — Since the last Anniversary Meeting 18 Fellows had died, or their deaths been ascertained : — William Hadden Beeby. Robert Morton Middleton. Thomas William Bridge. The Marquess of Ripon. Woodyer Merricks Buckton. Edward Saunders. Edward Clapton. George Sharpe Saunders. Emmeline Crocker. James Ebenezer Saunders. William Henry Dallinger. Richard Bowdler Sharpe. William Hillhouse. ArthurErnestBousfield Steains. Walter Bessemer Longsdon. Sir Charles Strickland, Bt. Peter MacOwau. Edward Perceval Wrieht. 62 PROCEEDINGS OF THE •o" 2 "^ S ;:: jj o ec m C5 ^ ^ lO -^ti CD CC — — CO — CO 1 1 C-l C OC (M i-H 1—1 — I— I l-H r- © t^ OS t^eo CC CT OQOCi O CO At n B E-i O H Jz; o PS bJD O t-H Oi o CO W i-i ^ I ^ !■ £ 5- ci -* OCi OC3 CC c; X OX' CC be / ® c O es OS rz ^'5 U-; — o SH o ■ « ^ - a- O 0> -p pm 2 ~ 5 c 00 5f^ a, ."S CD iC o -^ (M —I oooo t^ ^ CO *^ eo o ic r- (N Ot k^ -^ cq eoa> OS OCTfi o OC5VO oocOrt CI c^5 lO;^ _ > I. ^ H c s "S^ "^COCC CI" -f I =^ C-f^ .^ -A^ CD .^ ^ Ci -^ r— S aa C « fe "S c -C cS 3 O .2 "3 °_ o S S 2 * <5 -»;OciQ •- o UXJJEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 63 o eo o o i^ o o o t~ o 0^00 S^ 05 'f O ! -V. i- O X> O — ?C CO 0 ^- CO O o o o o o o o o Ci OT O O O 1:+^ t^ TJH IC. O t- O O CI o o o CO o -T O Ci — ' O ?1 CI — I o o CO ^ is (Bryophytes and Lycopodineaj) and Piiylline.e (Ferns and all remaining classes of vascular plants). In the former, the assimilating organs are still the lamellar phylloids of the sup- posed Prohepatic ancestors ; in the latter they are true leaves, i. e. differentiated parts of the branch-system of the original tballus. The Bryophytes are gametophi/fic Phylloideiie, the Lycopodineae sporophiiiic Phylloideje, tbe phylloid appendages being borne in the former on tbe sexual, in the latter on the asexual individual. Thus Mosses and Club-mosses find themselves at last united in one main group I Prof. Lignier's idea is interesting. We see how a certain degree of ailinity (though a remote one) may conceivably still be traced between members of the Bryophyte and Pteridopbyte groups, which have been regarded as separated by th,e widest gap in tbe Vegetable Kingdom. But the point which more nearly concerns us is the separation of the Lycopods from tbe rest of the vascular plants. The possibility that tbe leaves of the Lycopods may be essentially different from those of the Ferns, is one which must have occurred to the minds of many botanists. I remember how, nearly thirty years ago, a walk through the Pern-houses at Kew suggested to me and to a botanical friend tie idea that the fronds of Ferns might be really branches, and the leaves of Lycopods scales, comparable to the ran)enta of Ferns. At that time, however, the relation of tbe Ferns to the higher classes of vascular plants was not recognized, so we never extended our idea to the leaves of Phanerogams. Fossil Botany tends to emphasize the isolation of the Lycopods, for it shows us no transition between the microphylly of this phylum and the megaphylly of other groups. On tbe contrary, it provides evidence, as Prof. Lignier has shown, that the apparent micro- phylly of certain classes (Equisetales and Conifers for example) is derived from a primitively megaphyllous condition. There is no indication that this applies to the Lycopods ; neither is there any appreciable evidence that their simple leaves ever became modified LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 73 into anything more complex *. On the whole, Prof. Lignier's idea that the Lycopods stand apart from the rest of the Vasculares appears quite teuahle, though by no means proved. It is con- firmed by the simple relation between sporangium and sporophyll which prevails throughout the group, and by the fact that the Lycopods are the only vascular plants in which there is a want of sharp differentiation between root and shoot. The former character may not be a primitive one (Prof. Lignier himself regards tlie terminal position of the sporangium on a branch as the original ari-angement ; other botanists suggest the presence of a reduced sporangiophore) ; but the existence of so many transi- tional forms between root or rootlet and stem or leaf is a strong indication of a relatively primitive and isolated ])osition. I may here recall that Mr. Tansley has touched on the position of the Lycopods in a very illuminating way in the first and the last of his lectures on the Evolution of the Filicinean Vascular System t. He recognizes the peculiar cliaracter of their leaves, contrasting so sharply with the megaphylly of other Pteridophytes, but the explanation he suggests is different from Prof. Lignier's. He says that the Lycopods " may be independently derived from the primitive Propteridophytes by foliar specialisation of short undivided hranchlets of the thalliis, instead of ivJiole branch systems as in the Filicinean type " (p. 9). This, as he points out, would bring the Lycopods into line with the other Pteridophytes without assuming any extensive reduction, or abandoning, in this case, the thallus-branch theory of the leaf, which he regards as by far the most rational and convincing which has yet been suggested. I should like to dwell on the wonderfully instructive comparison which Mr. Tansley draws between the morphological construction of Selaginella and that of a Fern with its fronds, but must content myself with a couple of short quotations. " In Selaginella we have a very old if not a primitively microphyllous stock which modifies whole branch-s3'stems for assimilatimg purposes. The leaf itself is so small as to exercise no influence on the general conformation of the vascular system, and corresponds physio- logically with the ultimate pinnule or segment of the lamina in a fern-frond. But the branch-system as a whole retains its plas- ticity and becomes moulded on lines parallel with those of the fern-frond as a whole" (p. 135), "In the frond-like dorsiventral type of branch-system seen in some species of Selaginella we have in fact a kind of working model of the hypothetical thallus of the ' pro-Lycopod,' the leaves representiug the ultimate assimilating branchlets, and the whole showing a convergence with a fern- frond hypothetically derived by integration of a whole thalloid branch-system'*' (p. 136). To return to Prof. Lignier. The Phylloideae are after all a limited group now, though so prominent in the Palaeozoic Floras. * The doubling of the vascular bundle in Siyil/oriopais is the only case in point, but does not seem to iiave led to anything iurther. t ' New rhytologist," Reprint, No. 2. Cambridge, 1908. 74 PEOCEEDINOS OF TlIK The great mass of vascular plants, which he derives from the Primofilices (Mr. Arber's name for the early Ferns), belong to the Phyllineic, with true leaves, differentiated from tlialloid branches or system of branches, as already explained. He divides the Phylliuese into four groups : — 1. The MacrophylIine£e. — Leaves large and dominant in com- parison with the stem. Primofilices and Ferns generally ; l'teridos|)erms or Cycadofilices ; Cycaduphyta. 2. The Microphyllinea}. — Leaves reduced in comparison with the dominant stem. Cordaitea:; ; Ginkgoales ; Coniferae. 3. The Mesophyllineie. — Leaves intermediate, as regards these relations, between groups 1 and 2. = Angiosperms. The latest developed of all the groups and the most higiily adapted to special conditions, sometimes simulating Macro- ])livllinea^ {e. r/. Palms), sometimes MicrophvUinese {e. q. Heaths). 4. The Articulata?. — Allied to the Macrophyllinese, from which they became detached at the epoch of their ancestors, the Primofilices. Characterized by verticillate symmetry, pro- gressive reduction of leaves, radiate arrangement of leaflets, and tendency to multiply the planes of cauline symmetry. This includes the Equisetales, mainly, and the >Sphenophylls, wholly, a Palaeozoic group. It is at this point that Prof. Lignier's views have perhaps exercised the greatest influence on botanical opinion. A very few years ago it became customary to associate the Articulatcc with the Lycopods, for which fossil evidence seemed to speak, the characters in common being mainly anatomical. Prof. Jeffrey was the strongest advocate of this view , and, as is well known, divided all vascular plants into Lycopsida and Pteropsida ; the former including Lycopods, Equisetales and Sphenophylls, the' latter all other Yasculares. This classification was based partly on the microphylly of the Lycopsida, the megaphylly of the Pteropsida. and partly on certain anatomical characters closely connected with the relative dimen- sions of leaf and stem. Other characters also came in, and the position appeai-ed a strong one ; at any rate I was among those who adopted it for a time. I now think, however, that the Equisetales and Sphenophyllales have been shown by Prof. Lignier not to be really microphyllous at all, but to be derived by re- duction from plants with compound leaves of considerable size. The leaves of the Sphenophylls are generally of some complexity and often deeply divided — it is only their xegutents which have a simple character. Arch rocal ami tes — the oldi-st known member of the Equisetales — had compound, forked leaves, while in Pseudo- hornia, a Devonian representative of the Articulata?, the leaves were doubly compouuil, and were originally taken for fern-fronds. It seems clear from all this, and from the detailed arguments of Prof. Lignier, which I cannot now recapitulate, that the Articulata^^ LINXEAX SOCIETY OF LONDON". 75 when raicrophyllous, are only so by reduction, and consequently that the anatomical characters correlated with microphylly are not essential to the group. On the other hand, as we have seen, the Lycopods stand apart as a genuine microphyllous class, unconnected by any known transitions with the large-leaved phyla. At the same time one cannot admit any very close relationship between the Articulattc and the Ferns ; tlieir ancestors, though in all probability megaphyllous, may have been much less like Ferns than any of the known Primohlices. For these reasons, which I cannot now develop at greater length, it seems to nie clear that the attempt to divide Yasculares into two main series only must be given up, at least for the present. I have proposed a threefold division, into Pteropsida (Ferns and all Spermophyta), Sphenopsida (Equisetales, Sphenophyllales, and Psilotales), and Lycopsida (Lycopods alone). The isolation of the Lycopods while the Psilotales are put in ISphenopsida has been criticised, and justly so — the position of the little family Psilotales is a great difficulty, and I do not think we are yet in a position to solve it, in the absence of all geological evidence of their history. The group has certain definite characters in common with the tSphenophylls, namely the nature of the sporangial apparatus and the anatomy : for these reasons some modern authors have united them in one class. On the other hand, the Psilotales have other, less definite characters in common with the Lycopods — the dicho- tomous branching, the alternate leaves, and to some extent tlie habit (in the case of Tmeslptpris). The older writers always put them in this class, but at that time the Sphenophylls were prac- tically unknown. We are not at present able to reconcile the two apparent directions of affinity. It is best to emphasize the Sphenophyll relation as the more definite, and otherwise to reserve judgment. It should be mentioned here that Prof. Lignier gives the Psilotales quite a dift'erent position, regarding them as the most primitive of the Lycopod series, and consequently of all living- vascular plants. He believes that in the earliest Pteridophyta the sporangia were terminal on certain cauloids (derived from thallus-branches), and that the Psilotales only differ from this type in having the sporangia grouped on special short branches. In arriving at this opinion the author allows himself to be too nnich influenced by the very problematic Devonian fossil Psilo- phytoh, of which we really know nothing definite. I cannot accept a view which i^^nores the points of agreement between the Psilotales and the Sphenophyllales, and the probability that the former have suffered some reduction in organization in consequence of their epiphytic habit. Prof. Lignier is of opinion that all his Phyllinese (^. e. all Yasculares except Lycopods and Psilotales) are descended from the Primofilices. As regards the Articulata% I have already suggested that if we accept this view we must take Primofilices in an extremely wide 76 PttOCEEBINGS OF THE sense. The comparison between the sporangiophores of Spheno- phi/Uum and the fertile pinnules of the Devonian " Fern " ArcluFopteris * does not seem to me very helpful, for Arclufopteris can scarcely be regarded as one of the Primofilices, but appears to have been a very advanced type, possibly, as Mr, Kidstou has suggested, a Pteridosperm rather than a true Fern, With reference to the seed-bearing plants, however, I find myself in agreement with Prof. Lignier as to their ultimate origin from an early Filicinean stock. This is an opinion which has been very generally adopted, during the last few years, either for the whole or at least for a large part of the Seed-plants ; formerly the Lycopods were in favour as the probable ancestral group, though the origin of the Cycads from Marattiaceous Ferns was taught by Sachs about the year 1880, It may be worth while to point out, in a few words, the grounds on which the modern view is held. For nearly 30 years the existence of a considerable group of Palaeozoic Fern-like plants allied to the Cycads has been recognized by some ])alsBobotanists, though at first only on negative grounds, the plants in question showing no evidence of Filicinean fructification. Then came the discoveries of Williamson, Solms-Laubach and others, proving that many of these Fern-like plants had an anatomical structure intermediate between that of Ferns and Cycads, These observations strongly conlirmed the opinion that the latter plants were derived from, or had a common origin with, the former ; this stage in the development of our knowledge may be called the " Cycadofilices " phase. The dis- covery of the multieiliate spermatozoids of living Cycads, in 1896, further strengthened tlieir affinities with Ferns, Then in 1903 began the series of discoveries, led by Oliver and Kidston, proving that certain of the Cycadofilices bore seeds of a Cycadeau type, and establishing a strong probability that this applied to the whole group, a group outnumbering the true Ferns of the period. The name Pteridospermese marks this important step in advance. That the Cycads sprang from a Fern-like ancestry was now established beyond reasonable doubt. The Cycads, however, were not merely the little isolated family that now bears the name — in Mesozoic times they were a vast and varied class of plants, for which Xathorst's wider name Cycadophyta is appro- priate ; for long ages they were a dominant race throughout the whole world. Thus the proof of the Fern-ancestry of this great class was already a serious matter. But the theory could not stop here. It had always been recognized, since the first recognition of the Cordaitefe as a separate class, that these plants had a strong Cycadean affinity. It now further appeared that the seeds of the Preridosperms were organized just on the same lines as those of the Cordaiteae, while anatomically an almost unbroken series of transitions between the two groups has been traced. Hence it became evident that the Cordaitese — the most specialized of the * Ligiiier, " Sur I'Origine des Sphenophyllees," Bull. Soc. Bot. de France, si-r. 4, t. viii. p. 278 (1908). LINNEAJf SOCIETY OF LONDOX. 77 Palaeozoic Spermophyta — had a common origin witli the Pterido- sperms, and consequently that they also were ultimately derived from the Fern phylum. This meant that practically all the Palaeozoic seed-plants (if we except the quasi-seminiferous Lyco- pods) were of Filicinean origin. Up to this point I do not think there has been any very serious difference of opinion among modern botanists who have considered the question. I have already mentioned that the affinity of the Maidenhair trees with the Cordaitales is generally recognized. I am unwilling, at the close of tliis address, to embark on the con- troversy as to the origin of the Coniferse, a question with which I have lately dealt in print. Strange to say, the morphology of the cone in this familiar order of plants is still very imperfectly understood ; I am convinced that a thorough comparative re- investigation of the wliole family will be needed before the question of their affinities can be cleared up. A vast amount of good work has been and is being done, but a broad synthesis is urgently needed. There are so many points in common between the Conifers and the Cordaitales, both in the anatomy and in the morphology of the fructifications, especially the male, that I cannot doubt that tliese classes are allied, an opinion in which I believe nearly all botanists agree, though my friend Prof. !Se\^ard is a serious exception. If we accept this relationship, we cannot escape the conclusion that the Conifers were ultimately, though remotely, derived from the same ancient Fern-stock with the Pteridosperms and the Cycadophyta. I have already touched on the great question of the origin of the Angiosperms. It is clear that if the views now so widely held of their relation to the Mesozoic Cycadophytes should be confirmed, they also must fall into line with the rest of the Spermophyta. At any rate, without prejudging a problem which will long continue to engage the chief interest of botanical evolutionists, one may safely say that the only tenable or intelli- gible theory of the origin of Angiosperms at present before the scientific world, involves their derivation from the Cycad-Pteri- dosperm-Primofilices series, and demands for them a place among the Pteropsida. My object in the very slight and rough sketch of a vast field, which I have ventured to lay before you, has been to bring home to the minds of the Fellows, especially such as are not themselves morphological botanists, the profound interest and importance of the fundamental problems of Descent which are now under in- vestigation and even appear ripe for solution. It is the great merit of modern Palccobotauy that it has put new life into the study of our phylogenetic questions. It has done so by forcing us into contact with realities, with the ancient plants themselves,, which were the actual predecessors (though by no means always the ancestors) of our living Flora. I believe it to be true, in 7d PRIXJEEDINGS OF THE spite of all those difticulties whicli s])ar us on to further research, that ill JJotany, as in Zoology, the doctrine of evolution rests at present juost securely on a pal.'contological foundation. Mr. llEMiy (jrUOYES then moved: — "That the President be thanked for his excellent Address, and that he be requested to allow it to be printed and circulated amongst the Fellows," which being seconded by Prof. M. C. Potter, was adopted by acclama- tion, and acknowledged by the President. The President, then addressing llerr E.mil IIvitfeldt, Secretary of the Norwegian Legation, said : — Professor Georg Ossian Sars is the distinguished son of a distinguished father, the late Professor Michael Sars having been one of the pioneers of deep-sea dredging ; it was he who laid the foundations of our knowledge of the deep-sea J'auna. Professor Georg ISars, following and extending the same lines of investigation, has long been recognized by his fellow-workers in all parts of the globe as a distinguished leader and guide. Por nearly half a century his successive writings have been shedding light on the class of Crustacea in its different branches. Almost at the outset of his career he succeeded in rescuing a difficult group from the obscurity and confusion in which it had been previously involved. Experts have over and over again paid his systems of classification the supreme compliment of adopting them. His instructive essays on the larval Decapoda, founded on an ingenious but toilsotne plan of investigation, would have sufficed alone to make a considerable reputation. After showing his command of languages by treatises in Latin, French, and German, besides his native Norwegian, he has obliged us by adopting the English tongue for several important volumes. Above all, his ready pencil, in an almost miraculous number of scientific illustrations, has used an idiom whicli every nation can read with facility. The carcinologists of Great Britain, I am informed, have special reason to rejoice that in Prof. Sars's crowning work on ' The Crustacea of Norw^ay,' already containing 756 plates, by a fortu- nate coincidence, the fauna of their own country finds illuminating treatment. All who have been privileged to be in communication with him, praise the courteous readiness with which he renders the assistance they desire, nor can anyone explore his writings without admiring the entire absence of unkindly criticism, and the generous acknowledgment of merit in the work of other students. It is eleven years since we had the honour of enrolling Prof. 8ars among our Foreign Members. It is now m}^ agreeable duty, in recognition of the world-wide reputation which he has acquired, to present him, through your kind mediation, with the Linnean Medal, as a token of our highest esteem. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 79 Herr Evitfeldt, in accepting the medal, stated that the Nor- wegian Minister himself would have been pleased to be present, but having only recently arrived in London, he had not yet been x*eceived in audience by His Majesty the King, and was consequently debarred from attending. Turning to Prof. E. A. Minciiix, the President said : — Prof. Edward Alfred Minchin, It is a great pleasure to me to present to you, on behalf of the Society, the first Trail Award, generously founded by my friend Prof. Trail, " with the object of encouraging study that throws light on the substance known to us as Protoplasm, or on what may, in the progress of knowledge, be regarded in a corresponding way as the physical basis of life."' Your work, in various directions, has done and is doing much to throw new light on the morphology and developmental activities of the living substance of animal cells. You have made contribu- tions of fuiidainental importance to our knowledge of the minute structure and development of the Calcareous Sponges. You have discovered the remarkable mode of development of those singular ■structures the calcareous sponge-spicules, and in addition to your valuable original memoirs on the group, you have written the very able account of these organisms in Sir Ray Lankester's great Text-book of Zoology. You have also published much work of the utmost importance on the parasitic Protozoa, especially the Trypanosomes, a field of investigation of momentous practical signiticance as well as of the highest scientific intex'est. In furtherance of these studies jou made an expedition to Uganda, to study the problem of Sleeping Sickness under the auspices of the Royal Societv. You have written a masterly treatise on the Sporozoa, for the Text-book already referred to, and in addition to all your own investigations, have rendered a further service to biological science by your translation of Biitschli's classical work on Protoplasm. No one could more fittingly be the first recipient of the Trail Award, wliich I now present to you, for the recognition and en- ■couragement of the study of the living substance of organisms. Professor Mincuin replied as follows : — Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I desire to express my deep sense of gratitude both to the Founder of the Trail Award for his generous benefaction, and to the Council of the Linneau Society for the honour they have done me in conferring the Award upon me. It adds very greatly to the pleasure and pride which I feel in receiving it, that the selection has been made by a body so distinguished and honourable as the Council of the Linnean Society. The Trail Award is intended to encourage and promote the 8o PKOCEEDINQS OF THi: study of protoplasm, this line of investigation being understood in its widest sense :is the study of the living substance and its vital powers and manifestations, ytrictly speaking, such investigations are co-extensive witli the whole range of the biological sciences, but for convenience the study of ])rotoplasm may be regarded as the special theme of that branch of scientific investigation which is occupied with cells and with organisms of simple struc- ture, and which deals with their constitution, development, and elementary vital activities. In such objects we are confronted with the stupendous mystery of life under its thinnest veil, and we observe in bodies almost infinitely minute the exercise of the most extraordinary powers, such as would lead us to infer the existence of a very great complexity of organization. Thus a flagellum performs movements which necessitate the assumption of a complex structure, but after studying it with the best optical instruments and the most refined technique, we can only repre- sent it by a bare pencil-line. The chroraatin-substance of the nucleus exhibits marvellous activities and powers, but again our pencils can only draw meaningless dots. Xothing, again, is more wonderful than the fact that peculiarities in the complex mental and physical constitution of a human being should be transmitted from one generation to another through the nucleus of the sperma- tozoa, the tiniest cell in the body ; but with all the technique at our disposal we can only represent that nucleus as a minute dense refringent body, apparently homogeneous. A consideration of such facts forces upon us the conviction that the living substance possesses a complexity of organization far transcending anything that our microscopes can reveal, and only to be inferred from the activities manifested by it. Cells or unicellular organisms relatively higher in the scale possess various cell-organs for the exercise of different functions : but as we descend the scale in our survey of nature we see these organs stripped off, as it were, until we come to cells in which the living substance consists only of two parts, termed respectively the cytoplasm and the nucleus. .This type of structure is far, however, from being the simplest possible condition of a living organism. The cell-nucleus itself is essentially a collection of grains of a peculiar substance known as chromatin, which is com- bined with various accessory structures, such as a framework,^ membrane, &c., and organized into a complex structural unit. In the simplest organisms there is no definite nucleus, in the strict sense of the word, but only scattered grains of the chromatin- substance. Hence the living substance, protoplasm, in its simplest form consists of two chief constituent parts : — (1) Cytoplasm, a semi-fluid matrix, itself organized and ex- hibiting a minute structure which, according to the alveolar theory of Biitschli, is due to the arrangement of at least two distinct substances not miscible one with the other, forming the alveolar framework (reticulum) and the enchylema (cell-sap) respectively. MNNEAN iSOCiETl' C)l' LONDON. bl (2) Chi'oinatiu, occurring as minute granules iiubeddecl in the cytoplasm, and either scattered in it, or aggregated wholly or i:i part to form a definite nucleus. The question at once arises, which of these two constituents of protoplasm represents the true li\ing matter? Is the cytoplasm, or the chromatin, to be regarded as the primary living substance? No answer that may be attempted to this question can be regarded as in any way final in the 'present state of our knowledge, and the subject can hardly be discussed adequately in a brief space : but the following are a few of the laost important facts upon which to found a judgment : — I. No living organism is known with certainty which does not contain substance of the nature of chromatin ; and some of the minutest organisms, e.;/. some Bacteria and Spirochaetes, seem to consist of chromatin alone. These facts indicate that cliromatin is, and cytoplasm is not, a constant constituent of living bodies. II. By experiment it is found that cells, if deprived of the nucleus and reduced to cytoplasm aloue, cannot continue living for long, and cannot initiate vital changes or processes. Til. The present state of our knowledge tends to establish as a general truth that the chromatin-elements are the governing and directing bodies of cells, and as such are the bearers of hereditary tendencies. From these data the conclusion seems to me irresistible, that chromatin is the primary living substance, not cytoplasm. If then chromatin is a substance of such immense importance in living things, it becomes necessary to attempt to define or charac- terize it further — a very difficult task In the first place, it is found that the chromatin-elements of the nucleus consist of, or contain, substances of greater complexity from the chemical point of view, than the other portions of the protoplasm. In the second place, this complexity is combined with a high degree of variability, as might indeed have been expected on general grounds. For since the vital activities and pi'operties manifestly differ in every species of organism, and even, it might be said, in every individual cell, then, if the chromatin-substance be the regulating and deter- mining cause of tlie vital activities and manifestations, it follows that tlie chromatin must differ to a corresponding degree in each case ; and therefore no given sample of chromatin can be expected to be identically similar to any other sample. It is a matter of common knowledge that such differences do occur between the chromatin-elements of different organisms, and even in the same organism at different periods of the life-cycle ; to take only the micro-chemical test most commonly emi)loyed for the identifica- tion of chromatin, namely its affinity for certain colouring-matters, it can be said at once that there is no stain which can be relied upon either to tinge the chromatin-elements of any organisms at all times, or to stain only chromatin. LINN. SOC. rilOCEBDINGS. — SESSION 1909-1010. g 82 l'U()(Ki:i)IN(iS OK THE In short, chromatin cannot be defined solely .by chemico- iniysical tests : it is essentially a biological conception. By chromatin we understand certain grains of substance imbedded in the cytoplasm or aggregated in the nucleus, and playing a definite role in the life-cycle of the organism. In the first place, in reproduction of the simplest type by lission, the chromatin of the daughter-individuals is derived by growth and fission of the chromatin-elemtiits of the parent indi\idual. Secondly, in syngamy (sexual conjugation), tlie constant and essential feature of the process in all its innumerable variations is the union of chromatin from two distinct individuals. Tims chromatin exhibits in itself the primary vital properties of growth, reproduction and individuality — the individuality which is characteristic of living organisms, and which depends primarily on the variability of the living substance. A given granule in a cell cannot be determined with certainty to be chromatin by inspection or by cbemico- l)hysical tests, but only by its relation to the life-cycle of the organism. This is what is meant by saying that the conception of chromatin is a purely biological one. Our notion of the living substance infiuences necessarily our ideas as to the primitive form of living organism. It has generally been held that the first living things were relatively large masses of protoplasm consisting of pure cytoplasm, without nuclear elements, which appeared later in evolution. Such hypothetical forms of life were termed Monera by Haeckei, and with a tech- nique less advanced than that of modern times, this distinguished naturalist described organisms which he believed to be true ]\Ionera. But it seems practically certain that no organisms exist, however primitive, which do not contain in some form or another the chromatiu-substance which is the essential constituent of a nucleus. On the view that chromatin represents the primary- living substance, I believe that the first living things were exces- sively minute specks of matter, perhaps even ultra-microscopic. I consider that, of the forms of life existing at the present day, the earliest type is most nearly represented by the minutest Bacteria and allied organisms in which the body is practicdly nothing more than a grain of chrouiatin. The first stages of evolution consisted in a gradual increase in the size of the body, which came to be composed of several or numerous grains of chromatin imbedded in a matrix, the cytoplasm. With further growth in size, the chronuitin, at first scattered through tlie cytoplasm (chromidial condition of the nuclear substance), became aggregated wholly or in part at one spot, and there became organized and combined into a compact body, the nucleus. With the separation of the nucleus and cytoplasm a most important stage of evolution was reached, namely the stage of the cell in the strict sense of the w ord, the starting-point of the evolution of the entire animal and vegetable kingdoms. It would, in my opinion, be of advantage, as conducing to clear thinking, if the term *• cell " could be restricted in its application to that type of LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDO?f. 83 organization in which there is a sharp differentiation of nucleus and cytoplasm, and if organisms such as Bacteria, in which there is scattered chromatin but no definite nucleus, were not termed cells. If, however, the term " cell " is too compromised to be restricted in this manner, then two terms should be coined to denote these two primitive grades or types of organization, the one without a nucleus, as in Bacteria and allied forms, the other possessing a nucleus, as in Protozoa and the cells of animals and plants. I have ventured here to express definite views upon some very controversial and speculative subjects. It is not to be expected that everybody should be of one mind in such matters ; but what- ever may be the views taken, I think everyone will agree as to the fundamental importance of the study of the living substance in its simplest forms, and I desire, therefore, to express my strong: appreciation of the sagacity and foresight, no less than the generosity, of the I'ounder of the Trail Award, and my thanks to him for the stimulus and encouragement which he has given to such investigations. The General Secretary then laid Obituary Notices of deceased Pellows on the table, and the proceedings closed. OBITUAEY NOTICES. Alexaivder Agassiz. — The death of Alexander Agassiz leaves a real gap in the world of scientific oceanography Avhich no man of our own generation can adequately fill. He died on March the 27th, 1910, on the steamer ' Adriatic,' en route from England to America, at the age of seventy-five. Alexander Agassiz was the son of Louis Agassiz, Professor of Zoology at Harvard. He accompanied his father to America in 1849, at the age of foui'teen years, and graduated in Engineering and Zoology. His first serious work was on the Pacific Coast Survey of Ameinca, but in 1849 and in 1851 he had already served an apprenticeship under his father on the Atlantic sea-board and off Elorida. He spent some years in assisting his father in developing the Museum of Zoology at Harvard : and he became well known for his ability not only in Zoology but in the management of affairs. In 1866 he undertook the development and management of the Calumet and Hecla Copper Mine on Lake Superior. This was at that time almost a worthless property : it has since become the greatest single copper mine in the world, and has paid in dividends, since that date, upwards of =£25,000,000. His association with this mine led to the foundation of a fortune which enabled him to follow his natural bent towards Marine Biology. He retired from active work in connexion with the mine after about five years, but he retained his interest in it as President or Director until his death. Professor Agassiz will be best remembered by his numerous 84 PBOCEEDINGS OF THE expeditions in the Iropical regions of tlie world. His three cruises of tilt; ' Bhike ' in the West Indies and through the CaribheanSea produced two admirable volumes. They give an excellent idea of the topography of the Caribbean, with many notes and observa- tions on the reefs of that region. In addition they give an account of the deep-sea fauna as \\ell as chapters on deposits, the pelagic fauna, and the Oulf Stream. Even at tlie present day there is no better or more interesting book on the subject. Professor Agassi/, paid further visits to tlie West Indies, particularly to the Bahaiiias, and the elevated coral-reefs of Cuba : he also explored the elevated reefs of Florida, and visited Hawaii and the west coast of North America, going down to the Galapagos Islands. In the latter cruise he was mainly interested in the surface population of the ocean, which he had previously investigated in the Gulf Stream. In 1S9() Professor Agassiz visited, in the steamer' Croydon,' which he had himself chartered, the Great Barrier Eeef of Australia. He gave the world an admirable account of the structure of the reef. He confirmed Jukes's general analysis of its main features, but came to the conclusion that it could not have been formed by subsidence as was then generally supposed. In 1897 he visited the Fiji Islands, exploring most of the " live "' and fossil reefs of that archi|)elago ; in particular he examined the bai-rier reefs of the Lau Archipelago, putting down a boring on Wailangalala. He also examined many of the elevated coral limestone islands, thus getting many sections of reefs up to 1 000 feet in vertical thickness. He calculated that the islands of the whole group had been elevated, had then remained nearly stationary, and that their present conditions might be explained by prolonged denudation and erosion. The " actual living reefs " were considered to be Hats left by the erosion of a central island, while the lagoons had largely been formed by the scouring action of the sea. In 1899 Pi-ofessor Agassiz was in the North Pacific, but in 1901 he visited the ]\Jaldi\'e iVrchipelago in the SS. ' Ann-a,' visiting every atoll of that group. He gave us an important series of soundings between the different atolls of that archipelago, enabling us to get the first clear idea of its topography. In particular he inspected the northern atolls, which had not previously been examined. Professor Agassiz's next work \\as a long cruise which practically included every group of coral islands in the Pacific Ocean. This was followed by a dredging cruise down the eastern Pacific to Easter Island, during which all kinds of oceanographical research were carried out. The greatest interest is to be attached to these explorations, since the eastern Pacific is the largest area of the world absolutely uninterrupted by islands. An extensive, pecu- liarly barren area was discovered to the east of ihe Marquesas and Paumotus, and between these archipelagoes and the Soutli American coast. The Reports on these Expeditions were mostly published in the Bulletin and Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LINNEAX SOCIETY Ol' LONDON'. 85 at HarAard. They are noted for their lucid statements of facts and for their excellent illustrations, which are made, to a large degree, to take the place of further description. They present a veritable mine of information to be drawn on by investigators interested in oceanic and other islands. The later expeditions were undertaken mainl}^ to elucidate the problem of the forma- tion of coral reefs. Professor Agassiz had at the time of his death practically completed his work on this important problem. He had hoped to present his book during the present summer : it had arrived at such a point that it is not likely to be long delayed. It should put the crown oil forty years of con- tinuous research, undertaken in every region of the world. In addition to his oceanographical work, Professor Agassiz publislied many Monographs on HydrozoaandEchiuoderma. His tirst paper was on the " Embryology of the Starfish," in 1804, and he followed this up by reports on the Acalepha3 and on the " Embryology of the C'tenophorae." His " Revision of the Echini," 4to, 774 pp., with an atlas of 94 plates, 1872-4, is a classical publication for reference ; while his last contribution to " Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini" was issued only last year. The variety and extent of his published works are very great, mostly in large and important Monographs giving the results of his collecting in the ' Blake ' and in the ' Albatross,' U.S. Government steamers which he was allowed to run on paying their working expenses. Alexander Agassiz was all his life connected in some way or other with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. He succeeded his father as Director and Curator in 1874, and he built up the Museum from a small Institution to a magnificent home for his wonderfully rich collections from all parts of the world. He himself, to a large degree, built and endowed the Museum, which will ever remain as an enduring monument of his wonderful energy. Its publications he paid for on a most lavish scale and he equipped it with the most modern scientific apparatus. In his will he further bequeathed to it =£40,000 with a possible residual share in his estate. His gifts to the Museum altogether probably reached at least =£500,000. His full model of Eunafuti atoll is a magnificent piece of work, while his vast collections will form, as it were, an immense library for future researchers in Oceanography. In conclusion one must refer to the great charm of Professor Agassiz as a man. He belonged to no country but rather to the whole world of science : he was cosmopolitan in every sense, a Eellow or an Honorary Member of Scientific Societies in every country, a welcome guest everywliere ; he was noted for his un- failing courtesy to all, to the most junior student as much as to the Professor or Director. To anyone researching on coral reefs he gave special encouragement. He was not prodigal of advice, but what he did give it would be wise to follow. He was not above taking advice from those junior to himself. He was a man of indomitable energy ; subject to sea-sickness, many of Ids cruises 86 PKOCBEDINGS OF THE must have been great pain to him, but he never flinched if he might increase our knowledge of the science in which he was interested. He never sought recognition, and in many respects he was averse from it. He never liked teaching, and he seldom lectured anywhere. Like a true scientilic man, he cared not for himself hut sim|)ly for the advancement of the subject which he Io\ed. He was elected a Foreign Member on the 0th May, 1H75. [J. Stanley Ctabdineb.] AViLLiAM Hadden liEEBY, F.L.S., F.E.M.S., was born on June 9, 184U, and died on January 4 of the present year. He was in the banking business, from which he retired only a few months before his death. From an early time he devoted his leisure hours to the study of British i^otany, in which he acquired soon a reputation for acuteness and great critical knowledge. He added a consider- able number of new forms to the ' London Catalogue,' and deposited some of his critical gatherings in the herbaria at the British Museum and at Kew. His publications in the shape of short articles and notes were mostly ])ublished in the volumes of the 'Journal of Botany' for 1879-1807 ajul for 1908. He was also engaged in the preparation of a Flora of Surrey, Lack of leisure, how ever, compelled him finally to entrust the work to other hands ; but he wrote the Botany article for the Victoria History of the County of Surrey (1902). His Surrey collections as well as those made in Shetland, which he visited repeatedly, are to be jjlaced in the Horniman Museum, in the botanical de|)artment founded by Mr. A. O. Hume. He was elected an Associate of the Society in 1887 and became a Fellow in 1890. A portrait of him was published in the' Journal of Botany " for May 1910. [O. Staff.] Edward Clapton was born at Stamford, 28th September, 1830, died at his house " Tower Croft " on the 28th September, 1909, and was buried at Stamford on the 2nd October. He was the second son of his parents, and educated at the Stamford Grammar School, afterwards entering at St. Thomas's Hospital in 1850, after an apprenticeship to a local practitioner from the age of 10 to 20. In 1857 he became M.D. Lond. and F.K.C.S. : in the same year he was appointed xlssislant Physician and Lecturer on Botanj' at St. Thomas's Hospital, and later on he lectured on Materia Medica. In 1858 he became Member, and 17 years later Fellow of the Koyal College of Ph)"sicians. Shortly before his death he presented to the INIuseum of the Koyal College of Surgeons two branches and a bundle of twigs from the plane tree in the island of Cos, under the shade of which Hippocrates lectured on Medicine from a marble seat, still in existence : the tree is believed to be considerably more than 2000 years old. He was elected a Fellow, 21st November, 18G1. [B. D. J.] LINNKAN SOCIETY Or LOUDON. 87 Emmeline CiiocKER was born in 1858 at DuKvich, vyhere l.er father Ausustus Coleman Crocker then lived; when quite a child the family moved to Cheshiint, and here she grew_ up, with the exception of her school time at Brighton. On leaving school she continued her studies in music and in art, the latter she pursued with much ardour under .Miss Gann at the Queen s Square School "" Upon her mother's death, w hen the ties of home life became slighter, ]^Iiss Crocker undertook a trip round the world by her- seff, visiting on her xvay the botanical gardens of Singapore and Hono- Kong, finally reaching home by way of Canada. It^ter her return she spent some time at Glasneviu, where she became conversant with practical garden work under Mr. i .W. Moore 1 L.S. ; on leaving she became du-ectress of Mr. hpottis- wood's' garden at Porthquidden in Cornwall, from time to tune contributing articles to ' The World ' newspaper, which ^eve reprinted in 1908 as " Thirtv-nine articles on Gardening. this estate was sold by the owner in 1907, and then Miss Crocker resolved to busy herself ^vith a monograph on Rhododendron forms in cultivation, and for this she painted a large series of i)ictures. , ,. , ■, Unfortunately she had suifered ot late years from repeated attacks of influenza, and \vitl> the idea of escaping the English winter, she decided to spend that part of the year in Madeira. Here she devoted herself to the flora of the islands, and began a collection of marine Alga3 for Kew, but owing to the bad sanitation of the hotel at Funchal where she was staying, a violent epidemic of typhoid fever broke out, and our late Fellow fell a victim to it, dying on the 2(JthEebruary, 191U. -.nn-i ^ ■ She M-as elected Eellow so recently as (Jth lebruary, 190/, but entered into the life of the Society with cliaracteristic energy, attending our meetings and using the Library freely. For tlfe materials for the foregoing sketch the writer has to thank Mr. Alfred Crocker and Miss Alice Shaw. [B. ^J- J -J The liev William Henry Dallingeb, LL.D., D.C.L., D.Sc, FES F L.S , F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., etc., died on the 7th November, 1909 ; 'he was born at Devonport on July 5, 1840 ; he was the son of J S Dallinger, and married Emma J. Goldsmith, daughter ot David Goldsmith of Bury St. Edmunds. At one time he thought of adopting Medicine as his profession, hut his strong religious tendency led him, in ISGl, to enter the Wesleyan Ministry : the first circuit to which he was appointed was that ot laversliam, but he afterwards travelle.i those of Cardift', Bristol, and Liver- pool; his life, at this time, was that of a circuit Minister, but he occupied most of his leisure in studying Hebrew, Greek, and German. i -n • ■ i In 1880 Dr. Dallinger was appointed Governor and irincipal of Wesley College, Sheffield, in which capacity he was highly appreciated, but he resigned the post in 1888, and became a ss nion.EDixos or tiik ininister without pastoral diarge, in order to have more time at MS disposal lor his sdeiititic studies and researclies ; these and his lectures on microscopical and biological subjects, occupied the greater part of the last Iwenty-oue years of his life, but of lare years he was greatly hampered by failing health. One of these lectures which was delivered in 1884, before the British Associa- tion at Montreal, was famous at the time : it was on -The lowest and smallest forms of animal life." Dv Dallinger was elected F.Il.S. in 188U, and received the ijLD. from the A ictoria University in 18S4, the D.Sc. from Uubhn m 1892, and the D.C.L. from Durham in ]89fi ; he was ,c'w?^\^ol*''^^^^>'^'^ ^ricroscoj.ical .Society of London from J884tol88/ inclusive, and of the Quekett Microscopical Club irom lS90to 1892 inclusive ; he was also senior lecturer on the staff ot the Gilchrist Educational Trust, lie was a Fellow of the Linnean Society from 2nd March, 1882, until the time of his death, and served on the Council from 1888 to 1890. From early youth Dallinger took a strong interest in natiu-al science, but the researches which established his position in the scientific world, and eventually made his name famous, commenced in 1870, and lasted for about ten vears ; thev were microsco|)ical researches on the life-histories of certain minute septic organisms known as "Monads." The results of these researches were pub- lished, from time to time, chiefly in the ' Monthly Microscopical Journal,' which was at the time the journal of the Eoyal :^Ii' society of loxdox. 93 vivid. The Gtirdeii was carried 011 with imicli trouble, upon a precarious retail business in plants and seeds, and it is much to his credit that when in 1892 he handed it over to the munici- pality it was witb a small credit balance, after defraying costly improvements. The Herbarium in connection with the Garden was badly lioused and had been greatly neglected. It was not till 1892 that a couple of rooms were assigned to it ; in that year he reported that he had now 31 cabinets, against 7, which was the number in 1881, with 3U00 sheets, and containing the types of the Cape Flora as far as Campanulacea3, mounted by Dr. Har\ey in 18G-1. The basis of the collection was once the property of Zeyher, and afterwards of Dr. Pappe, and dated from 1825 to 1841) ; the specimens, besides being old, liad suffered much from want of care, and even Harvey's set had been allow ed to lie for years unpoisoned, and it is due to Sir Henry Barkly that this measure of preservation was adopted. By 11)01 there were 61 full cabinets, the increase entirelv due to jNIacOwan's own hard work. In 1904, to his great delight, his old herbarium was presented to the Albany Museum by the Trustees of Gill College, where it had lain entirely unused since his time. Although it had somewhat dwindled, it still contained 14,000 sheets of phanerogams, many of them types, and 1800 fungi. In 1884 he began with Dr. Bolus the issue of his ' Herbarium normale Austro-Africanum,' which was continued till 15 centuries had been issued ; five more were issued by MacOMan single- handed. He resigned the Directorship of the Bolianic Garden at the end of 1891, but retained the post of Curator of the Herbarium till his retirement in 1905 ; when he left the sheets had increased to 44,000. of which 25,500 were Cape plants. For about two years subsequent he worked about (5 to 7 hours daily in the Herbarium of the Albany IMuseum, chiefly gettiug the Gill College herbarium into creditable order once more. In 1907 he had a slight paralytic stroke, and finding the climate of (xrahamstown too cold in winter, he moved to iriienliage. lie gradually weakened till the end came last year, as previously noted, and passed away in the house of a son-in-law, Mr. Chase of Uitenhage. He took his degree of B.A. before leaving England, and he never revisited his native land. Frequently acting as examiner to the Cape of Good Hope University in Ciiemistry, Botany, Geology, and Zoology, the Council bestowed upon Iiim in 1902 tlie honorarv degree of Doctor of Science. He was elected Fellow of our Society on the 2nd April, 1885. For the particuhirs of the foregoing sketch the writer would acknowledge his indebtedness to Dr. Schonland's obituary of his father-in-law which came out in the ' Kew Jhilletin,' 1910, pp. 84- 90, and to the sketcli with ])ortrait which appeared in the ' South African Journal of Science ' for January last, pp. 71-79, above the initials of Dr. Juritz, the Editor ; the latter article contains a partial bibliography of Prof. MacOwan's writings. [B. D. J.] 94 PUOCBEDINGS OF THE KoBERT Morton Mijjdi.kton was born at JSowerby, near Tliirsk, Yorkshire, on January 2'), 1840, and died on August 8, 1909, at Wallington, Surrey- lli« career, beginning in the banking business, was somewhat varied. He spent part oi' his life in the Ynited States, whence he returned to Enghmd in 1890. After- wards he went out on missionary work aniong the Araucarian Indians of South Chili, coming back to this country for good in 1907. Since then he was employed temporarily at the Botanical Department of the Natural History Museum, where he also placed his collection of Chilian plants. He was a Hvely, genial man of many interests ; but he published very little. He joined the Society, whose meetings he attended very regularly, on the 4th March, 1880. ' [O. S.] The Most Honourable George Frederick Samuel Korinson, 1st Marquis of Eipon, K.Cx., P.C., was born in London 24th October, 1827, son of the 1st Earl of Ripon and Sarah, only daughter of the 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire. He was elected a Fellow on the 20th November, 1840, as Viscount Goderich, and, continuing to pay his annual contribution during his life, \Aas the oldest paying Fellow on the Eoll, and had therefore contributed most largely to the pecuniary support of the Society. Of his varied and honourable oliicial career this is not the place to discuss : the places he tilled in the State, including the Governor- Generalsliip of India fi'om 1880 to 1884, claimed the whole of his time and attention. In addition to the Garter Knighthood and membership of the Privy Council, he was G.C.S.I., Hon. D.C.L. (Oxford), Hon. Litt. D. (Victoria), aud F.E.S. He succeeded to the title in 1859; and died at his beautiful seat, Studley Eoyal, on the 9th July, 1909, the cause of death being heart-failure. [B. H. J.] Edwaru Saunders, F.E.S. , F.L.S., F.E.S., and George Sharp Saunders, F.L.S., F.E.S., Hon.F.E.H.S., were both born at East Hill, Wandsworth, sons of the well known William AVilson Saunders, F.E.S., who was for eleven years Treasurer of the Linnean Society. They were further fortunate in having for their elder lialf-brotlierAVilliam Frederick Saunders (F.L.S. 1857-1901), not only an accomplished botanist, but a noble-minded man, who in all relations of life "loved himself last." In 1857 the family residence was reinoved to Hillfield, Eeigate, and there the brothers, educated at home, were constantly in familiar touch with their father's immense entomological, horticultural, and other collections. Their father's ready sympathy with every form of scien title pursuit will be rememl)ered ]\y all who knew him ; and the frequent presence at llilltield of men illustrious in various departments of natural history was well calculated to impress tlie minds of intel- lio-ent boys w^ith the importance of such knowledge. Between the claims of heredity and environment, it must remain an open question which was the more potent influence to produce in the LI>'>'E\N SOCIETY Or LONDOX. 95 t\^o brothers the tastes and aptitudes for wliicli their father was distinguished. However that question may be answered, it is certainly a little, or not a little, remarkable that George, born March 9, 1842, and Edward, born March 22, 1848, published in joint authoi'ship, through the Holmesdale Natural History Club, a "List of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the Keigate District," in February 18(51. There is reason to believe that in this publication Edward Saunders, not yet thirteen years of age, was the predominant partner. A second edition, brought up to date, was issued in January 18G4. The correspondence for exchange of specimens in wliich the younger of the two naturalists had at once become involved, though no doubt a trial for youthful vanity, was only a foretaste of the incessant appeals for friendly scientific aid which throughout his life he never failed to answer with unselfish readiness. At sixteen, by his " Coleoptera at Lowestoft'" he opened on a new subject, which was thenceforward for several years to engage his special attention. This early con- tribution appeared in the first volume of 'The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' a useful serial destined to have him for the last thirty years of his life as one of its editors. In its March number for the present year there appears an admirably sympathetic appreciation of his work and character by his long-time friend and well-wisher, the Kev. F. D. Morice, M.A., formerly a master at Rugby. It is unnecessary, therefore, to repeat the details there given of his assiduous labours and numerous publications, succes- sively on the Buprestidse, the Hemiptera Heteroptera, and lastly on the Aculeate Hymenoptera. It may, however, be noticed as a token of the ardour with ^^•hich he carried out his investigations, that when publishing in 1871 his important ' Catalogus Bupres- tidarum,' he had won the right to say in his Preface : — " To render the synonymy as full and accurate as possible, I have myself examined the types in the following collections : — British Museum, Museums of Berlin, Copenhagen, Kiel, Leyden, Oxford, d'Hist. JS'aturelle de Paris, Stockholm, and Upsala; Colls. Chevrolat, Kirsch, Le Conte, Linna)us, Mniszech, Reiche, Salle, Thomson, AVeyers." Concerning his later efforts Mr. Morice writes : — •' It is quite impossible within the limits of tins Notice to give even the titles of Saimders's minor writings on Aculeates. It must suffice to sav that his grand work ' The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the liritish Isles ' (18'J6)is one of the few without which no serious Hymeno- pterist thinks his working-librarj complete, and that its merits have been ackno\\ledged in the warmest terms by every one at home or abroad who is competent to form an opinion upon it." Among his minor writings on the subject, however, one of the latest is worthy of record, becaitse it shows that he could at will descend from that impassioned sublimity of style, with which, as is well known, specialists are wont to soar over the heads of the vulgar. In 1908 he published with Routledge & Sons a pleasant little Tractate for the unlearned, illustrated by h.is daughter 96 PllOCEKUIXiiS or TUB Constance. Hegardini; tlii.s he says in his preface : — ''The object of tliis little book is to give in as simple a form as possible a short account of some of the British Wild Baes, Wasps, Ants, etc., scientilically known as the Jhjmenoptcra Aciihuta. Of these the non-scientiiic i)ublic rarely recognizes more than the Hive Bee, the Jlumble JJee, the Wasp, and the Hornet, whereas there are about 4MU different kinds to be found in this countrv, and they can be recognized by any one who is disposed to make a special study of the group." To the Linnean .Society Edward Saunders contributed a paper read Nov. 7, 18G7, published April 23, 1808, communicated by his father, then a A'.P.L.S. The subject was " Descri])tions of fifty iiew Species of the genus Slitimodera,''' with two ])lates drawn by the; author. Another paper containing '' Descriptions of teu new Species of the genus Paracupta, H. Deyrolle, and of ten new Species of the genus Conof/natha, Escholtze,'* with one plate, was read Dec. 3, 1868, and published Aug. 10, 18(30, the author having in the meantime, on June 3rd, been elected a Fellow. His third paper, '• Descriptions of Buprestidic collected in Japan by George Lewis, Esq.'' (I'.L.S. since Jan. 18, 1883), was read Eeb. 20, 1873, and published July 18 of the same year. Thirty -four neAv species, with a new genus, were included in this memoir. After a long interval he again contributed to the Linnean Journal, his ])aper •'On the Tougues of tlie British Hymenoptera Anthophila" being read April 17, 1890, and published Oct. 18 of that year. These honeyed Tongues, successfully mounted by the ingenious Mr. Frederick Enock, F.L.S., were delineated on eight attractive plates hv George Saunders, who in 1882 had similarly assisted his younger brother by drawing plates for his " Synopsis of British Hymenoptera'' in the ' Transactions' of the Entomological Society. While treating the biography of the two brothers chiefly from its scientific aspect, it may not be improper for the recorder here to note that in 1S73 the prospects of easy affluence witli which their careers had opened were clouded over. This change from the smiles of fortune to her frowns they met with brave equa- nimity. It left the younger immersed for the rest of his life in the business anxieties of marine insurance, while the elder suffered for some time from the unset tlemeut due to abruptly altered plans and avocations. These were henceforward considerably diversified, but their general character will be sufficiently understood by the following extracts from obituary notices published last April. Thus 'Theliarden' says: " Mr. George Saunders was a warm lover of flowers, and also took an interest in insects, so much so that we are sorry no book came from his pen on this important subject. His initials G. S. S. were familiar, until his recent illness, to readers of 'The Garden,' and no one was more qualified to give advice on the friends and foes of the garden. One of his most important contributions on this subject was to the ' Century Book of Gardening,' and he contributed an excellent series of LINNBAN SOCIEiy OF LONDON. 97 articles in ' Gardening Illustrated ' some years ago.". . . " Our friend was librarian for many years at St. Thomas's Hospital, and many medical men will feel a real pang of sorrow when they know that Mr. Saunders is dead. He was beloved by the students aud the staff generally." The ' Gardeners' Chronicle' says: "He was soon initiated in horticulture, but his bent lay more towards the study of insects than of other living things, though he took a keen interest in many branches of natural science. He became well known as an expert in economic entomology, and his opinion was on this subject widely sought and greatly valued, by none more than by the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, whose meetings he regularly attended for many years. His knowledge of entomology was always at the disposal of enquirers, and his ready courtesy and clear expositions of life- histories and so on made his communications of real value. He was the author of several clearly written articles (not all of them signed) in the horticultural Press. He was a skilled draughtsman, and made a considerable number of coloured drawings of terato- logical subjects of gi-eat interest and value to the botanist. When in 1906, the Rev. W. Wilks was obliged, through pressure of work, to give up the editorship of the R.H.S. Journal, Mr. Saunders was appointed to succeed him. and he edited the Journal until 1908, when ill-health obliged him to resign." George Saunders had been a Fellow of the Entomological Society from 1861 and had served on its Council. It was not till 1899 that he joined the Linnean Society, on the Council of which he also served from 1902 to 1905, his appointment coinciding with his brother's election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Alike in their devotion to natural history, the two brothers were further alike in a certain seriousness of temper which evidently invited appeals for their aid in church-work wherever they happened to reside. This earnestness was happily combined with a ready sense of things humorous and with what may best be described as a singular capacity for friendship. • For many years of happy married life they were alike in enjoy- ment and gratitude. But George Saunders, who was united to Miss Mary Horsley on July 9, 1868, had the sorrow of losing her, after long and painful illness, in 1909, whereas Miss Mary Agues Brown, to whom Edward Saunders was married Sept. 3, 1872, survives him, together with nine of their twelve children, most of them already engaged in a variety of promising pursuits. The brothers died as they had lived, each fading from tlie scene with a kind of modest tranquillity, Edward on tiie 6th of February last, and George on the following 6th of April. Both had been for some time conspicuously out of health, yet in each case there seemed room for hope, though from the opposite considerations that the one had been so seldom ill and the other so often. The elder, after a delicate childhood, had proved immune to sickness, till sympathy with his wife's affliction apparently broke down his powers of resistance. The younger, on the other hand, had so LINN. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1909-1910. 7l 98 PROCEEDINGS OF THE frequently recovered from dane;erous attacks that there seemed no special reason why the last should be fatal. Yet they fell, not indeed on one day, nor on the lield of battle, but after so close a union from tirst to last, that, borrowing from a song of triumphant sorrow, a friend may say of them, " They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided." [T. K. E. Stebbing.] The death of Dr. Eichard Bowdleu Shaepe, which took place at his residence at Chiswick on Christmas Day 1909, deprived Ornithologists, the world over, of a guide, philosopher, and friend indeed ; for his knowledge of Systematic Ornitliology, and of the Geographical Distribution of Birds and all that pertained thereto, was profound. So long as he lived this knowledge was at the disposal of his fellow-workers without reserve ; for he was one of the most generous of men, and no man turned away from him empty handed. But when he died a rich hoard of facts died with him, for in spite of his extraordinary output of memoirs and monographs, the best of what he knew he could never be induced to systematize and publish. Dr. Sharpe was born in London, November 22, 1847, and was the eldest son of Thomas Bowdler Sharpe, well known as the publisher of ' Sharpe's London Magazine.' His grandfather was the Eev. Lancelot Sharpe, Eector of All Hallows Staining, in the City, and for many years Headmaster of St. Saviour's Grammar School in Southwark. Happily he was not brought up in London, but at the age of six was placed under the care of his aunt, Mrs. Magdalen Wallace, widow of the Eev. J. Wallace, Head- master of the Grammar School at Sevenoaks. She kept a pre- paratory school at Brighton, and here the boy passed three uneventful years ; he was then transferred to the Grammar School at Peterborough, where his cousin, the Eev. James Wallace was Master. Here he gained a King's Scholarship, whicl\ not only guaranteed his education but carried with it a small sum of money which was increased by his services as a choir-boy in the Cathedral. A little later his cousin accepted the Headmastei'ship of the Grammar School at Loughborough, and the boy accompanied him. In these sojournings young Sharpe found scope for his innate love of Natural HistoiT, which was to bear such fruit in after years. But a time of trial was before him. An unsympathetic father, irritated at this marked fondness for w-hat he regarded as an unprofitable subject boding no good for the future, suddenly bundled him off to London — a boy of sixteen — with a sovereign in his pocket, and a letter of introduction to the publishing firm of W. H. Smith & Sons ! But opposition of this kind rarely attains its end. It certainly did not in the present case : on the contrary, it seems to have added fuel to the flames ; and the boy succeeded, in spite of this disaster, in following his bent, for here, though every imaginable obstacle confronted him, he began to write a Monograph of the Kingfishers which mar Iced an epoch LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDON. 99 in Ornithological Literature. Two years later he entered the employment of Mr. B. Quariteh, the well-known bookseller, and this gave him access to some of tlie finest Ornithological works of the time. Every penny he could scrape together he spent in buying specimens of Kingfishers for his great book, and every moment he could spare was spent in its preparation, so that his working hours were long indeed. In 1867, when nineteen years old, he was appointed Librarian to the Zoological Society of London — the first to hold this position, and this appointment gave Inm better opportunities, and greater scope for i)is talents. Five years later the reward for his years of unnecessary hard labour came to liim, for in 1872 he was appointed Senior Assistant in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum, and was placed in charge of the Collection of Birds. One of the first tasks entrusted to him was the preparation of the first volume of that monumental work the British Museum ' Catalogue of Birds,' the most exhaustive work of its kind in existence. In the seven-and-twenty volumes of that work every known species of bird, up to the date of publicity of each volume, is described. This entailed an account of all phases of plumage and a list of all the literature, relating to each species — a truly appalling task ; yet of these twenty-seven volumes Sharpe contrived to write eleven, and portions of tv\'o others. At least this much stands to his credit : the remaining volumes were written in part by Mr. W. E. Ogilvie-Grant, aud in part by outside aid, and these later authors drew largely on Sharpe for guidance aud help. But besides this, he also compiled during his later years a ' Hand-list of Birds,' the last volume of which was only completed just before his death. Most men would have quailed before such an undertaking requiring so much labour and yielding so little in return, for it can appeal only to the specialist. Another ofiicial publication was his ' Histoiy of the Bird Col- lection in the British Museum.' This is full of interesting matter concerning the collections, and the men who made them. Besides his Monograph of the Kingfishers he also wrote no less comprehensive treatises on the Swallows and the Birds of Paradise, and a Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain. Innumerable appendices to the Volumes of Travel written by eminent explorers, describing the birds collected on their journeys, and a no less voluminous list of separate reports and papers on new species of birds, in themselves form no mean monument. Besides, he also edited, or revised aud largely re-wrote, a considerable number of works of eminent Ornithologists removed by death before their labours were complete. The huge tomes of John Gould, and two Aolumes of Henry Seebohm are among the most notable of this category. To these we must add a very long list of papers con- tributed to the Journal and Transactions of this Society, the Zoological Society, the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' ' The Ibis,' and the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. h 2 lOO . PROCEEDINGS OF THE In liis later years he edited a two volume edition of White's Selborne, and during his researches in the (jri!l)ert White country he became interested in the history of Basing Castle and the story of the siege by Cromwell. This theme he pursued with great zeal, and finally decided to write a book on the subject. Unhappily he died while preparing the first volume, but had he lived to complete his task, it is certain that he would have produced a record of sterling merit, for 1 had the good fortune to know him intimately, and know how exhaustively he had treated his subject. But this was by way of recreation, though his official woric left him but little real leisure. Sliarpe always regarded the Collections under his charge with a peculiarly tender affection, and the main purpose of his life was to enrich them. He spared no effort to persxaade the jealous Guardians of the Museum purse to buy collections, and often when his pleadings proved unavailing he would purchase collections with his own money— which he could ill afford to do, but it was anguish unspeakable to him to let a specimen escape that he courted for his beloved collection. He had great powers of per- suasion, and these he exerted to the full when he desired to move some generously inclined traveller to hand over his specimens to the national store-house. The great Hume Collection of Indian birds, and the wonderful Tweeddale and Salvin-Godman collec- tions are among the more remarkable illustrations of his triumphs, for these were given to the Museum largely on Sharpe's account. Mr. Hume, in presenting his magnificent collection of Indian birds and eggs numbering nearly 80,000 specimens, remarked in presenting the Collection to the Nation : " I trust it may not be forgotten that its acquisition by the Museum has been solely due to the fact that Mr. Sharpe was at the head of the Ornithological branch of that Institution."' But this is only one, of many muni- ficent gifts to the Ornithological Department made on Sharpe's recommendation. He was President of Section A at the Ornithological Congress held at Budapest in 1891, and again in Paris in 1900, when he was elected President of the Congress which met in London five years later. He was an Honorary LL.D. of Aberdeen, a Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological Societies, a Member of the British Ornithologists' Union, and \vas an Honorary or Foreign Member of all the principal Ornithological Societies in the world. In 1891, II.I.M. the Emperor of Austria bestowed on him the Gold Medal for Science. His rule as Assistatit Keeper of the Zoological Department \^as mildness itself, for he was of a peculiarly genial temperament. In spite of domestic worries he was always in exuberant spirits, and was a wonderful story-teller. His friends loved to inveigle him into telling yarns of the many eccentric people he had met, or into reciting Bab- ballads, in x^hich feat he Avas peculiarly accomplished ; few, surely, ever succeeded in bringing out the exquisite humour of these lines so well as Sharpe ! But his kindly LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. lOI nature was sorely abused by people of the begging-letter type : he <;ou]d never resist an appeal to his purse, though that was far from a well-filled one, and he was no less generous in bestowing the fruits of scientific labours on those who asked him. Take him for all in all, we shall not see his like again. [W. P. PyCKAlT.] Sir Charles William Stjuckland, eighth baronet, who died on the last day of 1909, Dec. 3Ist, was a Fellow of the Linnean Society from the loth February, 1877. He resided at Hildenley Hall near Malton, on one of his country estates, for many years. The Hall, although not a very large building, is a comfortable residence, built in a well sheltered site at the base of a steep wooded bank of limestone formation known as Hildenley Wood, which is a I'elic of the ancient forest-land of Yorkshire and has never been under cultivation, and is the home of some of the rarest of our British native orchids and other rare kinds of the wild flora of Britain, He was the original of " Martin the Madman " in ' Tom Brown's Schooldays,' and was proud of the fact. Sir Charles was a lover of Nature, and lived for many years a quiet life. He built attached to the Hall a fine conservatory for flowering plants, and also erected other glass structures for the cultivation of exotic orchids, in which he was very successful, and gave much attention to them, and no doubt enjoyed his quiet life in the study of their growth and admiration of the great beauty and variety of their flowers. He was a good botanist and had an extensive knowledge of the flora of the British Islands ; he was also much interested in the cultivation of hardy fruits, more especially of the apple, as he considered it to be the most valuable fruit for general cultivation in England. Some twenty years ago he represented a committee of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, in the examination of the apples growing in this district of Yorkshire, more particularly to get a knowledge of the best kinds suitable to the locality. For two or three seasons collections of these fruits were exhibited at Malton and Whitby, local kinds were traced to their origin, and all exhibits were named as far as possible and lists given of those most suitable to the district. He was a large landowner in Yorkshire and generally considered to be a generous landlord ; he let his farms at reasonable rents, and very rarely changed his tenants. He was a tall, robust man of good appearance, was a careful liver, and enjoyed the life of a country gentleman. He was fond of hunting, and was a regular attendant at Lord Middleton's hunt during the season up to within a few years of his death. In his early life, whilst he was at Trinity College, Cambridge, he rowed at Henley Eegatta in 1839, the first year the grand challenge cup for Eights was ever rowed for, and was number 7 in the winning crew, his cjUege eight. I02 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8ir Charles w us twice married ; liis lirst w ilV was Georgiiia Milner, dau<:hter of ISir William Mihier, by whom he had one son, AValter AVilliam Strickland, born in 1851, who now succeeds to the title and estates, and who has been travelling for some years in the Colonies of Australia, New Zealand, India, Ceylon, &c., and is now residing in Italy. The second marriage was in IbGG, to Ann Elizabeth, daughter of the Eev. Christopher Neville of Thorney, Notts, who predeceased him. There are two surviving sons and one daughter of the second family, Mr. Frederick Strickland, of the Brows, Malton, and Lieut. Henry Strickland, of the Eoyal Navy. His daughter is married to the Hon. Tatton Lane Fox Willoughby. Sir Charles had a good constitution and enjoyed the happiness of good health through his long life, and passed away quietly, after a very short illness, in his home at Hildenley, in the 91st year of his age. [M. B. Slateh.] The death of Ebwaej) PivEceyal "Weight, which took place on March 4th, caused sincere regret among the large group of friends and acquaintances whose affection and regard "Wright's genial and striking personality had won. AVriglit was born in Dublin in 1S34. He was educated at home and began life as a clerk at the age of 10. His taste for Natural History brought him early into contact with Geo. J. AUman, the University Professor of Botany in Trinity College, Dublin, and resigning bis clerkship, he entered Trinity College in 1853 and threw himself with zeal into the study of Natural History. His enthusiasm to forward the science led him in the following year to found the ' Natural History lieview.' He continued editor of that Journal till 1SG6. His earliest essays iu Science were made in this Journal and exhibit his keen interest from the first in field-work and observation. He visited the caves of Michelstown in 1857, with Haliday, and was the first to point out the interest of the living fauna of the Irish caves. In the same year, he took his B.A. degree and Avas appointed Director of the Museum of Trinity College. In 1858, he was appointed Lecturer in Zoology in Trinity College and Lecturer in Botany in Dr. Steevens' Hospital Medical School, and he was chosen Secretary for the Koyal Geological Society of Ireland and Secretary lor Section D of the British Association. He continued Secretary of this Section for several years, and was always very much interested in the work of the Association. It is a proof of Wright's energy and capacity for work, that while he was discharging all these duties he was at the same time able to keep pace with his undei'- graduate medical studies, and did not give up his work in Natural Science. He was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1859. In 1862 he took his M.D. degree, and after studying abroad in Berlin, "Menua, and Paris, he began to practise as an oculist. But his chief interests being in Natural Science he did not remain in practice long, and in 18G6, in order to devote himself entirely to bis duties as locum tenens for Harvev. then the L'niversitv Professor LIN^fEAN^ SOCIETY OF LONDOK. lO^ of Botauy. Wright definitely gave up oplithalmological work. In 1865 his attention was called to the fossils of the Jarrow Colliery, and with T. H. Huxley he published in the following year an important memoir on the Fossil Amphibia of the Kilkenny Coal Measures. In 1867, Wright went to the Seychelles Islands to study the flora and fauna of that group. Unfortunately, all his collecting apparatus and preserving materials were lost on the way out by shipwreck. But notwithstanding this misfortune he succeeded in bringing back an important collection of animals and plants, and in the following years \\as able to publish a series of papers descx'ibing the new and interesting forms collected. These papers, together with others on collections made off the coast of Portugal and in Sicily in 1868, appeared in the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' in the Transactions of the Eoyal Irish Academy, and in the Reports of the British Association. In 1869, Wright was appointed University Professor of Botany and Keeper of the Herbarium in Trinity College. During the first years of his professorship he was still engaged in work on his Seychelles and South European collections. In 1877, AVright commenced to publish a series of memoirs on the structure and development of Algae, which won the appreciative recognition of Bornet in 1879. The work on Algte was put aside to draw up the Report, with Th. Studer, on the Alcyonaria of the ' Challenger ' Expedition. This was not completed till 1888. During this period also Wright spent a great deal of energy on arranging the Herbarium of Triiiity College ; and if it had not been for his devo- tion and painstaking toil at a critical time, the usefulness of the collection would have been seriously impaired. The history of these events he records in the first number of the ' Notes from the Botanical School of Trinity College ' — a journal which owes its existence to Wright's energy and generosity. He further showed his affection to the department of which he was head by presenting to it his valuable collection of botanical books and journals. In 1894 Wright visited tlje Pyrenees and brought back several addi- tions to the Herbarium, and the spring of 1895 he spent collecting in Algiers. In 1904 he resigned his professoi'ship after a tenure of 35 years. He remained Keeper of the Herbarium till his death. In addition to his researches on Distribution and on Systematic Biology, Wright took an active part in many Scientific Societies, and was ofiicially connected with several scientific publications. Among these activities may be mentioned his connection with the ' Natural History Review ' as founder and editor, as Secretary, with the Dublin Uni\ersity Zoological and Botanical Association, with the Royal Geological Society of Ireland, and with Section D of the British Association. He was President of the Natural History Society of Dublin in 1872, and in 1874 he became Secretary of the Royal Irish Academy and editor of its publications. He was also editor for some time of the publications of the Royal 104 PROCEEDINGS OF TUE Dublin Society. In these various capacities he showed remarkable energy in forwarding; the welfare of the institutions with which he was connected, and his p;enerositv, when need arose, could always safely be counted upon. He displayed the same activity and generosity towards antiquarian research, and the Eoyal Society of Antiquaries marked its appreciation of his services in forwarding its aims by electing him President in 1900. Wright's sympathetic nature won the affection of those who came in contact with him, and he was keenly desirous of forward- ing younger men's work in science, and generously helped them by all the means in his power. It was a pleasure to him to put his varied and often recondite knowledge of the literature of Natural Science at their disposal. He showed the liveliest appre- ciation of the results obtained by the more modern generation of biologists. As a teacher he was more than ordinarily successful in stimulating the enthusiasm of his students and in implanting in tliem the desire to carry out investigation. At the same time he had a keen interest in his contemporaries in scientific work, and his desire to help the work of otliers and his human sympathies brought him into personal contact with a large number of his colleagues, not only in the British Isles, but also on the Continent and in America. It was always a pleasure to him to speak of these friends, and anecdotes of them formed a feature of his conversation. [H. H. Dixon.] June :2nd, 1910. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting of the 24th May, 1910, were read and confirmed. Miss Nellie Bancroft, Mr. Sidney Guest, and Mr. Hayward Eadcliffe Darlington, M.A., LL.M. (Cantab.), were admitted Pellows. Mr. Anthony Belt, and Prof. Edward Alfred Minchin, M.A.(Oxon.), were proposed as Fellows. Mr. Cecil Han bury, Mr. Henry Smith Holden, B.Sc, Mr. Charles William Mally, M.Sc.(Towa), Mr. Sydney Gross Paine, and Mr. Percy Alfred Talbot, B.A.(Oxon.), were elected Fellows. The President stated that he had appointed Sir Frank Crisp, Mr. H. W. Monckton, Prof. F. W. Oliver, and Prof. E. B. Poulton, to be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing Session. Mr. H. W. Monckton, Treasurer and V.-P., then referred to previous exhibitions of AVitches' brooms or Witch-knots in Conifers ; instancing those by Dr. Masters on 18th March, 1886, LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOX. IO5 Ml'. James Saund*^rs, A.L.S., on 21st April, 1907, and the Rev. T. E. E.. Stebbing on 21st April of the present year. He showed by lantern-slides siniilai' growths on Finns sylvestrls growing near Wellington College, in Berkshire. The President pointed out that the term was probably a recent translation of the (xermau " Hexenbesen " ; and the discussion was continued by Miss A. L. Smith, Mr. J. C. Shenstone, the General Secretary, Dr. A. P. Young, and Dr. A. B. Rendle. Dr. Stapp, on behalf of Mr. J. F. Waby, P.L.S., of the Botanic Garden, Georgetown, British Guiana, exhibited lantern-slides from photographs of male and female specimens of Lodoicea Sechellarum, Labill., which were flowering and fruiting in that Garden. He stated that of 36 nuts specially imported in 1893, only three plants survived, the two in question, and a third which had not yet flowered. It is of interest as being the first occasion of this palm flowering in the New^ "World, and for its precocious development. The President, Dr. Eendle, and Mr. W. Pawcett contributed further remarks. Sir Peank Crisp showed fresh specimens in flower of Linncea horealis from his garden at Priar Park, Henley. The General Secretarj^ placed on the table for inspection, a living specimen of the rare and local orchid, Ojyhrys aranifera, received that morning from Mrs. Mann, of Temple E well Vicarage, near Dover ; it had been procured from the neighbourhood of Polkestone. The following paper was read : — " A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Plora of Gazaland, an Account of Collections made by Mr. Swynnerton." By Dr. A. B. Eendle and others. June loth, 1910. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., P.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd June, 1910, were read and confirmed. Mr. Percy Alfred Talbot, B.A.(Oxon.), and Mr. Sydney Gross Paine were admitted Fellows. Dr. Edward Hindle and Mr. Cuthbert St. John Nevill were proposed as Fellows. I06 PROCEEDINGS OF THE Ur. Wilfred Eade Agar, jM.A.(Cantab.), was elected a Fellow. The President read a letter to Sir Joseph Hooker, O.M., G.C.S.I., F.R.S., ooiigratulatinp; him on tlie approach of his OSrd birthday, which was signed by the Fellows present. Prof. A. JJexuy, Sec.L.S,, on behalf of Mr. X. C Macxamara, F.R.C.S., of Chorley Wood, Herts, showed a spike cut from a Foxglove grown from seed of a sport which appeared in 1907, in which the corolla was suppressed but the five divisions were represented as stamens, making nine in all, and this peculiarity comes true from seed. Lantern-slides showing the original mutation and other de- scendants thereof wei'e also shown ; and a discussion followed, in which Dr. Stapf (who pointed out the frequency of monstrosities in Digitalis purpurea), Mr. J. C. Slienstone, Mr. Arthur W. Sutton, and the President engaged. Mr. J. HoPKixsojf showed under the microscope a slide by Dr. Penard, of Geneva, illustrating a peculiar method of reproduc- tion in freshwater Khizopoda, two specimens uniting to form a third of larger size than either, ultimately giving rise to spores. The President remarked on the similarity between these Protozoa and such Conjuguta as Sjnroriyra and Mesocarfms, showing that these lowly organisms should be studied by both botanists and zoologists. Mr. P. A. Talbot exhibited a large series of coloured drawings by Mrs. Talbot of plants from Southern Nigeria, and displayed a map and photographs of the scenery. He described the country as veiy hilly and densely wooded. " These photographs are of the Kwa River and give some idea of the beauty and density of the vegetation, but none of the glory of colouring or variety of the multitudes of flowers. Right down to the water's edge grow giant arums, green on the outer sheath, but cream splashed with purple within. Behind these spring trees of every shape and tint, from mimosas, with their delicate mauve or cream balls and feathery foliage, to the huge trumpet-shaped flowers of Gardenia pJu/sojjhylla, and the heavily scented purple-splashed blooms of G. Kalhreyeri, or the great Berlinia, the white flowers of which shine with a pearl-like lustre from amid its dim dark leaves. About this river lies the boundary between the sedimentary deposits below and the crystalline rocks above. The line of demarcation runs along this parallel to the Akwa Tafe on the German Border, and the Calabar River on the other side. By far the greater part of the District therefore is composed of meta- morphic rocks in which gneiss predominates. LINNEAK SOCIETY OF LONDON. I07 The photographs show the density of the bush through vvhicii the roads lead. Perhaps the most striking feature of all in these ancient forests is the hurry shown by all trees to reach the light, above the thick undergrowth. Perhaps the tallest of all the bush giants are the silk-cotton trees. It is difficult to get a good photograph of these owing to the density of the surrounding bush, which \\ould have to be cleared for a great way before a picture could be taken. The photograpti is of a comparatively poor specimen, which stood on the edge of a clearing. It is only about 150 feet high. The man standing at the base was the tallest carrier available, a man well over (5 feet. These trees are often 200 to 250 feet high, and have a girth of over 80 feet. Another photograph shows the source of the Calabar liiver. It was on the slope of a hill near by that a Napoleona was discovered, which is not only a new species, but which shows an inflorescence hitherto unknown in this interesting genus. Altogether, four new Napoleonas have been brought home — thus adding half as many again to those already known. The second, with the consent of the courteous authorities at the Natural History Museum, has been named after my friend and former leader, Boyd Alexander, who was murdered on April 2nd in Central Africa. Altogether over fifty specimens of cauliilorous trees were discovered in the District. Detailed drawings of all these were made, but unfortunately many of the actual specimens were ruined by climatic conditions or lost in transit. This number only represents a siiiall propox'tion of those to be found. I hope to bring back at least double the number on my next tour. Of the Balanophoracese, five species have been brought home. The Gardenias of the district are specially striking in the size and beauty of their flowers. The fruits of most of them afford excel- lent black dyes, some of which are at present being tested at the Imperial Institute, and also a new fibre, made from an epiphytic Arum, which I forwarded with them. Two kinds of Geasters were found in the District. These are the first of this genus discovered in Africa. The specimens are in England, but have been temporarily mislaid. Altogether over a thousand drawings were made in the course of the year." Dr. Rendle, Dr. Stapf, Mr. E. G. Baker, and Mr. J. Hopkinson discussed the exhibition, and Mr. P. A. Talbot replied. Dr. Stapf showed a selection of Arctic specimens collected by Capt. Bartlett during the last Peary Expedition, on Ellesmere Island, between 82° and 83° N. latitude, describing them as some of the most northerly botanical specimens extant. Mr. A. "W. Hill showed a specimen in spirit of a barren stem of Equisetum Telmateia, Ehrh., in which about half of the nodes lo8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETr. disappeared in a spiral arrangement ; it had been sent by Dr. H. Drinkwater, F.L.S., of Wrexham. Dr. liendlo made a few remarks on this phenomenon. The following paper was read : — " Male Sterility in Potatoes, a dominant IMendelian character ; with Kemarks on the Shape of the Pollen in Wild and Domestic Varieties." By Dr. K. N. Salaman. (Com- municated by Mr. A. W. Sutton, F.L.S.) ADDITIONS AND DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 1909-1910. AlDruzzi {Principe Luigi Amedeo di Savoia Duca degli). II Euwenzori. Parte Scientifica. Vol. I. Zoologia- — Botaiiica. Pp. vii, 603 ; Tav. 74. 4to. Milano, 1909. Alcock (Alfred William). Catalogue of the Indian Decapod Crustacea in the Collection of the Indian Museum. Part I. Brachyura. Pasc. ii. The Indian Preshwater Crabs (Pota- monidce). Pp. 135 ; plates 14. 4to. Calcutta, 1910. AUis (Edward Phelps, ^r.). The Cranial Anatomie of the Mail- Cheeked Pishes. Pp.iii, 219; mit 8 Doppel-Tafeln. (Zoologica, Bd. 22, Heft 57.) 4to. Stuttgart, 1909. Ameghino (Florentino). Examen critique du Memoire de M. OuTES sur les Scories et les Terres cuites. Pp. 56. (An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, xx. pp. 459-512.) Koy. 8vo. Buenos Aires. 1909. L'avant-premiere dentition dans le Tapir. Pp. 30, tab. 4. Hoy. 8vo. Buenos Aires, 1900. Una nueve especie de Tapir (Tapirus Spegazzinii, n. sp.). Pp. 8 ; tab. 4. (An. Mus. ISTac. Buenos Aires, xx. pp. 31-38.) Koy. 8vo. Buenos Aires, 1909. Enumeration chronologique et critique des notices sur les terres cuites et les scories anthropiques des Terrains sedi- mentaires neogenes de I'argentine parcos jusqu'a la fin de I'annee 1907. Pp. 42. (An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, xx. pp. 39-80.) Roy. 8vo. Buenos Aires, 1909. Une nouvelle Industrie lithiqvie. Pp. 18, figs. 10. (An. Mus. ]Vac. Buenos Aires, xx.) Poy. 8vo. Buenos Aires, 1910. Author. Amphlett (John) and Rea (Carleton). The Botany of Worcester- shire. The Mosses and Hepatics contributed by James Eustace Bagnall. Pp. xxxiii, 651, and map. 8vo. Birmingham, 1909. PIIOCEEDINGS OF THE Appelof (Adolf). Untersucbungen iil)er den Hummer, mit besonck-ivr Jieriicksichtigung seines Auttretens an den Norweg- iSL-heii Kiisten. (Bergens Mus. Skr., Ny Ktekke I.) Pp. 79 ; l^'^^*'""" •^- -J to. Bevfjen, Wm. Arrow (G. J.). See Blanford (W. T.). The Pauua of British India, nicludnig Ci-ylon and JJurma. Coleoptera— Lamellicornia (Cetoiunia) and Dynastinaj). 8vo. 1910. Audige (J.). 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Prof. Gustaf Eetzius : Plaster cast of bust of Carl von Linne, modelled by Walther Eaneberg from the portrait by Scheffel (1739) at Linues Hammarby : the bronze original is for the fagade of the new building for the Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm. Miss^Sarah Marianne Silver, F.L.S. : Cabinet formerly belonging to Mr. S. W. Silver, F.L.S. 1909. The Trustees of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund : Second grant towards publication of Mr. Stanley Gardiner's Eesearches in the Indian Ocean in H.M.S. ' Sealark,' ^^200. Prof. James William Helenus Trail, F.R.S., F.L.S. : Gift of £100 in Trust, to encourage Research on the Nature of Proto- plasm. 1910. Royal Society : Grant towards Dr. G. H. Fowler's paper on Biscayan Ostracoda, £50. Sir Joseph Hooker : Gold watch-chain worn by Robert Brown, and seal with portrait of Carl von Linne by Tassie. [With the gifts received in 1888, the Societv now possesses the gold watch and chain formerly belonging to Robert Brown, with the watch-key, amethyst signet engraved R. B., cornelian signet engraved J. D. = Jonas Dryander, and cornelian seal, with Linnean bust engraved after C. F. Inlander by William (?) Tassie.] INDEX TO THE PROCEEDINGS. SESSION 1909-1910. Note. — The following are not indexed : — The name of the Chairman at each meeting ; speakers wliose remarks are not reported ; and passing allusions. Accession of King George, Address, 60. Accounts, 62-63; laid before Anni- verssiry Meeting, 61. Additions to Library, 109-134. Addresses on Deatli of Patron, 60-61. Africa, see Britisli East Africa. Agar, Dr. W. E., elected, 106 ; pro- posed, 61. Agassiz, A., deceased, 64 ; obituary, 83- 86. Aldabra, Dceapoda of (Borradaile), 52. Amber, Blattida; preserved in (Shel- ford), 9. Angola, S., see Pearson, H. H. W. Anniversary Meeting, 59. Arber, E. A. N., elected Councillor, Arctic plants from ' Peary ' expedition exhibited (Stapf), 107. Associate elected, 64. Auditors, nominated and elected, 55 ; Certificate (VV. B. Keen), 62-63 ; Boodle in phice of Hopkinson, 56. Award for Microscopical Research an- nounced, 65 ; — ' Trail,' announced, 55, presented, 79. Axniiuster, Krica cincrca from (Rendle), 3- Bagnall, R. S., elected, i ; Neotropical Thysanoptera, 55. Balance Sheet, see Cash Statement. Biilanophoracea; mentioned, 107. Ballyvaughan, Orchis macidata from, 7- Bancroft, Miss N., admitted, 104; elected, 56 ; proposed, 53. Barbour, Capt. J. 11. , elected. 6 ; pro- posed, 1. Bartlett, Capt., plants collected by, exhibited (Stapf), 107. Bateson, Prof. W., elected, 8 ; pro- posed, 5. Beeby, W. H., deceased, 61 ; obituary, 86. Belt, A., proposed, 104. Benefactions, 136. Bickerton, W., Lecture on Nesting Terns, 52-53. Birthday Congratulations to Sir J. D. Hooker, 106. Blattidai preserved in Amber (Shelford), 9- Boodle, L. A., Councillor retired, 150 ; elected Auditor, 56. Borradaile, L. A., Decapoda of Al- dabra, 52. Botanical Secretary (O. Stapf), elected, 65. Braehiopoda of the Indian Ocean (Ball), 8. Brencliley, Miss W. E., admitted, 56; elected, 55 ; proposed, 52. Bridge, T. VV., deceased, 61. Bridgnian, F. J., admitted, 9 ; elected, 6 ; proposed, 1. British East Africa, Isopoda from (Stebbing), 8. Brown, J. M., elected, 55 ; proposed, 52 ; Freshwater Rliizopods from the Lake District, 6; Larva of Tipula maxima, 59. Browne, Lady Isabel, admitted, 53. Bryozoa: Part II. Cyclostomata, Cteno- stomata, and Endoprocta (Waters), 9. Buckton, W. M., deceased, 61. Burr, Dr. M., Dermaptera of the Seychelles, 57. Bury, H., elected Councillor, 65. MS Bushmanhuid, see Pearson, H. H. W. Callitris, Anatomy of (Saxton), 50-51. Carpenter, G. H., Pyonogonida from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, 8. Cams- Wilson, C, exliibited stones em- bedded in wood, 1-3, pi. 1. Casii Statement received and adopted, 61 ; — as audited, 62-63. Ciiapman, F., Foi"iminifei-a and Cstra- coda from Funafuti, 56. Chermcs himolai/riisis on the Spruce and Silver Fir (Stebbinc;), 55. Cinematograph demonstration (Enock), 5-6. Clapton, E., deceased, 61; obituary, 86. Cockayne, Dr. L., elected, 53 ; proposed, 50- Congratulations to Sir J. D. Hooker, 106. Coniopterygiden iind Henierobiiden auf den Sej'chcUen gesammelten (Euder- lein). 52. Councillors elected, 65 ; retired, 150. Crisp, Sir F., award tor Microscopical Research, 65 ; elected Coiuicillor, 65 ; exhibited specimen of Linnaa horealis, 105 ; nominated V.-P., 104. Crocker, Miss E., deceased, 6 1 ; obituary, 87. Cromer Forest Bed, ZaiiniehcUta from, exhibited (Reid), 8. Crossland, Cyril, elected, 30 ; proposed, 8; Bryozoa, collected by (Waters), 9 ; Crustacea Isopoda and Tanai- dacea, collected by (Stebbing), 8 ; Pycuogoaida, collected by (Carpenter), 8. Crustacea Tsopoda and Taiiaidacea from the Sudanese Red Sea (Stebbing), 8. Ctenostomata, sec Bryozoa. ' Cupu-assu,' exhibited (Jackson), 55; — (Sprague), 55. Cyclostomata, sec Bryozoa. Dall, W. n., Brachiopoda from the Indian Ocean, 8. Dallinger, Rev. W. H., deceased, 61 ; obituary, 87-89. Damaraland, sec Pearson, H. H. W^ Darlington, H. R., admitted, 104 ; elected, 55; proposed, 52. Davey, F. IL, admitted, 53. Death of Patron recorded, 59. Deaths recorded, 61, 64. Decapoda of Aldabra (Borradaile), 52. Dendy, Prof. A., elected Councillor, 65 ; elected Secretary, 65 ; exhibited slides and specimen.s of Foxglove, io5 ; remarks upon the Origin of Vertebrates, 32-37. Denny, A., communication by (Brown), 6. Dermaptera of the Seychelles (Burr), 57. Dicks, A. J., withdrawn, 64. Digitalis 'purpurea (Dendy), 106. Dohrn, A., deceased, 64; obituary, 89- Donations in aid of Publications, 135 ; — Iiiis. Mendelian results with Elm Seedlings (Henry), 56. Microscopical Research Fund an- nounced, 65. Middleton, R. M., deceased, 61 ; obituary, 94. Minchin, Prof. E. A., adjudicated Trail Award, 55 ; —received, 79 ; proposed as Fellow, 104. Mitchell, Dr. P. C, Remarks upon the Origin of Vertebrates, 40-42. Mitsukuri, K., deceased, 61. Monckton, H. W., elected Coiinfilior, 65 ; — Treasurer, 65 ; exhibited "Witch-knot," 104-105; nominate. I V.-P., 104; his accounts, 62-63; ~- submitted, 61. Nainaqualand, ^ci: Pearson, H. 11. W Narrative of ' Sealark ' Ex])edition Part IIL (Gardiner & others), 8. Nevill, C. St. John, proposed, 105. Nigeria, South, drawings of plants from, exhibited (Talbot), 106. Nortliants (Eye Gi-een), ZiuinicheUia (/ihiwrosa from, 7. Norton Churchyard, yew trees in, mentioned, 2. Norwegian Legation, the Scci-elary received Medal for Prof. Sars, 78. Nudibranchs from the Indian Ocean (Eliot), 8. plates of, exhibited (Ilopkinson), 56. Obituaries, 83-104. Oliver, Prof. F. W., elected Councillor, 65 ; nominated V.-P., 104. Oplirya aravifera exhibited (Gen. Sec), 105. Orchis macidata var. O'KvIliji, exhi- bited (Druce), 7. Origin of Vertebrates, Discussion up(jn the, 9-50. OrneodidiE and Pterophorida; of the Seychelles Expedition (Fletcher), 52. Ostracoda and Foraminifra from Funafuti (Chapman), 56. Paine, S. G., admitted, 105 ; elected, 104 ; proposed, 56. Parasitism in Fungi, Evolution of, (Massee), 51-52. Parkin, T., admitted, 57 ; elected, 5. Pariitelia rugo^a •'la.v.concentricu.Qvuiwh. , exhibited (Holmes), 57. Parsons, F. G., withdrawn, 64. Patron, death of, mentioned, 59. Pawson, A. H., withdrawn, 64. Pearson, Prof. II. H. W^., communi- cation by (Sykes), 56. Vegetation of Bushmanland, Nainaqualand, Dainaraland, and South Angola, 4. Peary Expedition, plants fiom, exhi- bited (Stapf), 107. Penard, Dr., micro, slide by, exhibited (Ilopkinson), 106. Pilzmiicken Fauna der Seychellen (Enderlein), 57^ Pinus sj/Zvestrii, " U'itch-knot " on, exhibited (Monckton), 104-105 148 INDEX Plants introduced by the Ronians, ! friiils and seeds, exhibited (Reid), 7. Pocock, K. I., Couiu'iUor retired, 150. Potatoes, Male Sterility in (Siilanian), 108. I Potter, Prof. M. C, iippointed Scru- ] tinecr, 64; again appointed, 65; ' seconded thanks for President's Address, 78. Potts, F. A., elected, 6 ; proposed, i. Poulton, Prof. E. P., elected Councillor, 65 ; nominated V.-l*., 10+. Power, II., withdrawn, 64. Prain, Lt.-Col., Councillor retired, i 50. President elected (Scott), 65. Presidential Address, 66-78. Plerophoridie and Orneodidie of tiie Sejclicllcs Expedition (Fletcher), 52. Pteropochi and Heteropoda of the Indian Ocean (Tesch). 57. Pjcnogonida from the Ped Sea and Indian Ocean (Carpenter), 8. Red Sea, Crustacea Tsopoda and Tanai- daeea from (Stebbing), 8 ; Pyeno- gonida from (Carpenter), 8. Reid, C, exhibited ])hotographs of ZcDinichdlia, 8. Plants introduced by the Romans, 7- Removal of Fellow from List, 64. Rendle, Dr. A. B., elected Councillor, 65 ; exhibited \wmsiro\is Erica cinerea , 3-4- and others, Contrib. to the Flora of Gazaland, 105. Ilhinia, sec Anthoniyidic. Rhizopoda, Freshwater, from the Lake District (Brown), 6. mode of rejiroductiou, exhibited (Hopkinson). 106. Ridewood,Dr. W. G., elected Councillor, 65. Ripon, Marquess of, deceased, 61 ; obituary, 94. Robinson, sec Ripon, Marquess of. Romans, i'ruits and seeds of Plants introduced by the, exhibited (Reid),7. Salaman, Dr. R. N,, Male Sterility in Potatoes, 108. Sargant, Miss E., Councillor retired, 'SO- Sars, Prof. G. O., adjudicated Linnean Medal, 55 ; received, 78. Saunders, E., deceased, 61 ; obituary, 94-98. Saunder.«,Mi8s E. R., elecled Councillor, 65- Saunders, G. S., deceased, 61 ; obituary, 94-98. Saunders, J. E., deceased, 61. Saxton, W. T., elected, 6 ; proposed, I. Anatomy of Widdriiic/tuiiia and Calli/ris, 50-51. Sayce. A. O., elected Associate, 7 ; pro- posed as Associate, i. Scbonland, S., withdrawn, 64. Scott, Dr. D. H.: — Address to Linnean Medallist, 78 ; — to Trail Medallist, 79 ; appointed Scru- tineers, 64, 65; — Vice-Presiilcnts, 104 ; declared result of Ballots, 64, 65; elected Councillor, 65; — President, 65 ; Presidential Address, 66-78; read Loyal Addresses, 60; announced Sir F. Cris))'s gift, 65 ; read letter to Sir J. D. Hooker, 106 ; referred to death of Patron, 59. Scott. II., admitted, 52 ; elected, 6 ; })ro]iosed, i. Entomological collecting in the Seychelles, 59 ; other collections, see Stein, Prof. P. Scrutineers appointed, 64, 65. ' Sealark' Expedition, Narrative (Gar- diner & others). 8. Secretaries elected, 65. Seeds and Fruits of Plants introduced by the Romans (Reid), 7. Seward, Prof. A. C, Councillor retired, 150. Seychelles, Anthomyida; of the (Stein). 57 ; Coniopterygiden und Ilemero- biiden der (Endei-lein), 52; Enti- mological collecting in the (Scott), 59; Orneodidiii and Ptei'cophorida; of the (Fletcher), 52; Pilznuickeu Fauna (Enderlein), 57; Tricht- ptera of the (Ulmer), 8. Shelford, R., Blattidai preserved in Amber, 9. Sillem, C, admitted, 8 ; elected, 6-7 ; proposed, i. Soy Bean {Glijclnc Soja) exhibited (Holland), 53". ' Sj)olia botanica ' exhibited (Gen. Sec). 59- Sprague, T. A., exhibited ' Cupu-assu.' 55- Stapf, Dr. O., elected Couneillor, 65 : elected Secretary, 65 ; exhibited Arctic specimens from ' Peary' Expedition, 107 ; exhibited lluorescence of Kt/sen- hardtia rninir/iJioidrs, H. B. & K., 53 ; Ufriciilaria rit/ida, Benj., and U. vcol- tioides, St.-Hil., 58; slides of Zof/o/cra Scchclkirum, 105. Starling, Prof. E. H., Remarks upon the Origin of Vertebrates. 2C-24. Steaius, A. E. B., deceased, 61. 149 Stebhing, E. P., Life-history of Chcrmcft himalayeiisix ou the Spruce and Silver Fir, 55. Stebbiiior, Eev. T. K. R.. appointed Scrutineer, 64; again ajipointed, 65 ; exhibited ' Witcii-knot ' on Picca ea-c/'/ga, 56: Crustacea Tsopoda and Tanaidacea froir. tlie Sudanese Red Sea, 8 ; Isojjoda from the Indian Ocean and British East Africa, 8. Remarks upon tlie Origin of Vertebrate?. 45-46. Stein, Prof. P., Die von Ilerrn Ilugli Scott im Juli lP()8-M:irz 1909 auf den Seycliellen gesammeUen Anllio- TnyidiB, rait, den Gattungen Bhiuia and Idlella, 57. Stones embedded in wood, exhibited (Carus-Wilson), 1-3, pi, 1. Strickland, Sir 0., deceaBsd, 6r ; obit- uary, 101-102. Sudanese Red Sea, .see Red Sea. Sunder, D. H. E., elected, 8 ; pro- posed, 5. Sutton, A. W., communication by (Salaman), 108. Sutton, M. H. F., admitted, i. Swainson, Gr.. withdrawn, 64. Swynnerton. C. F. M., an account of his colled ions (Rendle and others) 105. Sykes, Miss Mary Gladys, Anatomy of WelwUschia mirabiliti, 56. Talbot, Mrs., coloured drawings by, exhibifed (Talbot), 106. Talbot, P. A., admitted, 105 ; elected, 104 ; proposed, 56. exhibited drawings of S. Nigeri;in ]3lauts by Mrs. Talbot, ic6. Tanaidacea and Crustacea IsojKida from the Sudanese Red Sea (Steb- bing), 8. Termiten der Seychellen (Holmgren), Terns, British K'esting, Lecture on (Bickerton), 52-53. Tesch, Dr. J. J., Pteropoda and Iletcropoda of the Indian Ocean, Theobronui grandiflora, Schuni., sec ' Cupu-assu.' Thomas, Miss E. N., elected Coun- cillor, 65. Thomas, H. S., withdrawn, 64. Thysanoptera, Neotropical (Bagnall), .55- Tlpula maxima, Larva of (Brown), 59. Tipulid subfamily, new (Wesche), 6. Trail Award announced, 55 ; pre- sented, 79. Treadgold, C. H., admitted, i. Treasurer elected (Monckton), 65. Trichoptera auf den Seychellen (Ul- mer), 8. Ulmer, G., Trichoptera auf den Sey- chellen, 8. Utricularia rigida, Benj., and U. iicot- tioidcs, St.-Hil., exhibited (Stapf), 58. Vegetation of Bushraanland, Namaqm- land, Daniaraland, and S. Angola (Pear.son), 4. Vertebrates, Discussion upon the Origin of, 9-50. Vice-Presidents nominated, 104. Waters, A. W., Bryozoa collected by Crossland, 9. Wclwi/schia mirabilis, its Anatomy (Sykes), 56. Wesche, W., new Tipidid subfamily, 6. Widdrwgtonia and Calliiris, Anatomy of (Saxton), 50-51. Wild (lowers, drawings of, exhibited, (Drinkwater), 7, 53. Williams, F. N., exhibited var. of LathrcBa Squamaria, Linn., 58. Wilson, .sY-e Carus-Wilson. Wilson, J. C, admitted, 57 ; elected, 56 ; proposed, 53. 'Witch-knot' on Vieca cxccha ex- hibited (Stebbing), 56 ; — on Pinus sylvcsiris exliibited (Monckton), 104- 105. Withdrawals, 64. Wood vith stones embedded therein exhibited (Carus-Wilson), 1-3, pi. 1. Woodward, A., removed from List, 64. Woodward, Dr. A. S., Remarks upon the Origin of Vertebrates, 31. Worster-Drought, C, elected, 7 ; pro- posed, I. Wrexham, drawings of wild flowers from, exhibited (Drinkwater), 7, 53. Wright, E. P., deceased, 61 ; obituai'y, 102-104. Yerbury, Lt.-Col. J. W., withdrawn, 64. Yew trees in Norton Churchyard, mentioned, 2. ZannichcUia, photographs of, exhibited (Reid), 8. gibbcrosa, exhibited (Druce), 7. ZizijpkuaJujuhaershxhitcA (Holmes), 57. Zoological Secretary elected, 65. ISO The Followiiii^ Councillors retired at the Anniversary Meeting, iMth May, 1910:— L. A, Boodle, Esq., It. 1. Pocock, Esq., Lieur.-Col. Praix, Miss Ethel Sahg.vnt, and Pro!'. A. C. Sewaeu. VRISTKD BY TAYLOK AND J'UANtlS, ICED LION COURT, KLKET STKEEr. ri-^- a PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 123KD SESSION. From November 1910 to June 1911. L o N ]) o K : P R I N T J<: D FOR THE L I N N E A N S 0 C 1 E T Y BUELINGTOiM HOUSE, PICCADILLY, W.. 1911. PEINTED UY TAYLOR AND FKANCIS. RED LION COURT, FLEET STKEKT. CONTENTS. Page List of Publications issued iv Proceedings of the 123rd Session i Presidential Address 17 Obituaries 32 Abstracts 48 Additions to the Library 73 Donations 96 Benefactions, 1790-] 911 97 Index 106 L^ Publications oF the Society issued during tlu' period, ^Jlst .lulr, 1910, to 31st July, 1!)11 :— Journal (Botany), No. 272, 18th Oct., I91u. (Zoology), No. 1^02, 20th Oct., 191(). ,. 21 i, 20th July, 1910. Transactions (2nd Ser.) l3otany. Vol. A'll. Part xv., Oct. 1910. (2nd «er.) Zoology, Vol. X. Part x., June 1911. Vol. XI. ., VI., Dec. 1910. ., VII., Dec. 1910. Vol.Xlll, ,. iv., Nov. 1910. A^ol. XIV. ,. I., Nov. 1910. Proceedings, 122nd Session, from November 1909 to June 1910 October J91U. List of [Fellows, Associates, and Foreign Members], 1910-1911. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. (OXE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD SESSION, 1910-1911.) November 3rd, 1910, Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the IGfch June, 1910, were read and confirmed. Mr. Hugh Broughton was admitted a Fellow. Ml'. Anthony Belt and Prof. Edward Alfred Minchin, M.A. (Oxon.), were elected Fellows. Miss Madelaine Carson, M.Sc, Mr. Jules Angustin de Gaye, Mr. Thomas Bennett Goodall, F.R.C.V.S., Mr. Francis Cecil Hudson, Mr. Norman Miller Johnson, Miss Eleanor Mary Evered Parsons, Lieut.-Col, Simpson Powell, M.D. (Durh.), and Mr, Harold Stuart Thompson, were proposed as Fellows. The following letter addressed to the General Secretary was read from the Chair : — Marlborough House, Pall Mall, S.W., \8ik July, 1910. Dear Sir, I am commanded by The King to inform you that His INTajesty is graciously pleased to become Patron of the Linnean Society of London. Tours faithfully, (Signed) W. H. P. CAEINGTON, LIXN. SOC. rROCEEDITiTGS. — SESSIOJT 1910-1911. h 2 rnOCEEDINGS OF TUB The deaths of Dr. Melchior Treuh, Foreign Mnniher, of Samuel Alexander Stewart and Edward Geirard, Associates, were announced. The follow ing papers were read and discussed : — 1. Prof. AY. A. ITerdman, F.R.S.. F.L.S.— A Comparison of the Summer Plankton on the "West Coast of Scotland with that in the Irish Sea. 2. Mr. J. C. F. Fryer. — The Structure and Formation of Aklahra and neighhouring Islands, with notes on their Flora and Fauna. (Communicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gabdinee, F.P.S., F.L.S.) 3. ]Mr. 11. B. BioET.ow. — On the Siphonophora of the 'Peseareh ' Biscaj^an Plankton. (Communicated by Dr. G. Herbert Fowler, F.L.S.) November 17th, 1910. Dr. D. II. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 3rd November, 1910, were read and confirmed. Dr. Edward Hindle and Mr. Cuthbert St. John Nevill were elected Fellows. The Eev. Manoah Holland and Mr. Hugh Godfrey Mundy were proposed as Fellows, and Mr. Arthur Bennett and Mr. AYilliam Cole were proposed as Associates. Mr. W. C. "WoRSDELL, F.L.S. , exhibited specimens of Maize showing androgynous inflorescences, from Pretoria, South Africa ; Dr. Stapf spoke on the probable derivation of Zea Mays from a species of Eucldcena. Mr. Worsdell also showed the model of a native tortoise carved from some unknown wood, which had been riddled by a wood-borin<2: beetle in Cape Town, identified as Botryclioplites cornutus, Oliv. Prof. J. W. H Trail, F.E.S., F.L.S., exhibited specimens and a lantern -slide of a remarkable form of liuhvs Idcrns, distributed over a considerable district in Aberdeenshire, in which the normal number of leaflets was increased by an extra basal pair, approach- ing the leaf of the Suberecti group of fruticose Ii^^hi. A discussion followed in which Prof. Henslow, Mr. Henry Groves, and the President took part. The General Secretary showed a monstrous pear, similar to those figured by Dr. Masters in his ' Vegetable Teratology,' which had been picked up under a pear-tree in a Ilolloway garden by Mr. A. H. Williams. Prof. Henslow and Mr. AVorsdell remarked upon the frequency of this monstrosity ami its probable origin. LIJfNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. J The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. Prof . G. Henslow, P.L.S, — A Theoretical Origin of Plantago viaritima, L. and F. alpina, L. from P. Coronopus, L. Vars. 2, A Theoretical Origin of Monocotyledons from Aquatic Dicotyledons, through Self-Adaptation to an Aquatic Habit — Being Supplementary Observations to a previous paper (Jouru. Linn. Soc, Bot. xxix, (1892) p. 485). December 1st, 1910. Dr. D. H. ScoxT, M.A., F.E.S., President, iu the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 17th November, 1910, were read and confirmed. Miss Ida Margaret Hay ward and Mr. Cuthbert St. John Nevill, were admitted Fellows. Miss Madelaine Carson, M.Sc, Mr. Jules Augustin de Gaye, Mr. Thomas Bennett Goodall, F.R.C.V.S., Mr. Francis Cecil Hudson, Mr. Norman Miller Johnson, Miss Eleanor Mary Evered Parsons, Lieut.-Col. Simpson Powell, M.D. (Durh.), and Mr. Harold Stuart Thompson, were elected Fellows, Mr. G. Claridge Dbuce exhibited Utricularia ochroleuea, Hartm., and U. Bremii, Heer, new records from Ireland, with Arahis aljnna, Linn., and Cheer ojjhi/Ilum aweian, Linn., from Scotland, the latter two in confirmation of George Don's state- ments, which had been doubted during the last century. A discussion followed, the participants being Mr. Clement Eeid, Mr. E. M. Holmes, and Mr. Henry Groves, Mr. Druce briefly replying. Miss Ida M. Haywakd exhibited 18 alien plants selected from about 200, which had been noted by the side of the river T^eed, and its tributary the Gala. (See p. 48.) The following paper was read and discussed : — Capt. C. F. IJ. Meek, F.L.S. — The Spermatogenesis of Stenobot7irus viridulus, with special reference to the Ileterotropic Chromosome as a sex determinant iu Grasshoppers. &2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE December 15th, 1910. Dr. D. U. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 1st December, 1910, were read and confirmed. Prof. AVilliam Bateson, I\r.A., F.E.S., Miss Madelaine Carson, ]\lis9 Eleanor JNlary Evered Parsons, and Mr. Henry Smith Uolden, B.Sc., were admitted Fellows. The Eev. INlanoah Holland and Mr. Hi\rr\\ Godfrey IMnndy were elected Fellows ; and Mr. Arthur Bennett and Mr. AVilliam Cole Avere elected Associates. Miss Beatrice 0. Corfe exhibited a portfolio of drawings in water-colour, natural size, of about 250 wild flowers, chiefly from the neighbourhood of Winchester. For some years she had studied flowers as an artist and lover of Nature, to whom plant- growth and blossom had a great attraction from the variety of form and colour displayed. Additional observations were contributed by the President, IMr. H. J. Elwes, Mr. E. M. Holmes, Prof. Dendy, Mr. J. C. JShenstone, and the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, expressive of admiration for these successful representations of the natural forms and colours of the native flora, and a preference for an artistic rather than a photographic record of plant-life. Dr. Stapf then brought forward the reports on the International Congress of Botanists at Brussels (see p. 51). Dr. Stapf having concluded, an animated discussion followed, in which the following engaged: — The President, Prof. Dendy, Mr. H. J. Elwes, Mr. Augustin Henry, the General Secretary, Mr. H. N. Dixon, and the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing ; Dr. Stapf briefly replying. The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. Mr. E. TV. H. Eow, B.Sc, F.L.S. — Non-calcareous Sponges from the Eed Sea, collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland, F.L.S. 2. Mr. E. S. Adamson. — Notes on the Comparative Anatomy of the Leaves of certain Species of Veronica. (Communi- cated by Mr. A. G. Ta^slet, F.L.S.) LIXNEAN SOCIEIT OF LONDON. 5 January 19th, 1911. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in tlie Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 15th December, 1910, were read and confirmed. The Eev. Manoah Holland and Prof. Edward Alfred Miuchiu, M.A., were admitted Fellows. The President alluded to the great loss biological science has sustained in the death of Sir Francis Galton, F.E.S., on the previous day, and stated that although not a Fellow of the Society, he had often been at our Meetings, and was closely associated with us as one of the recipients of the Darwin-Wallace Medal on the 1st July, 1908. Miss Beatrice O. Corfe exhibited some trays of Lepidoptera and other insects received from her brother, Mr. Charles Corfe, living at Toronto. Amongst these local insects were some equally common in Great Britain and Canada, as the Eed Admiral ( Vcoiessa Atalanta) and a local variety of the Large Tortoiseshell {V. polijcldoros). Others, as the Camberwell Beauty, Vanessa Antiopa, common in Canada, are extremely rare in the United Kingdom, and still others, as many of the various Swallowtails, are absent from our fauna. Many of these insects were caught at the street lamps. Prof. Dendt and Mr. G. E. Nicholls exhibited a series of lantern-slides illustrating the structure and relations of the Sub- commissural Organ and Eeissner's Fibre in various vertebrate types ; the slides were described by Prof. Dendy, and Mr. Nicholls gave a brief account of some experiments which he had made which so far seemed to support the view that these organs consti- tute an apparatus for automatically regulating the flexure of the long axis of the body. Mr. F. IS". Williams, Dr. Eendle, Prof. Minchin, and Dr. Lilian Veley discussed the points raised by the exhibition, and Prof. Dendy replied. The Eev. E. A. Bullen exhibited specimens of Bytliinella padiraci, Locard, and Nipliargus plateaxd, Chevreux, from an underground river in Southern Central France. The Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing added some observations to the foregoing. The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. Mr. C. II. Wright, A.L.S.— The Flora of the Falkland Islands. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2. i\Ir. CiRiL CnosshAND, F.L.S. — A Physical Description of Ivhor JUoiif^onab, lied Sea. 3. Mr. KowLAND E. Tuuxeu. — On the Fossoriul llymenoptera of the Indian Ocean. (Cotnuiunicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gardineh, F.R.S., F.L.S., with the four following.) 4. Prof. J. J. KiEFiEii. — The Cecidomyiida; of the Seychelles. 5. The C.'iiirouomidic of the Seychelles. 6. Dr. K. Ki:kti';sz. — The Stratioinyiidie of the Seychelles. 7. Mr. E. Metuick, F.K.S.— The Tortricina and Tineina of the Seychelles and Aldabra. February 2nd, 1911. Dr. D. II. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 19th January, 1911, were read and confirmed. The General Secretary showed a series of lantern-slides, (1) explaining the genesis of the portrait of Carl von Linne, painted by Alexander Rosliu, and the various copies, including the original three-quarter-length portrait now at Versailles, thougli in a somewhat poor condition ; and (2) showing that the I/aplaiid drum in the Hoffman portrait and on the Jap of the foreground ligure in the engraved title-page of the 'Flora lap- ponica' is a magic drum, and not a botanic press. (See abstract on pp. 56-61.) Dr, Young asked a question about the reversal of the Bervic print, to which Dr. Daydon Jackson replied. Dr. Otto Staff, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., showed specimens and a lantern-slide of Dujitaria didactyla, Willd., from Sydney, wiiere it has recently been used with fair success in making law 11s. Mr. A. W. Sutton, F.L.S. , stated: — "It is almost a universal custom throughout the Continent — that is, in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy — to make their garden lawns fresh every year by sowing Perennial Kye Grass (Lolium jpere)ine) exclusively, or almost exclusively, as, owing to the heat and drought often experienced, it is impossible to use those liner grasses in niixture w hich are the essential feature of English lawns. Consequently tlie Dujitaria didacti/la exhibited may prove of greater value on the Continent than in England." Ec7. T. E. E. Stebbing asked what gave the green colour in the spring in the Nile Valley, when Mr. Sutton replied that it was wholly due fo young corn, along the river-side and canals. LINNEATf SOCIETr OF LONDOy. 7 The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. Fleet-Surgeon Matthew, M.B., F.L.S. — Enumeration of Chinese Ferns. 2. Mr. S. T. Dunn, F.L.S. , showed a series of lantern-slides from photographic snap-shots during his journey in Central Fokien, described on tlie 6th February, 19US, before this Society. He also show ed some specimens of bamboo-rope, the species of which had not yet been identified, used on the rivers of that provnice, wliich he had procured for the Museum at Kew. 3. Sujjplementary List of Chinese Flowering-PLants, in continuation of the List in the Society's Journal (Botany), vol. xxxvi., and extending from 1904 to 1910. 4. Mr. W. EiCKATSON Dykes (a visitor) showed a series of autochrome photographs on the screen of various Indian and Chinese species of Iris in his garden. 5. Mr. S. T. Dunn, F.L.S. — A Eevision of the Genus Aciiiiidia, Lindl. February 16th, 1911. H. W. MoNCKTON, Esq., Treasurer & V.-P., in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd February, 1911, were read and confirmed. Miss Freda Bage, M.Sc, Mr. Ealph Evelyn Drake-Brockman, M.li.C.S., L.K.C.P., Mr. Moore Betty Fullerton, and Mr. Charles David Soar, F.E.M.S., were proposed as Fellows. The Vice-President announced from the Chair that there were now seven vacancies in the List of Foreign Members. Prof. Dendt, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., showed three lantern-slides of some remarkable growth-forms in sponges, and exhibited a singular horny sponge collected by him iu New Zealand, which has not yet been described. The Kev. T. R. E. Stebbing referred to some curious sponges in a collection possessed by hnn, and Prof. Dendy replied. The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. Mrs. L. J. WiLSMOEE. — On some Hexactiniae from New South Wales. (Communicated by Prof. J. P. Hill, F.L.S.) 2. Eev. Canon Norman, F.E.S,, F.L.S. — Three Species of Harpactid Copepoda. PROCEEDINGS OF THE Mr. A. S. ITinsT.— Report on the Aranea;, Opiliones, and Pseudoscorpioues from tlie Seychelles. (Communicated, w ith two following, by Prof. J. Stanley Gabdineb, F.E.S., F.L.S.) Mr. G. A. BouLENGEB, F.R.S. — List of the Batrachians and Iveptiles obtained by Prof. Stanley Gardiner on his Second Expedition to the Seychelles and Aldabra. Miss Maet Jane liAXiiBUN. — On the Marine Brachyura from the Indian Ocean collected in 1905. March 2nd, 1911. Dr. D. II. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 16th Febi-uary, 1911, were read and confirmed. Mr. George Herbert Wailes was proposed as a Fellow, and Dr. Hans Driesch, Prof. Eichard von Hertwig, Geh.-Hofrat Prof. Georg Klebs, Prof. Sergej Gawrilowitscb Nawaschin, Dr. Eugdne Penard, Prof. Johann Wilhelm Spengel, and Prof. Edmund Beecher Wilson as Foreign Members. Mr. C. E. Salmon showed British specimens of Lejpidium nec/lectum, Thell., and L. densijlorum, Schrad. Mr. F. N. ^Villiams, Mr. E. G. Baker, and Dr. O. Stapf discussed the probable origin of these forms, and Mr. Salmon replied. Mr. E. M. Holmes showed a specimen of Griffithsia fjlohifera, J. Ag., from Milford Haven ; Mr. Cotton remarked upon the spread of some of these alien algae in our waters. Mr. H. W. MoNCKTON, Treas. & V.-P., showed a series of lantern-slides from photographs taken during his visit last autumn to Sweden as a delegate on behalf of the Society to the Inter- national Congress of Geologists, especially those taken at Uppsala, some of which showed places connected \A"ith Carl von Linnc, including a front view of his house in tlie old Botanic Garden. Mr. H. R. Darlington commented on the modern use in Sweden of the German prefix " von." The General Secretary then showed a supplementary series of lantern-slides, chiefly from old prints, concerning the history of the old botanic garden. He stated that when Linne and Eost'n bad exchanged Chairs in January 1742, and the former had thereby become prefect of the garden, he took immediate steps to rearrange the garden, provide glass-houses, and rebuild the house attached, which belonged to the prefect. The last slide showed the old poplar close to the entrance, the only specimen which can be regarded as coeval with Linne, inasmuch as the laurels and a few other veterans uad been transported to the new botanic garden early in the nineteenth century. LIKNEAX SOCIETY OF LONDON". 9 Dr. A. Strahan, F.E.S. (visitor), Mr. H. N. Dixon, Dr. A. P. Young, and Dr. James Murie joined in the discussion which ensued upon the whole exhibition. Mr. John Hopkinson then showed thirty slides taken about the same time as those of his co-delegate, but from a different line of country ; he also showed specimens of rock from Omberg and KinnekuUe. The General Secretary alluded to the proBle of KinnekuUe, published by Linnc in his ' Wastgota resa' in 1747, and specially alluded to by Prof. A. G. ISathorst in his ' Linne sasom geolog ' which came out in 1907. The following papers were read and discussed :^ 1. Dr. Malcolm Buer, F.L.S. — Dermaptera (Earwigs) pre- served in Amber. 2. Miss Lauea Eoscoe Thornely.^ — Eeport on the Marine Polyzoa of the Collection made by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, in the Indian Ocean, in H.M.S. 'Sealark' during 1905. (Communicated by Prof. J. S. Gaedinee, F.E.S., P.L.S.) 3. Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, F.E.S., P.L.S.— The terms Polyzoa and Bryozoa. (See Abstract, p. 6i.) 4. Mr. "VV. M. Tatteesall. — On the Nysidacea and Euphau- siacea collected in the Indian Ocean during 1905. (Com- municated by Prof. J. Stanley Gabdinee, P.E.S., F.L.S.) March 16th, 1911. Dr. D. IT. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd March, 1911, were read and confirmed. Mr. Anthony Belt and Dr. Edward Hindle were admitted Fellows. Miss Freda Bage, M.Sc, Mr. Ealph Evelyn Drake-Brockman, M.E.C.S., L.E.C.P., Mr. Moore Betty Fullerton, and Mr. Charles David Soar, F.E.M.S., were elected Fellows. Prof. A. Dendy, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., read a communication from Prof. W. A. Heebman, F.E.S., combatiiig the statement regarding the use of the term " Polyzoa " made by the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing at the last meeting ; on the suggestion of Mr. Stebbing the discussion was postponed to another Meeting. (See Abstract, p. 62.) 10 PnOCEEDIXGS OF THE Mrs. D. H. Scott gave a lantern exhibition of new species of the fossil genus Traiiuairia. She also exhibited the original diagram made by Dr. W. Carruthers, F.li.S., who first described the genus at a meeting of the JJritisli Association in Ls72, in a ])aper entitled " iVrtjiu/tno, a Kadiolarian Kliizopod from the Coal- Measurcs." Count Solms-Laubach, Professors Sclienk, Strassburger, and Zeiller, considered it comparable to the massulK or sporocarps of ylzoUa. Prof. AVilliamson (Phil. Trans. 1880) thought it the spore of a Cryptogam. He found a group of three Traquairice in a sporangium of Lejiidosti-obns, and thought them three megaspores of a tetrad. The true megaspores are, however, now well known. Mrs. Scott defined Traqiuiiria thus : — " I'raquairia is a spherical organism, consisting of two parts each surrounded by a sharply detined membrane — an inner capsule, often containing spores, and an outer part, which is surrounded by a thick gelatinous envelope. In this are embedded numerous hollow spines. The apparent bases of these spines are produced into hollow anastomosing tubes, \\liich spread over the surface of the sphere, forming a complicated network. The spines are hollow and are perforated iu every direction by projecting tubular pores. Emanating from these pores are delicate threads which appear to lose themselves in the gelatinous envelope. Sometimes the threads form a regular net- work in it. The inner capsule, a definite brown membrane, can only be observed in the more perfectly preserved specimens. Spores are generally present, which appear to produce small spores. Traqxairici; occur in groups in the decayed wood of Lipidodendron and other plants." She then exhibited T. Carruthersii, T. Spenceri, sp. nov., T. hurntislandica, sp. nov., and T. stellata, sp. nov., and a species of an allied genus, Sporocarpon elegans. The most characteristic feature in the organisms described is the very complicated structure of the outer envelope with its elaborate system of anastomosing tubes Connected with prominent spines, which are themselves very complex organs. Nothing parallel to this is known in the vegetable world. The presence of an " inner capsule " containing spores, in the interior of which small spores are produced, is reminiscent of Kadiolarians. These features are also common to S2>oroca7po7i ekf/ans, which with its long spines is very much like a Eadiolarian. A discussion followed in which Dr. G. J. Ilinde, F.R.S. (visitor), Prof. Dendy, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Prof. Y. AV. OHver, and the President took part. The following paper was read and discussed : — Mr. R. S. Adamson, M.A. — An Ecological Study of a Cam- bridgeshire Woodland. (Communicated by iVfr. A. G. T^LNSLEl, F.L.S.) LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDo:)f. II April Gth, 1911. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Cliair. Tlie Minutes of tlie General Meeting of the 16th March, 1911, were read and contii'med. Mr. Norman Miller Johnson and Mr. Moore Betty Fullerton were admitted Fellows. Mr. George Herbert Wailcs was elected a Follow. The Eev. Hilderic Friend, Miss Ann Croniu Halket, Mr. Ernest Lee, A.E.C.S., Mr. John Conf^y Moulton, Mr. Frederick John Freshwater Shaw, B.Sc, and Mr. Malcolm Wilson, E.Sc, were proposed as Fellows. The following Auditors were recommended by the Council, and were, by show of hands, elected : — For the Council, Prof. Dendy and Dr. A. B. Eeudle ; for the Fellows, Mr. Henry Groves and Mr. Hamilton Druce. The President announced that the Council had selected Count Heumajtn zu Solms-Laubach to receive the Linneau Medal. The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. Miss Sarak M. Baker, B.Sc. — On the Brown Seaweeds of the Salt-Marsh. (Communicated by Prof. F. W. Oliyeb, F.E.S., F.L.S.) 2. Dr. C. E. Moss, Mr. E. G. Salisbury, F.L.S.,and Dr. Ethel DE Fraine, F.L.S. — On the Genus Salicoraia ; its History, Character, and Anatomy. May 4th, 1911. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair, afterwards Prof. Poulton, F.E.S., V.-P. The Minutes of the General Meetiug of the Gth April, 1911, were read and confirmed. Mr. Jules Augustin de Gayo and Mr. Charles David Soar were admitted Fellows. Mr. Frederick Eyles, Mr. Jolni Graham Murray, and i\Ir. Charles AVaterfall were proposed as Fellows. I a PEOCEEDIN'GS OF TUB Dr. Hans Driesch, Prof. Richard von Hertwifj;, Gen.-Hofrat Prof. Georg Klebs, Prof. ISergej Gawrilow itsch Nawascliiii, Dr. Eugene Penard, Prof. Joliaun Wilheltn Spengel, and Prof. Edmund Beecher "Wilson, were elected Foreign Members. The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. The Kev. T. K. R. Stebbixg. F.R.S., F.L.S.— On John Vaiighan Thompson and his Polyzoa, and on Vannthom^)- sonia, a genus of Sympoda. (See Abstract, p. 64.) 2. Prof. iSi'DXEY J. llicKsoN, F.K.y. — On Folijtrema and some allied genera. (Communicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gakbixer, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 3. Mr. J. M. Brown, B.8c., F.L.S. — Observations on some new and little-known British Rhizopods. 4. Mr. R. iSuELFoRD, F.L.S. — The British Museum collection of BJattidje enclosed in Amber. 5. Dr. F. E. Fkitsch, F.L.S. — Freshwater Alga3 collected in the Soutb Oi-Jcueys by Mr. R. K. R. Brown. May 24th, 1911. Anniversary Meeting. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 4th May were read and confirmed. Mr. William Xeilson Jones, M.A. (Cantab.), was proposed as a Fellow. The Treasurer then laid his Annual Statement of Accounts before the Meeting, which, after observations by Mr. Alfred AV. 01 5 (/3 ■* 5C ill &4 ^"^-^ ,-9 -2 => I 01 .S «) ^ H^^ eS » o — :2 f^SP "o P^ = « s = § s >C CO o o o rHO OOO CCcCtO O 05 lO «^ ^ C8 — i^S 5 O e3 i =^ le^ O "t c? ci o ^- pq CO . g ^ _ c r- 5 o r^ c, o o O i-S f^ '^ ^ ' rt £ o (§:3 P M-<-<6iB LTNXEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 15 «• t-G5 OcO-fOiOOO— 'C^r-1 C-1 iP CO 0 00 - 2 -+ •M 1 — ' (n ^ Oi re!* coH'-ji--i-i|x-il* O CI O C5 00 3 — " ^ GO o 00 «§) @ (§) @ (§) @ (§) @ (§) l§) 1) r^-eoioooooooooo 03— '--hOOOOOOiOOOO '♦l ir -t^ 'iS S t^ o o c ^ o .0 o > S^ ^ &4 ^ ^ 3i S- ^ 0 a ^ ^CO c3 C *' J- O ® ^ S «- ; CI > m CO "o 5: a s> o 1> a .0 G5 ^ >^ -^ •>i ^ (15 3 00 -S 0 CI ^ V} t— 1 a 0^ 0 ■^ 0 'A 0 a W 5 0 K "j^ w -d'rs ^' S 0 > [il *^ ? a Q cS 0 'tr p CI 0 0 Ph .2 -^ ■" P rofess temet siibje CL| eS 0) '^,FMt^ 33 m^ F-«io -3 tt) t^ >-HH -" £-.2 Ogc^^ n 0 tj .N<1 ■fe '^s P 0 c3 5-a woa •r; '^ » 0 C^ n s ■" = £t3 tH 8^ °l .5^-1 Hj^f^ hQ« ^5(1 0^-^ We hav April, K into the OWp5 . .P3 53 p;-<->l o'§ CO Ch 1 6 paooBBDiyGS of thb Mr. A. 0. Walker, Scrutineers, wlio, having cast up the votes, reported to the President, who declared the result as follows :— Prof. V. II. Blacicm.vx, Sc.D. ; IIexrv Bunr, M. A. ; Sir Frai^k Crisp; Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Se., F.R S. ; Prof. J. Stanley r.ARDivER, F.R.S.; E. S. GooDRicn, F.R.S. ; Hexry Groves, Esq. ; Prof. W. A. IIkrdmax, F.R.S. ; Arthur AV. Hir.L, M.A. ; Dr. B. Daydon Jackson ; Horace W. IMoncicton, F.G.S. ; Prof. Francis W. Oliver, F.R.S. ; Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. ; Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S. ; Dr. Walter George Ridewood ; Miss Edith R. Saunders ; Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, F.R.S. ; Dr. Otto Staff, F.R.S.; Miss Ethel N. Thomas, B.Sc; Dr. A. Smith Wood- ward, F.R.S. The Ballot for the Officers having been closed, the President appointed Mr. Clement Reid, the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, and Prof. G. S. Boulger, Scrutineers, who, having cast up the votes, reported to the President, who declared the result as follows : — President : Dr. Dukinfield Henry Scott, M.A., F.R.S. Treasurer: Houace W. Monckton, F.G.S. Secretaries: Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, Prof. A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., Dr. Otto Staff, F.R.S. The President then delivered his Address : — LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 1 7 PKESIDEXTIAL ADDRESS, 1911. I HATE lately had occasion to look into some of the older work on the structure of fossil plants, and it has occurred to me that a few notes on the subject miglit be of some general interest. The period referred to is that round about the year 1830 — the period of Witham and Cotta and of the earlier work of Brongniart. It was an intei'esting time, when the study of fossil plants was first caught up in the flame of enthusiasm which then burnt so brightly for the young science of geology. It was practically a pre-evolution period, for though Lamarck had written, the influence of Cuvier was dominant ; the evidence, however, was accumulating which ultimately formed the firmest basis of the theory of descent. In fossil botany in particular, the controversies which were soon to divide the French school from its neighbours had not yet sprung up, though Brongniart had already established his great and well merited authority in the science. If some of the opinions of that time strike us as crude and fantastic, we are just as often surprised at the gi-eatness of the advance which had already been made and at the essential modernness of the point of view. Take the following, for example : — " Everyone will readily admit that anatomical characters, those which relate to the intimate organisation of the plant, have more value than the external forms ; it is to these characters, then, that one ought to attach the most importance when one is able to observe them ; and when one cannot do so, one should seek to discover in the external form of organs, such modifications as may, so to speak, be the expression of the internal character, and may enable us to form an estimate of its modifications. " The nutritive vessels, forming the framework which determines the relations oE position and often even the form of organs, are evidently more important than the parenchyma which surrounds them, and which may mask the most essential character of an organ. The mode of distribution of the vessels alone may put us on the track of the true affinities of plants. Their arrangement is consequently the principal thing to observe in each organ." This has a very modern sound. The passage might almost have been written yesterday ; yet it is a literal translation from the Introduction to Brongniart's ' Histoire des Vegetaux Fossiles ' and was published in 1828. Evidently we flatter ourselves over- much when we fancy that our vascular morphology is a new creation. The French have long understood the value of systematic anatomy. Brongniart made it a rule to preface the description of each fossil group with an account of the recent allied plants, and especially of their anatomy. He constantly found it necessary to make his own investigations, for just the points most needed for comparison with the fossils had usually been passed over in works on recent botany. " These researches," he says, " may not be without result for the comparative anatomy of plants, or for their physiology and natural classification " (p. 0). Artis, in 1825, had LINN. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1910-1911. C 1 8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE felt the same nood for Ji better basis of comparison. He says, "The wbole Anatomy of the Plant must be studied," and cites Cuvier's famous researches on fossil animals as a model. This lieultliy reaction of fossil work on the investigation of living ])lants still goes on in our own dny. JJroiigniart gives an excellent account of ilie characters available for the discrimination of fragmentary specimens, and points out that while almost any organ will sudice to distinguish the main groups, for more exact determination the vegetative organs have a relatively greater importance in the lower and the re})roductive in the higher classes. At the same time, the signitic-ance of vascular anatomy had long been recognised in the distinctive characters of Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. " After the internal structure of the stem," he says, " the most important character of this organ is the mode of insertion of the leaves on its surface," then the arrangement of the vessels passing from the stem into the petiole, and in the leaves themselves the venation. We see that Brong- niart, poorly provided at that time with structural material, was feeling about after external characters which might serve as the " outward and visible sign " of the structure within. Comparative anatou)y, he argues, forms the basis of zoological classification, and it will be tiie same for plants, only here the difficulty is greater, because a more or less high ningnification is always required to show the structure. He especially regrets the absence, at that time, of any comparative anatomy of the wood, a need which even now has scarcely been adequately supplied. Let us see, a little more in detail, how Brongniart succeeded ia applying his principles to the problems of fossil botany. He recognised four periods of geological time, in which the vegetation had a special aspect due to the predominance of certain families and to the great development of the plants of these families. This recognition of successive periods of vegetation was in itself a great step in advance. Only a few years before, botanists had still expected to be able to refer the fossils of the Coal to recent species and appeared disaj)pointed when thej failed to do so. The same spirit still sometimes shows itself in our own day, among those who view anything like an intermediate fossil group with suspicion. Brongniart's four periods (characterised in his own words) were :— 1. Vegetation almost solely composed of Ferns and ai'borescent Horsetails and of the singular Lepidodendrons — gigantic plants sharing in the characters of Lycopods and Conifers. After the first period these plants seem to have disappeared, at least from the regions so far explored. 2. Characterized by very different forms, of which only a small number has come down to present times, — they are espe- cially Ferns, less elevated than those of the Coal, and Conifers of a very peculiar aspect. [This refers essentially to the Triassic Flora.] LINNBido- dendron to Conifers, regarding it as extremely remote. The former group, he says, is not intermediate between Lycopods and Conifers, but is at most a Lycopodiaceous genus tending to establish the first link in a series forming the passage between the two families (p. 55). Some of his arguments against a nearer relation, especially those drawn from the mode of branching and the structure of the wood, are well worthy of consideration. Brongniart was distinctly less fortunate in his view of the petrified tree-fern stems known as Psaronius, which he regarded, on what seem to us very weak grounds, as representing the base of Lycopodiaceous stems. AVith all his good intentions, his knowledge of Pern-anatomy was not yet wide enough to guide * 'Fossil Flora,' toI. i. pi. 20. %. 2a, p. 83. LIXXEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 23 him to the right conclusion, though it must be .idinitted that Others had already been more fortunate. Brougniart, however, quite rightly interpreted the structure of Psaroains, as regards the distinction between the stem and the surrounding zone of roots. The volume comes to a sudden end in the middle of a sentence on p. 72, while the author is discussing the nature of Ulodendron, The reasons given by Saporta, in his obituary notice of Brongniart, for the abrupt cessation of the work — the immensity of the scheme, the difficulties of the Tertiary floras, and the changes in the author's views — do not seem altogether sufficient. Brongniart lived and continued active work for more than thirty years afterwards. It is, however, no part of my plan to follow the later and more important development of his career. Saporta rightly points out tliat in his early work Brougniart was the first to clearly enunciate the principle that there has been a definite and gradual development of vegetation in successive epochs. Brongniart was a great botanist, as everything he wrote proves ; by far the greatest who up to that time had undertaken the study of fossil plants. In passing from him to Bernhard Cotta, we make a marked descent — Cotta was by no means great, but he did some meritorious work. His book, ' Die Dendrolithen in Beziehung auf ihren iiuieren Bau,' was published at Dresden in 1832, while Brongniart's first volume of the ' Histoire ' was appearing. Cotta's work was based on his father's collection, which included more than 500 ground specimens of fossil plants. At that time such specimens were sometimes ground thin, to admit of microscopic investigation, but it does not appear that Cotta used the modern method of mounting really thin sections on glass — that was intro- duced contemporaneously in our own country by Witham and Nicol. Young Cotta began his work as a sort of "holiday task"; he appears to have been a student at the time, and modestly desires that his figures may be regarded as the " Ilauptsache," the text only as a necessary explanation. Cotta was much impressed by the evidence of a tropical climate found in the rich vegetation of the Coal-measures. He adds : " But not only in reference to climatic changes, but a.so with respect to the gradual development of organic Nature, it is interesting that we find more lowly organised plants in the older than in the later rocks. Jt is possible, however, that this latter circumstance ])roceeds merely from dift'erences of climate, for in the Red Sandstone, for example, besides many lower plants, remains of Dicotyledonous plants also frequently occur, of which the numerous petrified woods with evident annual rings and medullary rays alford the best proof " (p. 3). Cotta no doubt made too much of his favourite climatic changes, but there is some force in what he says : e. 'J)OX. 25 these specimens, Mliieh he placed in two genera, MeduUosa and Cahimitea, have no analo<;ue among hving plants. His description of the genus j\IcdulJosa, which he founded, is on tlie whole remarkably accurate, and some of his figures are excellent and might still be used as adequate illustrations. Two of his species, M. stellata and M. porosa, are the real stems ; the third, M. elegans, consists of the leaf-stalks (afterwards MiieloxDlon). It is odd that he should have placed these in the right genus, for of course the structure is totally different frora that of the stem. He no doubt mistook the hypodermal strengthening zone of the petiole for the outer ring of wood in the stem. In the description of the stem of M. stellata, he interpreted the complex structure with surprising success, considering that it is quite unlike anything in recent plants, consisting as it does of a double system of peripheral and central steles, each growing in thic]TtHirt, a Lycopod with secondary growth in thicknesss, was another fossil investigated by AV^itham, who, how- ever, did not attempt to determine its afKDities. " Whatever, therefore, may be the family to which the plant in question is ultimately referred, it is necessary to institute a provisory genus for its reception " (p. 42). He fully satisfied himself of the existence of medullary rays, a point about which very unnecessary difficulties were raised at a much later date. Witham was a modest author. He writes : " My pretentions to botanical knowledge are indeed very limited, nor do I presume to rank myself among the cultivators of a science to whicli so many eminent individuals have devoted themselves in this country. The only object I have al\va3rs kept steadily in view, is to direct their attention to a department of botany which has hitherto been too much neglected ; for, although the study of the external forms of the stems, leaves and fructification, of recent vegetables, has elicited much knowledge respecting the nature of the former, little has been effected by an application to their internal com- position, in which decided and characteristic differences are never- theless to be found. It is by the recently discovered method of cutting and polishing the stems of fossil plants that we are enabled to obtain an insight into their structure." * Witham was deeply impressed with the importance of the work which he was undertaking, and showed a serious and almost religious enthusiasm which we cannot but respect. The few fragments from the earlier history of a modern branch of science which I have ventured to recall to your memories are of interest as showing that the problems before the investigators of those days were essentially the same as our own, and that the spirit in which they approached them is one wdiich we may well emulate. The birth of Geology is one of the most interesting events in the history of science, and forms an integral part, as Prof. Judd has recently so well shown, of the History of Evolution. The spirit of Evolution was already in the air, and we, in post- Darwin days, find ourselves in complete sympathy with the work that was going on in palaeontology at a time when the ' Beagle ' had scarcely started on her momentous voyage. The President, having delivered his Address, Lieut.-Col. Puain moved : — " That the President be thanked for his excellent Address, and that he be requested to allow it to be printed and circidated amongst the Fellows," which being seconded by Prof. F. W. OiiiYER, was carried by acclamation. * ' Internal Structure of Fossil Ycgetcables,' pp. 1-2. 30 PBOCEEDIXGS OF THE The President, then addressing Count Solms - Laubach, said : — CouxT Solms-Lalbach, It is a great pleasure to ine tliat it falls to my lot to present to you, on behalf of the Society, our Liunean Medal, awarded for the highest distinction in Biology. The wide range of your work, almost unequalled in these days of specialisation, covers morphology, development, ecology, physio- logy, the systematic both of Phanerogams and Cryptogams, the history of cultivated plants, the geography of plants, and, last not least, fossil botany. Tour earliest work was in a difficult field, in which you soon made yourself the leading authority, the morphology and alKnities of parasitic Flowering Plants, beginning in 1863 with a paper on an OrohcincJie, followed, a couple of years later, by your dissertation, ' De La(hrct(E generis positione systematica.' An important general paper on the structure and development of parasitic Phanerogams (1868) was succeeded by a series of monographs on the families Lennoacefe, Eafflesiacefe, and Hydnoi\ace?e. Turning to another subject, you monographed the Pandanaceap, Pontederiacea?, Caricacese, and Aristolochiacefe, and in more recent years have interested yourself in the Cruciferae and Chenopodiaceae. The first of your Cruciferen-Studien, 1900, describes the remark- able case of CapscUa Iler/eri, to all appearance a new species, which has sprung into existence in our own time. Tour systematic work extended to Cryptogams, and we had the honour of publishing in our own Transactions your fine mono- graph of the Acetabulariacea^, calcai eous Alga) of special interest from their relation to early fossil types. In other works you have thrown new light on the structure, taxonomy, and distribution of Vascular Cryptogams, Mosses, Hepatics and Fungi. A feature of special morphological interest is discussed in your paper on Monocotyledonous embryos with terminal growing points. Ton have touched on physiology in your work on the occurrence of calcium oxalate in the walls of living cells. In another direction again, of more human interest, and of wide evolutionary bearing, you have treated with nnich learning and ingenuity the history of cultivated plants, such as the Fig, the Papaw, the Wheats, Tulips, and Strawberries. I am glad to hear that your important historical researches are still in active progress during your present visit to England. Tour work on the Principles of Plant Geography (1905), a critical review of the leading ideas on the distribution of plants, is characterised, like all your writings, by breadth and originality of thought,, and is exercising a wholesome inlluence on the progress of this great subject. I should like especially to recognise how you have always zealously pursued systematic botany, side by side vith every LIKNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 3 1 branch of laboratory work, an example which we in this country will do well to lay to heart. Lastly, I come to your contributions to fossil botany, the side of your work with which I happen to have been in closest touch. Beginning in 1883-84 with papers on the fossil fern tScoJecopterit ehf/ans and on Permian ConifercE, you published in 1887 your 'Einleitung in die Paliiopliytologie ' (translated five years later, for the Oxford Press), a book which marks an epoch in the history of this science. To many, like myself, who had never till then realized the wealth and significance of the fossil material, this truly scientific exposition must have come as a revelation. In my own case it prepared me to appreciate the treasures of the Williamson Collection, and the work of our dear old friend himself, which you alone, at that time, were able to estimate at its true value. Since then you have continued to enrich our science by a series of memoirs of the utmost importance. To recount them all would be to write the history of fossil botany during the last quarter of a century. I may mention the work on the English Greensand fossil, Bennettites Gihsoniaaus, the type of an extinct family, dominant in JMesozoic times; on the Cycadofilices or Pteridosperms, to use a later name (a group which you and William- sou were the first to recognise), Froto^nti/s, Medullosa, Volkelia and Sttlod'i/hn ; on the Lower Carboniferous plants (now likely to prove of Devonian age) of Falkenberg and Thuringia ; on Stigmca-iojjsis, Pleuromeia and many more, — all researches which have done much to transform fossil botany and to place it in its present strong position as a worthy ally of animal paliEontology. In this subject also your work is as active as ever, and I am delighted to bear that you are about to elucidate further the structure of that wonderful genus of Paheozoic tree-ferns Psaronius, the first group of fossil plants showing structure to attract attention, and still among the most interesting and difiicult. I ask you to accept this medal as a symbol of the deep admira- tion and aifection of your English colleagues, and as the highest recognition which this Society can bestow. The recipient having received the Medal, expressed his thanks as follows : — Mr. President, Ladies and GentleiDen, It has not been an easy matter for me to come to London this spring, but as I am fond of this country, where I have so many friends, and have always been received with the greatest kindness by public institutions as well as by private persons, it seemed to me to be my duty personally to present my most hearty thanks to this Society, the first of all the great societies to receive me as a member, and now has awarded me the highest honour in its power, an honour I can only accept with the proviso " Magnis in rebus voluisse sat est." 32 PROCEEDINGS OF THE It is, further, a j^reat pleasure for me to reeeive this medal, awarded by the Council, from the hands of our President, Dr. 8cott, my friend and fellow-worker iu palaeophytological matters. I am now approaching the age of seventy, and my work is essentially done ; but should God permit me some further time of strength and health, this medal will be a further stimulus for me to employ it entirely to the benefit of our beloved biological science. The General Secretary having laid before the Meeting the Obituary Notices of deceased Fellows, the proceedings terminated. OBITUAKY NOTICES. Thomas IIoDGSoy Archer-IIiicd was born in the year 1814, and when at Eton from 1826 to 1832 was contemporary with Mr. W. E. Gladstone, the future Bishop Selwyn, and other notable men. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, graduated B.A. in 1837, and proceeded M.A. in 1840. He was elected Fellow of our Society on the 4th March, 1834, and had therefore, for many years, been Father of the Society. In 1856, on succeeding to an estate, he added the name Archer-Hind to his original Thomas Hodgson, and from 1872 he lived at Coombe Fishacre House, Xewton Abbot, Devonshire. Possessing a keen deliglit in plants all his life, and delighting in his charming garden, he seems never to have appeared in print during his long career. Up to the last year our Librarian was accustomed to receive an annual letter, written in a legible and steady hand, requisitioning the Transactions to which he was entitled. He died on the 3rd February, 1911. [B. D. J.] EiCHABD Hexrt Beddome was born in 1831, educated at Charterhouse, and joined the Military service of the H.E.I.C. on its Madras establishment in 1848. In 1856 the Madras Government took steps to organize a Department of Forestry, and iu the year following, Beddome, who was then Quartermaster and Interpreter of his regiment, the 42nd Madras Native Infantry, was selected, on account of his devotiou to Natural History iu different branches, and proficiency in Botany, as chief Assistant to the first Conservator, Dr. 11. Cleghorn. One of his first duties in this post was an exploration of the Pulney Hills, even now too little known scientifically, and the botanical results appeared in the Madras Journal (u.s.) iii. (1858), pp. 163-202. The time allotted to this survey was necessarily brief, but it added more than one species to the local Flora and the published account remains of much interest to the present day. In 1859 Beddome contributed to the same Journal (iv. pp. 66-73) a valuable paper on the South Indian and Ceylon species of the dilBcult genus luqiatiens. LIXNB/VN SOCIETY OF LONDOX. T^;} In 1860 Cleghorn retired and Beddomo suoeeeded him; in 18(53 he brought out, mainly for the use of foresters and phinters, his ' Trees of the Madi'as Presidency,' and this was followed by tlie 'Flora Sylvatica for Southern India,' giving descriptions with figures of all the principal timber trees and large shrubs of South India and Ceylon. The three hundred and thirty quarto plates, executed under the author's supervision by native artists, are remarkable for clearness aiul accuracy. Combined with this work is a ' Foresters' Manual ' of the local Flora, illustrated by twenty-nine lithographed sheets of analytical drawings of genera not represented in the main series. This work appeared in parts during 1869 to 1874, when it was compleTed. Side by side with these substantially official labours, Beddome steadily adhered to Natural History as a personal pursuit in such leisure as his public duties permitted. Even after his appointment as Conservator he had communicated papers on zoological subjects to different publications, including the Zoological Society's ' Proceedings' for 1863 (pp. 225-229); but he gradually limited the field of studv to Botany, and from 1863 bis work was mainly concentrated on Ferns and their allies. In 1863 he published the 'Ferns of Southern India'; from that year to 1870 parts appeared of the 'Ferns of British India,' dealing with those species which, not having been recorded from the area covered by the ' Ferns of Southern India,' were not treated in that work. A Supplement to these two publications jointly was issued in 1876, bringing the total number of ferns figured up to 661 ; with tlie majority of which the author was directly acquainted. Although now devoting his energies mainly to Fdicales, between 1869 and 1874 Beddome brought out three hundred figures with descriptions of remarkable flowering plants from South India and Ceylon nnder the title of ' Icones Plantarum Indite Orientalis ' (Madras : Gantz Brothers, 1874, 4to), Ketiring from the service o£ the Crown with the rank of Colonel in 1882, he published in the year following his 'Hand- book to the Ferns of British India, Ceylon, and the Malay Peninsula ' (Thacker & Spink, Calcutta, 1883). This was based on the larger works already mentioned — that is to say, the 'Ferns of Southern India' and 'Ferns of British India,' — the descriptions, however, being more succinctly framed and the figures (woodcuts) being reduced from the original illustrations. The ' Handbook ' was designed to meet the wants of a wider public than the previous undertakings, and met with an excellent reception both with the public and in scientific circles. Beddome made his home at Putney, where he devoted himself enthusiastically to horticulture, while in no wav relaxing his interest in the taxonomic side of Pteridology. A frequent visitor to Kew, and a contrib\itor from time to time of rare or interesting plants to the Royal Gardens, he also gave vahiable aid to the staff of the Herbarium by naming sets of Ferns and their allies LIXN. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1910-1911. d 34 mOCT.EDINCiS OF THE from tlio liulo-^rnlavmi rcpioii : and williiii n few v.reks of liis (loceasp lie liad workwl out llie whole of tlie jNIalayan material at Ivf'W of iSehtf/tiullct. His name appears in llie Kew ]Ierbariuin Visitors' Book for tlie last time on tlie 27th January, 1911 ; on the 23i'd February be succumbed at bis residence, after a very l)rief illness, to an attack of hcart-lrouble, leaving a widow, daugbters and grandchildren. His last ])ublished contribution to botanical litei-alure was a jiaper cntilled "Notes on Indian Ferns" ill the Journal of the IJoiiibay Natural History Society, April ll?, J1H)8. To the Journal of the Koyal Horticultural Society, of which be was a Fellow, be contributed useful annotated lists of CampmnJa (19U7), Gesneracere and Acanthacejc (190S). In 1898 Ik^ddome ])resented bis collection of Mosses to Kew: his I'haiierogainic herbarium is well represented in the Eoyal Her- barium, also in tlie Herbarium of the 33otanical Department, JNIadras ; while many fine s])eciinens of trees and flowering plants collected by himself in Southern India are preserved in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington, to whicb a selected set of bis Ferns was also distributed. The bulk of bis own set of the Ferns has been presented by Mrs. Beddome to Kew. As a horticulturist in bis Surrey home, Beddome was for nearly thirty years indefatigable and successful, repeatedly flowering rare or little-known sjiecies, which were exhibited at the Eoyal Horti- cultural Society's shows, or figured in the ' Botanical JMagnzine'; be was keenly interested in practical questions of hybridization and selection, and the annual view of his Chrysanthemums, to which friends were hospitably invited, was widely apjireciated. For those who enjoyed bis personal friendship, the blank caused by his death cannot be filled; while his personality, keen and active in spite of bis age, will be missed by all wlio knew him. He was elected Fellow of this Society on the 2nd March, 1882, although a short note of bis, extending only to half a page, communicated by Dr. Thomas Thomson, was read on 17tb Novem- ber, 1864, and published in the Journal ; it was descriptive of his PcecUoneiiron incUcnm, He preferred to delay bis connection with this Society until he could make full use of it. [J. E. Dkummond.] James Bisset was born on the 4th June, 1843, and from bis boyhood was keenly interested in natural science, particularly botany. His business took him to Japan in the early sixties, at the time when the great changes were taking place which have resulted in the modern Ja]ian. He made extensi\e collections of Japanese plants, and corresponded with Maximovitch, who named several plants after him, e. g. Viola Jiisscii. After living twenty years in Ja])an be came home in 1886, and for some years he lived at Banchory in Aberdeenshire, then, in 1892, be moved to Oxford, to gratify his ambition to graduate there, and, at the age of 47, he matriculated with a view to graduating in honours in the School of Natural Science. He had intended to take botanv as LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 35 Ill's chief subject, but found the needed amoant of microscopical work too tryiiirr for his eyesight, and he then turned to geology, in which subject he passed with honours iu 1896, at tlie age oi: 51 ; he proceeded M.A. iu 189'J. It was not till he was in the middle of his University career that he retired from business. Upon taking his degree, he moved to Edinburgh and threw himself into local scientific work ; lie was a Fellow of the Koyal Society of Edinburgh, the lioval Physical Society, and a member of the London and the Edinburgh Geological Societies. He joined the Linnean Society, 21st April, 1881. His published papers were, " List of Desiuidiaceee found .... in the neighbourhood of Lake Windermore during 1883," which appeared in Journ. K. Micr, Soc. ser. 2, iv. (1884) 192-197, and in conjunction with Dr. John Ko3',in the ' Scottish Naturalist ' in 1893-94, comprising G4 pages on Scottish Desmids. He died on 3rd April, 1911, at Edinburgh. [B. D. J.] Jonjf Bexxett CABEDTnEES, F.L.S., F.E S.E., died in Trinidad at the early age of 41, on July 17, 1910. He was born at Islington on January 19, 18G9, son of the then Keeper of the Department of Botany of the British Museum, William Carruthers. He was educated at Dulwich College, the Royal School of Mines, and University College. Having decided for a botanical career, he devoted himself more particularly to the study of Algae, first under George Murray of the British Museum, and afterwards under Prof. Schmidt in the University of Greifswald. After his return to England he assisted his father, then Considting Botanist to the Eoyal Agricultural Society, and, at the same time, acted as lecturer on botany at Downton College and at the Eoyal Veterinary College, until in 1897 he went, for the Planters' Association, to Ceylon to investigate a disease which threatened the Cocoa plantations. He delivered himself so successfully of his task that in 19U0 he was apjioioted Mycologist to the Government of Ceylon and Assistant- Director of the Botanic Gardens at Peradenyia. Yive years later he went to the Federated Malay States as Director of the new Department of Agriculture. This post he held until 1909, when he accepted an appointment as Government Botanist and Assistant-Director of Agriculture in Trinidad. During an official visit to Tobago he contracted fever which, after a prolonged illness, led to his premature death. J, B. Carruthers was eminently a practical botanist, his principal achievements being in the sphereof Tropical Agriculture and plant pathology, and he was considered an authority on rubber cultivation. His publications were not; numerous and, apart from one on the cystocarps of some Algae, dealt with economical matters. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1890 and of the lloyal Society of Edinburgh in 1900. His rajiid promotion speaks suthcientlv for the high ajtpreciation which his knowledge 36 niOC'EEDlNGS OF THC and work found in ofllcial circles, whilst he was not less esteemed by his numerous friends for his genial and loyal character. [0. S.] Wn.r-iAM Ambrose Cf.atuce was born at Hinckley, Leicestershire, on the 6tb February, 1841, the son of the Kev. T. A. Clarke, of Sta|)leton. lie was articled to a Chippenham solicitor, and after- wards practised in that calling in the town. He became interested in botany, and formed acquaintance with the liev. T. A. Preston of Marlborough College, helping in the ' Flora of Marlborough,' issued in 1888. In 1892 he married and moved to Oxford, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1892 onwards he published in the ' Journal of Botany ' the first records of British Plants, which was issued as a volume in 1890, followed by a second revised edition in 1900. He was elected a Fellow on the 4th December, 1890, but \\ithdrew on the 7th Februarv, 1901 ; later he was again elected 4th ^larch, 1909. The writer is indebted to the account of Mr. Clarke given in the ' Journal of Botany ' for May 1911 for most of the facts above given. [B. D. J.] Theodoee Cooke, C.I.E., M.A., LL.D., M.I., F.L.S., was bora }i.t Tramore, Co. VV^aterford, Ireland, in 183(3, as the eldest son of the Kev. J. Cooke. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. After having graduated in 1859, he went to India as an engineer in the service of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Kailway. Five years later, in 18(35, he was appointed Principal of the Civil Engineering College at Poona, or, as it was afterwards, the Poona College of Science, and he continued in this position until 1893, when he retired. During his tenure of this post he also acted temporarily as Director of Public Instruc- tion, Director of I^and Records and Agriculture of Bombay Presidency, and as Dean of Faculty and member of the Syndicate of the University of Bombay. From an early date he paid careful attention to the flora of the presidency he lived in, and brought together very considerable collections. AV'lien in 1891 the Botanical Survey of India was established, he was entrusted with the survey of Western India. He soon conceived the plan of writing a ' Flora of the Presidency of Bombay ' ; but it was not until 1898 that his proposal was approved by the Secretary of State for India. He was by that time 02, an age when a much younger man might have shrunk from undertaking such a task, particularly if it was, as in Cooke's case, his first attempt at writing a flora, or in fact anything botanical. But Cooke had, in a quiet way, built up for himself a knowledge of the plants of his area which was surprising even to his friends when it disclosed itself. This, combined with an admirable method and regularity of work, was the foundation of the remarkable success of his Flora, the first part of which appeared in 1901. After that, part LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LOXDON. 37 followed part without a single liitcli, until, in 1908, with the eighth part, the work came to a conclusion. For clearness, precision and method, Cooke's ' Flora of the Presidency of Bombay ' will always be a model. The plant-material on which it was based consisted, apart from the older specimens in the Kew collections, almost entirely of his own extensive herbarium, which he brought with him to Europe, leaving a duplicate set at Poona , and when subsequently the Poona Herbarium was burned, he, very unselfishly, handed over his own set to the Poona College to form the nucleus for a new Herbarium. After the completion of his ' Flora ' he undertook to work out certain families for the ' Flora Capensis.' He finished the genera Flextranthus, Coleus, Pycnostachijs, ^olanthus, ll)j2^tis, and Mentha of Labiata^, and the families of the Plantaginaceae, Nyctaginacete, and Illecebracese. But whilst working at the Amarautacea3 he was seized with his last and fatal illness. In Theodore Cooke botany lost a serious worker who came forward late in life, but with unabated energy and ripe experience, Avhilst his friends mourned in him the man, kind, genial and broad-minded. He was made an LL.D. by his University and created a CLE. in 1891. He was further a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Ireland, of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain, and a Fellow of the Geological and — since 1892 — of this Society, [O. Staff.] Alfred Eussell Fox, who died at Sheffield, 5th December, 1910, after a long illness, was born iu that city in 1853, and on leaving school was apprenticed to his father, a pharmaceutical chemist, with whom he became a partner in 1876, and the following year his name was enrolled in the Pharmaceutical Society. He identified himself with municipal work, and particularly with the work of local natural liistory societies. An ardent field- botanist, he was much appreciated as a lecturer on his favourite pursuit. He was one of tiie oldest men)bers of the Sheffield Field Naturalists' Society and of the Shetfield Microscopical Society. His connection with this Society dated from 15th June, 1899. [B. D. J.] Edward Gerrard, an Associate of the Society, elected iu 1862, w as born iu Oxford, October 20, 1810. While he was still iu his childhood, his parents came to London, and eettled at St. Pancras, where he continued to reside during the many years of a longer life than is granted to the majority of mankind. In 1836 he entered the service of the Zoological Society on the same day as the late Mr. G. II. "VVaterhouse, w hom he assisted in the curatorial work of tlie Society's Museum. It is recorded that this Museum at that time contained 0720 exhibited specimens of Yertebrata ; and it was here that he laid the foundation of his knowledge of 3^ PROCEEDINGS OF THE Vertebrate Zoologj'. Dr. J. E. Gray, a frequent visitor to the buciety's Museum, recognized the worth of the young man, and induced him to e.xcliange his post lor one in tlie British Museum ; and on April 5, 3841, he was appointed an Attendant of the I'irst Class in the Department of Zoology. In this modest position be worked for 55 years; and never had the Museum a more industrious, more conscientious, more devoted servant tlian Edward Gerrard ; he was Dr. Gray's right-hand man, always the best of my Iriends, and equally lielpful to me in later years. AVhen Gtrrard entered upon his new duties he was just in time to bear a hand in the removal of the Zoological collections from Montague House into the new Museum at Bloomsbury, and to form there the new exhibition of Mamnwls ; it consisted almost exclusively of mounted skins; but Dr. Gray, who fully understood the importance of osteology for his systematic studies, set immediately to work with his usual energy to supply this desideratum. In this Gerrard's assistance was iuAaluable to him ; only a few of the skeletons were mounted, the majority being kept disarticulated in wooden boxes in a large basement-room in which a fire had to be kept all the year round to prevent the boxes and labels from getting damp and mouldy. Here Gerrard could be found engaged in arranging the collections and pre- paring a systematic Manuscript Catalogue. Dr. Gray's ' List of Osteological Specimens in the British Museum' (1847) was based upon that Manuscript ; and a greatly enlarged later edition, 'Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the British Museum' (lb02), was almost wholly Gerrard's work. This collection remnined the centre of his solicitude and its care his favourite occupation. It was a proud day for him when lie saw the magnificent series of skeletons, with the individual history of which no one was more intimately acquainted than himself, set up fur the first time for exhibition, filling an entire gallery in the new ]\luseum at South Kensington in systematic arrangement. Great was his morlification that he had to witness the breaking-up and dispersal of this unique exhibition at the time of his retirement from the Museum. Besides this special work, Gerrard had other important duties to perform in the Department. A general supervision of the acquisitions of former years, and the registration and conservation of all new accessions to the classes of Mammals, Keptiles, Batra- chians, and Fishes, were entrusted to him, until by additions to the staff some of these duties could be assigned to others. After o,") years of service Gerrard retired in 1S96. According to a "Minute" of the Trustees' meeting on July 25, "the Trustees in accepting Gerrard's resignation, desired the Director to express to liiin their high appreciation of his very long- contiiuied and faithful servi.-e." This " appreciation " is probably unique in the annals of the Museum, as regards a member of the class of Atteiulants. Gerrard was endowed with an uuujuallv strong constitution. LINNEA:^ society of LONDON. 39 which he retained unimpaired ahnost to within the last year of his Ufe, owing to his frugal and regular habits. The days on which during those 55 years he was compelled by indisposition to absent himself from duty were very lew; in fact, I cannot remember one. Daily, in ail weathers, he walked from his home in Camden Town to the Museum, and even after his retirement he continued his daily exercise, enjoying excellent health. His friends hoped that he would reach his lOoth year ; he died on June lU, lyil.l, witliin four months of his lOist birthday. His son, Edward Gerrard, and one daughter survive him. The foriuer followed in his fatjier's footsteps, being the well-known Ageut of jNatural History, who has done great services to the Museum by faithfully fultiiling nuuierous commissions with which he has been entrusted, and from whose laboratory the nuijority of the best-mouuted mammals in the Museum have been issued. [ALBEIiT GtJNTUEU,] John IIixcnLEY Haut, F.L.S., ^vas born in 1847 and educated in England, but as early as lb7'2 he went to America, where in the British Colonies he found a rich Held for his energy and his practical abiUties. He spent the years 1872-75 as landscape- gardener in jN'ova Scotia, and the next twelve years in Jamaica, lirst in charge of the gardens and grounds of King's House, then as Superintendent of the Cinchona plantations (1881-86), and tiually as Director of Public Gardens and Plantations. In 1887 lie was appointed Superintendent of the Eoyal Botanic Gardens in Trinidad, which post he held until 1908, when he retired from Government service. He was regarded as one of the best and most trustworthy authorities in agriculture and horticulture in the West Indies, and had an extensive knowledge of the Horas of Jamaica and Trinidad. His publications are few, but the Her- barium list of the botanical department of Trinidad (1908) is very useful. He also eilited Jenman's volume of 'The Perns and Pern Allies of the British West Indies and Guiana ' (1909). He was elected a Pellow of this Society in 1887. [O. Stape.] FREDERICK IIovENDEN' was a member of a firm of perfumers, and succeeded in securing the means of early retirement irom business cares. Born in London in 1838, he soon took part^ in local work, and in 1874 became the principal mover in founding the South London Natural History Society (of which he became tlie first secretary) in conjunction with Henry Deane, Prof. Charles Stewart, Dr. Braitliwaite, and others. On quitting business he moved from Brixton to Dulwich, and, later still, he acquired a country liouse near Swanage, attracted thither by the charm of the geology of the district. He was elected Fellow, 5th June, 1873, and of the Geological Society in 1876; he died at DuKvich on the 17th March, 1911, being buried at Norwood. [B. D. J.] 40 PHOCEEUI>US Ol TUB Lieut. -Culojiol Simpson Powki.l, ]\1.D., E.A.M.C, died ut liangoou on the -?;5rd ]March, lUll, soun alter lie had returned to iluty as senior medical ollieer from lurloiigh, during wliieh he had hren eleett^d a Fellow of the Liniiean Society, on 1st December, I'JlU; his connection with us therefore lasting less than four months. lie was the eldest son of Mr. Christopher BoUared Powell, of 8outhhorough, Kent; born in 1858, he \\as educated at Bury at. Edmunds fSchool, and received his medical training at King's College, London, becoming house jjhysician there. After taking the medical diplomas of L.S.A. and M.U.C.S. iu 3 880 and 1882 respectively, he graduated at Durham University M.B. iu 1883 and M.D. in 18'JO. lie entered the Army Medical Service in 1885, and thenceforward ser\ed in India, China, and the Home District. Gazetted Lieut.-Colonel in 19U5, he sailed again for India in 1908, and was transferred to Burma, where his career was cut ^hurt by the climate. [B. D. J.] puAXCis Lesitek Sopeu was, at the time of his deatli, 3Uth December, 1910, at Ilighgate, at the advanced age of 92, the head of the firm of scientitic publishers Lovell Eeeve & Co. He was a frequent attendant at the General Meetings of the Society till a few months before his death. Like his predeceased partner, Mr. Lovell Eee\e, lie took a keen interest in the subjects of the volumes published by their house, but, unlike the senior partner, he did not join the ranks of authors. He was elected Fellow of the Society, Ist December, 1870. [B. D. J.] Samuel Alexander Stewabt, A.L.S., was born in Philadelphia on February 5, 182G. AVben eleven years old he came with his father to live at Belfast, where he spent the remainder of his long life, dying on June 15, 1910, in consequence of an accident in the street. He was an entirely self-educated man. Poor health when a child, and then straitened circumstances, shut him out from the ordinary school career; but, fortunately, his love of nature took him earlv to the Held where the work of his life was done. Up to 1880,' when he was appointed Assistant-Curator of the Belfast Museum, he worked at trunk-making, a trade in which he was particularly skilful, giving all the spare hours to natural history, especially botany and geology. He was on the committee of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club from its foundation in 18G3, and liis first paper, " On the occurrence of some rare or little known Plants in the Belfast district," was ]mblished the same year. A considerable number of other papers and notes on the botany, zoology, and geology, mainly of the North-East of Ireland, followed, liis last contribution bearing the date 1909. But his principal work was the 'Flora of the North-East of Ireland' LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 4 1 (1S88), of which Lloyd Praegei", a most competent judge, sars, that " its fulness, accuracy, and schohu'ly style place it high among works of the kind." In 13'Ji he was appointed Curator of the Belfast Museum, which post he held until ltiU7. He was elected Associate of the Society in 1904. A list of his publica- tions and further particulars of h"s life and achievemeuts, as well as a portrait, were published in ' The Irish Naturalist,' vol. xix. (191U) pp. 201-209. [O. SiAPF.] By the death of Dr. Melciiiou Treub, at St. Eaphael on the J3rd October, 1910, the Liiuiean Society has lost one of its most distinguished Foreign Members, and Botany one of its most able exponents. He was born at Voorschoten, three miles S.W. of Leyden, on the 26th Decen)ber, 1S51 ; and soon showing his love for Natural Science, he devoted himself to its study at Leyden under Prof. W. r. li. Suringar, but early struck out into other direc- tions than those usually then followed at that University. His dissertation ' Ouderzoekingen over de natuur der lichenen,' Leiden, 1873, was upon the then burning question of the inde- pendent entity of Lichens, and Treub succeeded by cultures in showing that gonidia did not arise from hyphae, a theory pre- viously only tentatively advanced. For this he received a gold medal, and became assistant to Prof. Suringar. A small paper on the pappus of Hieracium nmbellatum followed, where he observed, in a plant affected by galls, the altered Hower-heads displayed 5-leaved calyces and other transitions, from which he concluded that the pappus arose from division of the calyx- segments. ' lets over het Chlorophyll,' which came out in the following year, 187-A, showed his powers in a new field, and one to which he recurred in later years when in Java ; in this he specially dealt with the occurrence of red and green colouring-matter. After this his writings were most often expressed in French, Ins mothers native tongue, beginning with ' Le meristeme primitif de la racine dans les Monocotyledones,' 1870, and ' liecherches sur les organes de la vegetation du Sdag'mella Ilartensii,' Leiden, 1877; and his first essay in cytology, 'Quelques recherches sur la role du noyau dans la division des cellules vegetales,' Amster- dam, 1878, and in 1879 his observations on sclerenchyma and multinucleate cells, and 'Notes sur Tembryogenie de quekjues Orchidees,' Amsterdam. By this time his gifts and scientific industry had drawn atten- tion to him ; whilst still assistant to Siu'ingar he was chosen a Member of the Dutch Academy of Sciences, and when li. H. C. C. Scheffer's death left the post of Director of the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg vacant, Treub was thought the best man for tho place, though he was not at first disposed to accept it. The Garden at Buitenzurg, founded in 1817 by lieiuwardt, 42 rnocEEDiNcs of the and soon after rciulcivd famous by C. L. VAnme, liad since fallen into nef,decl-, but had been somewhat rehabilitated during the long service of Teysman, and the eleven years of directorship under tSchefter. 'I he latter had started a department of Colonial Agriculture, and a scientific journal emanating from the garden, and restricted to systematic papers, under the title of 'Annates du jardin botanique de iiuitenzorg.' Of this only the first volume was completed by fcJclKil'er in 187G, when it stopped, until resumed by his successor. In November 1880 Treub was settled at Buiten/.org, with Tfv. W. Burck as his assistant, and soon determined that ti.e 'Annales' should bo continued on a wider basis, and not bo confined to the concerns of Java. In the preface to the second volume of that series the new editor explained how that adminis- trative duties had hindered his predecessor from prosecuting the work, but ho considered it his pious duty to put forward the only paper found written by Sclieli'er, and that though his own work had hitherto lain in the departments of plant anatomy and l)liysiol()gy, he had no intention of confining the journal to one department. Besides the contribution already inentioned. Dr. Treub printed in this volume the first ]iart of his ' Hecherches surges Cycadees ' and ' Observations sur les Loranthacees.' Treub may be considered as the first; botanist, trained in modern method.s who has had the control of a botanic garden in the tropical wonderland : of this he maile full use. Tew botanists had used tlie microscope in the tropics: in India, GriHith had employed the instruments of his day to good purpose, it is true, but the new Director set himself to establish i)roper and adequate means of research, amidst the gorgeous and abundant vegetation surrounding his sphere of activity. He succeeded in making Bmtenzorg a goal for visiting botanists, attracted thither bv the prospect of employing material in abundance, quite unattainable m temperate climates, and he also succeeded in establishing the Agricultural Departmeiit on a scientific basis. With the adminis- tration of the garden and the department just mentioned, his energies, even in a climate which usually exhausts Europeans in a few years, were still further employed in a series of researches and observations which would have done credit to a man of leisure. Prof. Goebel has pointed out that Treub's contributions to the ' Annales ' niay be grouped under four heads. Pirst, his observations on the prothallia of the Lycoi)odiacea^, extending over four volumes. Second, the work on Cycads, Casuarina, the division of Angiosperms into chalazogamic and porogamic plants, and Apogamy. Third, on Epiphytes and Mlinnecodia, on climbing plants, and the renewal of vegetation on Krakatau, tracing it from the third year after the eruption, witli the occurrence of Cyauophycea) as rendering possible the advent of Mosses and Ferns. Fourth, the continuation of his LINNEAN SOCIETY OF L02fD0:!T. 43 researches on chlorophyll, and the presenc-e of hydrocyanic acid in plants as the iirst prodnct of nitrogenous assnnilation. At Buitenzorg he l.ad established tlie ' Laboraton;e des Savants etran-ers'— what a wealth of meaning and of scientihc hosp.tali y is in that phrase -and at Tjibodas, already famous as the early station for Cinrhona culture ux Java, he had a small mountain- garden established, with a laboratory in close connection vyith the vir<^in forest. At his instigation, the Government set apart a portion of the original forest, so that it might remani un- disturbed. ... 1 ^i,„ Treub left Java in October 1900, hopnig to spend the remainder of his life in Europe, lie broke his journey at Lan-o, and afterwards travelled to the Eiviera. But after 29 years service in Java, cooler regions did not restore his strength, and on the 3i-d October, 1910, he breathed his last at St. Eaphael. lie was elected a Foreign Member, 5: h May, 1887. _ This brief sketch of a full and strenuous life gives no idea ot Treub's charming personalitr. Even to those who met him only durino- his occasional visits to Europe he was a dehghttul com- panion, but to those who had the good fortune to visit him at Buitenzorg he was still more ; he had a unique position, and used it wisely and well. We have lost a great man, ot a character too rarely found, and the present generation may never again see his equal, but his memory will live with those who were fortunate enough to know hiui and to value his labours at their true worth. ^1 , /-.i • 1 > A ^ood portrait will be found in the 'Gardeners Chronicle for 5Ui November, 1910. p. 336, and a full bibliography by Prof E A E. Went, in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. xxiv. (1911) pp. xxix-xxxii, preceding Treub's latest and posthumous essay. [B. U. J .J The Eeverend Eobert Boog Watson, LL.D., E.L.S., E.G.S., E H.S.E. Born on September 26th, 1823, he was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at Lille, and took his B.A. at Edinburgh University. After a course of study at the ^ew Colkxre, Edinburgh, he was licensed by the Eree Presbytery in 1847°and in 1854, on the outbreak of the Crimean AVar, he went out as Chaplain to the 93rd Highlanders. Invalided home after a nearly fatal attack of dysentery, he recovered sulTiciently to undertake garrison work at Dover in 1856. In this year he married Janet Cowan, daughter of the founder of the firm ot Alexander Cowan & Sons, papermakers, and immediately after- wards went out to India, and acted as Chaplain to the Highland Brigade in the Mutiny. Owing to a return of his illness, he was again invalided home. ^ ^ In 186-4 he accepted an appointment 1o the Scots Church in Madeira, and in tli'e course of his ten years' tenure of that office was enabled to investigate the remarkably rich land molhiscan fauna of the Madeiran group, as well as the marine shells, 44 I'KOCEEDIXGS OF THE ill oo-oporatioii with Jjowe aiul Wolhistoii. On relurning to EdiiibiiiM^li, ho devoted himself chiefly to his favourite sciences of geolouly and conchnlogv ; and in ISTG, at the request of his friend, Sir Charles Wyvdle Thomson, he undertook to work out all the mollusca which had just been brought back by H.M.S. ' Chal- lenger'— with the excei)tion of the Cephalopoda and Ptercpoda. In 1878, however, the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank compelled him to give up his well-earned leisure and to return to work ; and he accepted the call of the Free Church congregation at Cardross, Dumbartonshire, where he remained till his retire- ment from active work in LSiJS. llesidence in a country district of course deprived him of easy access to books and collections, and he therefore returned all tho material he was working at to the ' Challenger' oflice ; but Sir C. AVyville Thomson's urgent representations induced him to resume his stutlies in part, though he limited his investigations to the Gastropoda Hiid Scaphopoda — about 1300 recognizable species in all. The results of his labours appeared in the fifteenth volume of the 'Challenger' series in 1886, and, as an illustration of the thoroughness of his methods, it may be mentioned that he worked at the Museums of Paris, Berne, and Geneva, as well as at the ]iritish Museum, before the Natural History portion was removed to South Kensington. In 1891 he was President of the Conchological Society, and in 1892 the University of Edinburgh conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. Of the nature of Dr. Watson's work there is only one opinion. ]lis descriptions, at times almost too detailed, are "excellent, and he spared himself no trouble in their preparation. For nearly twenty years he spent part of the summer in Switzerland, especially in the Rhone Valley, and his favourite haunt was Bel Alp, where he did much climbing and botanising, and fraternised with such men as Bishop EUicot, Edward AVhymper, and Prof. Tyndall. [E. A. Smith, I.S.O., and J. E. Le B. Tomlix.] [A list of nineteen works, nearly all on Mollusca, is given in .Tourii. of Conch, vol. xiii. pp. 139-40. Excludiuj,' the 'Challenger' luunograph, tlie most important of these is the series ou tho ' Challenger' Mollusca in tho Jouru. Linn. Sue. (Zool.) xiv.-xvii. I878-83.J LIIsNEAN SOCIETY OF LONUOX. 45 June 1st, 1911. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., Tresident, in the Chair. The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting of the 24tli Atay, 1911, were read and confirmed. Mr. Frederick Eyles, the Eev. Hilderic Friend, INTr. Ernest Lee, Miss Ann Cronin llalket, Mr. John Coney Moulton, Mr. John (irahiun Murray, Mr. Frederick Jolui Freshwater Shaw, B.Sc, Mr. Cliarles Waterfall, and Mr. Malcolm AV^ilson, B.Sc, ^^ere elected Fellows. The President announced that he had appointed the following; as Vice-Presidents for the ensuing session : — Sir Frank Crisp, Mr. Horace W. Mouckton, Prof. E. B. Poulton, and Dr. A. B. liendle. Prof. W. A. Heiidma:^ gave an account of the recent occurrence (April 1911) of the minute Dinotiagellate AmpTndinium ojtercu- latum, Clap. & Lachm., at Port Erin in the Isle of Man, in such profusion as to discolour the sand between tide-marks in patches extending on some days for many yards. Ampliidinimn opercu- latuni has been recorded from several places on the coasts of Europe and America, but has apparently not been previously found in Britain. The Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing and Prof. Dendy contributed eome remarks, and the author replied. Dr. A. Smith Woodward gave a general account of tlie Fauna of the Carboniferous Period, so far as it has been discovered in the same deposits as the Carboniferous Flora. I'he Fauna agrees with the Flora in consisting for the most part of highly specialise d representatives of the louer groups, but is singularly modern in some respects. Some of the freshwater and land Mollusca are scax'cely distinguishable from genera still existing. All the Crustaceans are of primitive groups, and some of the most inter- esting are related to Anasj^vhs, which still survives in Tasmania. The Myriapods, Scorpions, and Spiders are similar to those of later date, but a few of the Scorpions retain obvious remnants of the characters of their aquatic ancestors. Limuloids also occur. Insects are numerous, but all belong to the lower groups in which there is no complete metamorphosis, and there are many generalist d types which can scarcely be referred to existing Orders. Cock- roaches are numerous, but have transparent fore-wings. Primitive Dragon-Hies occur, and some of tiiese are the largest known insects, with a span of wings measuring 2 feet. Among Fishes, the spiny AcanthodiaTi Sharks, which are typically Lower Pala'o- zoic, are still found in the Carboniferous Fauna, and are known to have been preyed upon by the higher Fishes. The Pleuracanth 46 puocEEDixas of tup: 8]mrks are cliaracf eristic, of tlio period, and interestinjr ns showing; a more cjiMieralised vertebrate skeleton than any later Fishes. The C'ocldiodont Sharks with grinding teeth appear to be closelv related to the existing Ceslracion, but have many of the (eeth fused into extensive plates. Some of the sharp-toothed Sharks also seem to have had their teeth fused into rigid masses. 'J'he highest Fishes are the Paheoniscida and Phvlysomids, whieh exliihit all the funda- mental characters of the present-day Sturgeons, obscured beneath a normal covering of ganoid head- plates and scales. Large Dipnoan Fishes are numerous, and differ little from Ceratodus, except in showing traces of the separate points of which their denial ]ilates are com|)Osed. Most, important are the Crosso- ])terygian Fishes, of which llhizodxis and Mer/alichiJn/s are typical genera. These Fishes make a closer approach to the earliest lung-breathers than any Fishes which have existed before or since. Lung-breathers were certainly in existence just before the begin- ning of the Carboniferous Period, and all seem to belong to a very primitive group of Amphibia, variously termed Stegocephalia or Labyrinthodontia, in allusion to the complete roofing of their cheeks by bone and to the complicated structure of their teeth. In their possession of supra-temporal plates and often of post- temporal bones, as also in the marking of th(nr superficial bones by the course of the slline-canals, these Amphibians more closely resemble fishes than any later members of the Order. Towards the end of the Carboniferous Period some of the smaller Stego- cephalia, the so-called Microsauria, seem to have passed into true lleptiles very similar to the surviving Sj^henodon or llatieria. A discussion followed, the itndermentioned taking part : — The President, Mr. William Cash (visitor), the Eev. T. 11. E. Stebbing, and Mr. A. O. Walker ; the author replying. June 15tb, 1911. Dr. A. B. Eexdle, F.E.S., Yice-Presideut, in the Chair The ^Minutes of the General Meeting of the 1st June, 1911, were read and confirmed. jNlr. George Herbert Wailes, INliss Freda Bage, ;M.Sc., Mr. Malcolm Wilson, 13. Sc, IMiss Ann Croniii Halket, and Mr, Ernest Lee, B.Sc, were admitted Fellows. INIr. AVilliam Neilson Jones, M.A. (Cantab.), was elected a Fellow. A letter congratulating Sir Joseph Hooiceu on his approaching 94th birthday, was read and signed by the Chairman and the Fellows present. LIXNEAN SOCIETT OF LOIsTDON, 4 7 Professor AV. A. IIebdman referred to his paper at the hist meeting on the abundance of a Peridinium at Port Erin, and stated that he visited tliat locality a few days after ilie said meeting, and found similar markings on the sand, but on the latter occasion it was due to vast numbers of a Diatom, Navicula AnijJiisJxena. Mr. G. H. Wailes, Prof. Dendy, and Mr. J. C. Shenstone contributed some remarks. The following papers were read and discussed : — 1. Miss H. M. CUNNIXGTOX. — The anatomy of Enludus; acofoides, Rich. (Communicated by Pi'of. Percy GtUoom, P.L.S.) 2. Prof. A. D. Imms. — On the life-history of Croce fiJ'tpennis, AVestw. (Communicated by Canon Eoweeu, F.L.8.) 3. Prof. J. J". KiEFFER. — Cynipidse. 4. The same. — Proctotrupoidea. 5. Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell. — Apoidea. fi. Mr. J. C. F. Prykr. — Lepidoptera. 7. Mr. G-. Meade- Waldo. — AV'asps. 8. Mr. J. E. CorxiN.— Borborida^. 9. 'J'he same. — Phorida). 10. Mr. P. \. Theobald. — Culicid?e. (The last eight papers, relating to the fauna of the Seychelles, were communicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, P.E.S., F.L.S.) The first exhibition was by Mr. P. Enock, who showed a series of slides illasti-ating several species of the minute hymenopteron Mymar, especially the recently-discovered M.regalishom. Burnham Beeches. Dr. George Henderson, F.L.S., exhibited a lantern-slide, made from a snapshot of the head of a AVaterbiick, Cohus ellijtsi- prymmis, taken by his son, Mr. Fred. L. Henderson, of the British East African Medical Service, at Nairobi. Mr. AV. Fawcett, F.L.S., showed: — (a) A Parasitic Flowering Plant from Jamaica {Scyhallam jamaicense, Schott & Eudl.). (h) Flowers of Banana (Musa paradisiaca var. snpientum). The cultivated Banana-plant attains its full height before the flowers are formed. The trunk is a hollow cylinder formed by the bases of the leaf-stalks. The flowering-stalk first a])pears as a projection from the tuber into the base of the cylinder. The first flowers are formed while the stalk is quite short, and appa- rently it takes about six weeks for it to grow from the base until it emerges at the apex. The flowers exhibited were taken before emergence. They occur in clusters spirally arranged round the 48 rUOCEEDIVOS OF THE peduncle. The lowest clusters are female flowers ; tlio highest clusters are male flowers, iiefween these two sets of clusters there are very often a few clusters in whirh the ovary is ahoufc half the length of the whole liower; these are prohably not truly hermaphrodite, but neuter. The ovaries of the female flowers become the banana-fruit ; those of the neuter flowers grow into small worthless fruit. The male flowers and bracts are deciduous, and the peduncle continues to lengthen and produce male flowers until the fruit is cut. Dr. iS'i'APF commented on these exhibitions. Mrs. LoxGSTAFF showed a specimen of Brassia caudata, Lindl., in flower, from Jamaica, uhich was followed by remarks from Mr. W. Fawcett and the Chairman. Sir Fr.v>'k Crisp exhibited on behalf of Mr. William Monnis a monstrous proliferation of a Foxglove, in which the terminal flower had attained an extraordinary development. Mrs. Steubing, F.L.S., also showed a very small monstrosity in the same species. Tliese exhibits were discussed by the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Dr. Longstaff (visitor), Miss May Eathbone, and the Chairman. ABSTRACTS. Alien Plants introduced into the Tweed District with Foreign Wool. By Ida M. Hayward, F.L.S. [Read Ist December, 1910.] The subject to which I propose briefly to direct the attention of this meeting is the Alien Plants of the Tweed district. Those shown are a selection out of about 200 alien ])lants which I collected on the banks of the river Tweed and its tributary the G-ala in the course of the last three or four years. Three of them were gathered when acconipariied by ^Ir. James Fraser of Edin- burgh, and two of them when accompanied by Mr. Claridge Druce of Oxford. It is, however, proper to add that reference has been made to the major portion of them in the course of tlie present and past year in the ' Annals of Scottish Natural History' and the Botanical Exchange Club Report of the British Isles. Tlie reason of the plants beiug found on the banks of the Tweed and (iala is interesting. The sta])le industry in that localiry is the manufacture of wool into cloth. The wool is brought from LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 49 the Colonies and various foreign countries, and in it is entangled a variety of seeds. In the process of \vashing the wool the seeds are swept into the river, and some of them, deposited on the shingle or on the banks of the river, germinate and grow into more or less hardy plants. In this way plants that ai-e natives of Australia, IS'ew Zealand, Cape Colony, South America, and other foreign countries are seen to be growing side by side with plants of the British Flora. Erodium Botrys, Bert. No. 1 specimen. A South European species. There are a great many European species of Erodium by the river-banks and on mill waste-heaps. Medicago precox, DC. No. 2 specimen. This geuus, like the Erodium, is a very common one in the Tweed district. Eight different species have been collected ; the species now exhibited, however, has not hitherto been recorded. The history of this Medicago is interesting. Originally a South European species, it has become widely spread in Argentina. The Spaniards, in the sixteenth century, introduced into that country some of their domesticated sheep which probably carried some fruits of the Medicago with them. The seeds, finding there a congenial soil, have flourished and now come back to Europe and to the Tweedside in bales of wool. The fruits are also found iu the wool of Australia and other colonies, and probably also have a similar origin. The fruits, or burrs as they are locally called, are very detrimental to the wool. This, however, is overcome to some extent by the following process, which is now much practised in the manu- facturing districts of this country and on the Continent. The rind of the burrs is carbonised by a weak solutiou of sulphuric acid, and then subjected to a dry heat of about ISO degrees. Tlie burrs are then pulverised by heavy rollers and blown out by strong fans. The seeds themselves are uninjured by this process or even by being boiled in the process of dyeing. T'illcEa VaiUaniii, Willd. Specimen Xo. 3. Native of France and Spain. Plentiful for two successive years. It has stalked flowers and their parts are in fours, while in Tilloia muscosa the parts are in threes, and the flower sessile. The genus Helipterum^ of which I have specimens of three different species, Nos. 6, 7, 8, Ilelipterum corimhijlorum, Schlecht., JleUpterum Jloribundum, DC, Hdipterum hgaloitpermum, F. von Mueller, is perhaps the most interesting of these alien plants. This geuus has hitherto been unrecorded for Great Jiritain, and 3'et has been found growixig as' far nortli as the banks of the LINN. SOC. PKOCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1910-11. e 50 PROCEEDINGS OF Tlin Tweed, It is nearly ivllird to I/clichrifmnu, an everlasting flower. JltHl>ttrum (litTers liy liaviiijr tlie liairs of tlie pappus plumose instead oi pilose. IS'atives of JSouth Ai'rica and Australia. Coliila fiiisfrdJis, Hook. f. Ko. 0. These 1 have found in ])lenty six miles down the river at Melrose for two successive years. It is a perennial, a native of Australia and New Zealand, invariahly following sheep. Cenia turhinata, Pers., var. concohr. No. 10. In variety concolor the rays are yellow on both sides, in the type they are white above and reel on the lower surface. An hitherto unrecorded genus for Britain, but a commoa weed throughout Cape Colony. Smecio lanius, Forster. No. 11. I have noticed *SV»ef/o lantus for three years. It is a handsome perennial plant and grows in abundance on the banks of the Gala and Tweed to a height of 2 feet. A native of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. EritricMum mtsiralasicum, A. DC. No. 13. One small patch of the above endemic Australian species was found in moist alkivium near the junction of the Gala and Tweed, and was an unrecorded genus for ]3ritain. Airiplex sjwnr/iosa, F. von Mueller. No. 14. The berry-like spongy fruit of plants found at Tweedside turned from pale green to dull red. I have noticed the testa comes off, leaving the inner membrane with ripe seeds. It may be at this stage the seeds adhere to the wool. Sheep are very fond of AtrlpUw sjwvr/iosa : Maiden, in his ' Useful Plants of Aus- tralia,' tells us "it is a useful salt bush for culture." It may be found through a great part of Central Australia, extending to the West Coast and also South Australia. Dei/euxia retrofracta (Wiild.), Druce, No. 18. This very conuuon, but variable Australian species is referred to by Maiden as Toothed Bent Grass. It produces a large quantity of sweet fodder in damp localities and is valuable for pastures. It is (>ssentiall}f a winter grass, dying out on the approach of summer, and is eaten w hen young. Its pointed seeds are very injurious to wool. It seeds in September and October. The reinainiug specimens exhibited are : — Daucws hrachiatus, Sieber. No. 4. A native of Australia. Erifjcron linlfoIii(S, Willd. No. 5. A native of Australia, South America, commoii in China and Ceylon. i:ienecio hrachyfjlossus, F. von Mueller. A native of Australia. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 51 Rumex Broivnii, Camp. No. 15. A native of Ausfralia nnd said to thrive in every place where sheep have been *. I have found it growing for three years in abundance by the banks of the Gala and Tweed. Ar/rostis lachnantha, Nees. No. 16. A native of South Africa and Abyssinia. Polypogon linearis. Triu. No. 17. A Chilian species. I have to accord my warmest thanks to the authorities of the Herbaria of Kew and the British Museum, to Mr. Gr. Claridge Druce, to ProF. Bayley Balfour, and Mr. James Fraser of Edin- burgh, for kindly helping to name and verify tliese plants. II. Reports on the luternational Congress of Bolanists, held at Brussels in May 1910. [Presented 15th December, 1910.] Dr. O. Stapp introduced his report on the International Botanical Congress, held at Brussels between May 14-22 of the present year, with a short account of the working programme of the Congress as it arose out of the decisions of the last International Botanical Congress which met at Vienna in 1905 and the disposi- tions of the Belgian Bureau. There were altogether 5 sections. Sections I. and II. were charged with the discussion and codifica- tion of the special arrangements necessary with respect to the nomenclature of fossil and non-vascular plants on account of their special nature. Tacked on to them were two propositions dealing with an extension of the list of ' nomina conservanda ' for phanerogams and vascular cryptogams, adopted at Vienna. Section III. was reserved to ' phytogeographical nomenclature.' Section IV. was to deal with bibliography and botanical documen- tation, and Section V. with botanical instruction. Sections I. and II. continued the work of the Vienna Congress in so far as it concerned nomenclature. Section III. was the result of the deliberations of a new Commission appointed by the Vienna Congress. The other two sections were added by the; Belgian Bureau. The Liunean Society appointed five delegates for the Congress with a view to have the different departments concerned in the discussion on taxonomic nomenclature as far as possible repre- sented. The delegates were Messrs. Arber (fossil plants). Cotton (Alg?e, Licliens, and Fungi), Gepp (Musci and Ifepaticse), Henry Groves and Dr. Stapf (Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams, * Eentham, ' Florci of AuBtralia,' vol. v. p. 203. e2 52 PROCEEDINGS OF THE and Mr. 11. Groves, 1 he latter also for Characea?). Phytogeograpby was not taken espi-cially into account, as JMr. Tansley, the delegate of the CambridLje I'hilosopliical tSociety, joined Section 111. As to Sections IV. and V. no special steps were taken, and as their meetings mostly coincided in time with those of Sections I., 11., and Hi., the delegates of the Society did not take part iu their deliberations. Dr. Stapf reported then especially on the decisions concerning the nomenclature of phanerogams and vascular cryi)togam8. A number of propositions of a general character, and insofar touch- ing the nomenclature of phanerogams and vascular cryptogams, had been submitted to the Permanent Bureau on Nomenclature, but they were automatically cut out by the decision of the Bureau not to reopen the discussion on poiuts decided at Vienna. Thus the only serious subject to decide upon was the question whether and to what extent the list of ' nomina conservanda ' was to be added to. There were two lists of addenda proposed — one of phanerogamic genera, the other of fern genera and fern allies. The object of their promoters was to restrict as far as possible the replacement of well-known and generally used names by obscure ones ou the ground of the strict application of the rule of priority. As iu certain cases the changes had already been made since 1905 and they had found their way into floras and text- books, a compromise was accepted by which those changes were recognised, but further changes barred by putting a considerable number of threatened genera ou the list of ' nomina conservanda.^ Among the names thus saved were, for instance, Fersea and Ter- miiialia, genera including a great many species, and Wehviischia and Selaghiella. Mr. Henet Groves followed with some remarks on the question of taxonomy as affecting local floras, and the fact tliat little had to be altered in Characea). He also paid a wiirm tribute to the masterly manner in which Dr. Briquet discharged his duties as * Eapporteur gene'ral.' Mr. A. Gepp reported thus : — In contributing to tlie report ou the International Congress of Botanists at Brussels, I l)eg to express my thanks to the Society for the honour they conferred upon me by including me among their delegates. The Congress was attended by many distin- guished botanists, whom it was a pleasure to see, and whom otherwise one might never come across. The work of the Congress covered a very wide field, but owing to the thorough carefuhiess with which the matters for discussion had been sifted and prepared beforehand by the permanent Com- mittee, and to the diligence and determination of the honorary presidents, vice-presidents, and secretaries, the agenda were carried through and settled point by point with business-like celerity at the meetings. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOKDOX. 53 Tliough interested in the welfare of the Cryptogams as a whole, I was specially interested in the nomenclature of the Algfe, Mosses, Hepatics, and Ferns. The points to be settled by tlie Congress were these : — Whether the noniencLature of the Cellnlnr Crypto- gams would start from Liniiajus's ' Species Plantarum,' Edition I. (1753), thus bricging them into line with tlie Vascular Plants, which occupied the attention of the Vienna Congress in 1905 ; or whetlier the various groups of Cryptogams should have separate starting-points of later date. In the event it was decided that some of the groups should date from Linnteus's ' Species Plant- arum ' (1753), viz. : — Myxomycetes, Licheues, ITepatica-, Sphng- nacete, and the main group of tlie Alga?. On the other hand, the Pungi are to start partly from Pries's ' Systema Mycologicum ' (1821-32), and partly "from Persoon's 'Synopsis Pungorum ' (1801). The remainder of the Algce, broken up into small groups, are to start from various dates, and some are left over for con- sideration at the next Congress (London, 1915). The Mosses (Musci veri) are to date from Hedwig's ' Species Muscorum ' (1801). The reason for selecting works of post-Linnean date as starting- points for some of the groups of Cryptogams is that there is considerable doubt as to what plants Linnaeus meant by the names and descriptions in his ' Species Plantarum.' It sometimes happens, for instance, that his description represents one species, while the plate cited figures another species, and the specimen found in his herbarium is a third and different species. It was to avoid basing the Mosses upon such uncertain types that the proposal was made to select Hedwig's ' Species Mus- corum ' (1801) as starting-point for the Musci veri. Por Hedwig was the first to discern generic values and relationships among the Mosses, and to investigate and figure their morphology with a microscope (a primitive one though it was). His ' Species Muscorum ' is an epitome of his previous works ; and his type- specimens are still in existence. Similarly, it would have been v^ell to make the Hepaticse and Lichenes start, not from Linna^us's 'Species Plantarum ' (1753), where, indeed, they are included under the Algte, but from the works of some post-Linnean specialists. For instance. Sir William J.Hooker's 'British Jungermannise ' (1812-16) is the real starting-point of hepaticology, and only fails to qualify through not treating of the Marchantiacea), Ricciacea?, Anthocerotaceao. And for the Lichenes the book that suggests itself is Acharius's ' Lichenographia Universalis ' (1810). The types of these two authors are either in existence or for the most part are compre- hensible. But in the absence of any definite proposal, the Congress could hardly do otherwise than leave the Hepaticae and Lichenes on the Linnean starting-line. In the case of the Alga), the proposals for giving the main group a less antiquated starting- point were defeated. However, the actual starting-point may perhaps not be of vital 54 PU0CEED1XG8 OF THE importance ; for the Congress made the wise provision of appoint- ing for each group of Cryptogams a special Committee, whose duty it is to prepare and consider hsts of ^ nomhm conservanda^ to be suhmitted to the next Congress (London, lUJS). This should put the nomenclature of the various groups upon a satisfactory and stahle hagis, and will give an opportunity for eliminating undesirable factors, as, for example, the name JumjeniHinniu, \\ iiich in Linnieus's ' Species Planlarum ' represents, not a genus, but a whole family of heterogeneous genera. JuiKjermannia can be discarded, just as Lichen, as a genus-name, has been long discarded by universal consent. A word now as to the Ferns and Fern-allies. These, as decided at the Vienna Congress (19U5), start from Linnaeus's ' .Species Plantarum.' An attempt was made at the recent Brussels Congress to establish a list of ' nomina conservanda ' for some twelve genera of ferns which otherwise will pass out of use : the most interesting of these are Kephrodium and Selajjlnella. The proposal was, however, rejected by a strong opposition on the plea of practical convenience ; for a complete and appropriate scheme of fern-nomenclature has been carefully elaborated by Christensen in his 'Index Filicum ' (1905-6), a book that is evervw here accepted and is in full accord with the laws of priority. Let it be the standard, and there will be no more wrangling over fern-names. It should be added, however, that the Congress decided to maintain the name Selaginella in place of Stachij- (/i/nandrum and other earlier synonyms. Further, it is interesting to note about Nephrodlum, that upon its acceptance or rejection depeiided the fate of some 800 species. These have now been transferred by Christensen and others \o Drijopteris,^ genus which however does not deserve its position. For recently it has been pointed out by Niewland in the ' American Midland Naturalist ' that Schmidel in his ' Icones Plantarum ' employed the name Thdifpteris for the same group of ferns a year before Adanson proposed Dryopieris, and that Schmidel has given in illustration an unmistakable figure of the Marsh-fern (Xejjhrodium TheUjpteris). It would appear, then, that the 800 species will now have to be transferred to Thelypttris, unless Dnjopteris should be put among the ' genera conservanda.' Mr. A. D. Cotton then explained that the following dates were adopted as the starting-points for the nomenclature of the Cellular Cryptogams : — Alg^. Linnjeus, Species Plantarum, 1753 ; with the following excep- tions : — Desmidiacea?. Ealfs, British Desmidiacea?, 1848. Oedogoniacea;. llirn, Monographic der Oedogoniaceen, 1900. LIXNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON". 55 Cyanophyceae. Bornet & Flahault, Revision des Nosto- cacees heterocystees, 1880-S ; and Gomont, Monograpliie des Oscillariees (Nostocacees homocystees), 1892-3. Diatomacea?, Chroococcaceae, and Flagellatea) were postponed till the next Congress. Fungi. Fries, Systema Mycologicuui, 1821-1832 ; with the followiug exceptions : — Uredineie, Ustilagineae, and Gasteromycetes, which start from Persoon, Synopsis Fungorum, 1801. Lichens. Linnteus, Species Plautaruin, 1753. MrXOMYCEXES. Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, 1753. Committees were appointed to prepare lists of ' genera conser- vanda ' for the AlgcB, Fungi, and Lichens. For Fungi with a pleomorphic life-cycle, it was decided to adopt the oldest name applied to the perfect stage of the fungus, provided that in other respects it conform to the rules. Mr. E. A. N. AiiBEE not being present, and no delegate having been present at the Section on Pliytogeographical Nomenclature (admirably summarised in the ' New Phytologist,' ix. uos. 6 & 7, pp. 2G0-262), Dr. Stapf resumed his address, stating that: — The propositions concerning fossil plants led in one particular point to a somewhat lively discussion. This was with respect to the admission of diagnoses or descriptions not in Latin, but in one of the four modern tongues, Euglish, French, German, or Italian. It was in the end decided that descriptions of fossil plants might be in a modern language, but they should always be accompanied by a Latin diagnosis. As starting-point Linuseus's ' Species Plantarum,' 1753, was adopted for fossil plants; but in order to reduce the changes arising from that rule to a minimum, a list of ' nomina conservanda ' will have to be drawn up, including generic names of living plants which otherwise — as, for instance, BucJdandia — would have to give way to old generic names of fossil plants, and generic names of fossil plants which are homo- nyms of synonyms of recent plants. 56 PROCEEDIKGS OF THE III. 2nd February, 1911. (a) Tub General Secretary, Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, gave tlie following history of the portrait of Carl von Liiino painted by Alexander Ivoslin, with s^jine further remarks ou the Laplaud drum in the ilolfman portrait. lie pointed out that there are three portraits of the great Swede known to be painted by lloslin, two of them busts and one a tliree-quarter length. They have been termed by Prof. Tycho Tullberg, the icouogi'apher of Linne, (1) the Stockholm, (ii) the Grij)sholm, and (3) the Versailles portraits ; nos. 1 and 2 re- epeetively form plates 13 and 12 of TuUberg's ' Linneportratt ' ajid are excellently reproduced ; no. 3 in the same work is a half- tone reproduction which leaves much to be desired. He had, therefore, after much trouble and delay succeeded in getting afresli photograph taken (Plate), and accompanied it with the following acco\uit of its origin, so far as now ascertainable. Linne in his 'Egenh. Auteck.' p. 08, says: — " llerr Eoslin who takes lUOO plutar (about <£165) of others, is doing Linne's portrait gratis and so excellently that nothing can be more like ; all the others are somewhat unlike." In a letter to his intimate friend Biick at Stockholm, Linne says: — "Will my brother [i.e. Biick] should he meet liosliu, who has not his equal in the world, be so good as to ask when I should come? Think how extremely generous he was to promise to paint my head gratis, though he charges from 7000 to SOOO dalers (about £100 to £182) for each portrait, and that he promised me the first time I had the fortune to meet him. God grant that he may not repent. It would be a reason for me once more during life to see Stockholm." This letter is undated, but Prof. Fries states it was certainly written in November 1774 (see Bref och Skrifv. v. p. 222). In a later letter, ot" the 18th November, he continues, " My colleagues want to have me with them in Stockliolm, when they will present the first book t)f their Bible version, but lectures, presidency, cold winds, and old age prevent me, though I should like to come, if Eoslin the great portrait jiainter has time to do me the I'avour be has so kindly jiromised" (lb. p. 223); and four days later, "If I keep well, 1 will come to Stockholm to enjoy the signal and valuable favour our great lloslin offered me so innocently " (lb. p. 22-1). It is certain that Linne journeyed to Stockholm, probably a few months later, in 1775, when the portrait was painted. Which of the three portraits specified above veas the original is not easy to decide, for Koslin took it with him to Paris. At the beginning he evidently did not contemplate this, but on so deciding he applied to the secretary of the Royal Academy of Science, P. Wargontin, who seems to have taken Linne's opinion upon the Proc. Linn. Soc, 1910-1911. Plate {to face p. 56). CARL VON LINNE. i LIKIVEAN SOCIFTY OF LONDON. 57 project, for Linne replies to "SVargentin, 17th Sept., 1775 : " Tbrough my being at llammarby 1 only received the post to- day, ilerr Eoslin has done the portrait gratis, so that he was at liberty to dispose of it, even without my wish, but he has thereby done me double favour, for it was only painted for posterity, and can never be better copied than in Paris ; give him my respectful thanks, if he is still [in Stockholm] and say that 1 am doubly indebted to him." This letter shows that the reason why Eoslin wanted to carry off the portrait, was to copy it in Paris, where he was permanently settled. It is perfectly certain that the portrait which now belongs to the Versailles gallery was painted complete in Sweden, for it was very accurately copied by Lorenz Pasch the younger ; and as he seems never to have left Sweden after his return from abroad in 1766, the copy must have been made in that country, so that lloslin's original must have been then complete. Nothing more was heard about the portrait till after Linne's death early in 1778, and the news seems to have stirred Eoslin up to carry out his promise to give a copy to the family of Liiine and to the Eoyal Academy of Science. In September of that year, the Academy debated upon some talk which the painter had with some of the membei's, that he was to get one of the most skilful of the Paris engravers to engrave the portrait of his fellow- countryman which he had painted. It was to cost 1000 livres (£'39 15s. Od.), and Eoslin asked whether the Academy would pay this on condition of receiving the plate and the whole of the impression, which it was thought would readily sell, and be eagerly sought after by the whole of the learned world, so that not only would the outlay be recouped, but that the Academy would benefit. The Academy took this view gladly and gave instructions to the Secretary accordingly. A letter of the 12th May, 1779, fronx Eoslin was read in the meeting of the 2nd June, in which he stated, that the copper was now ready with 500 copies printed, and 150 of these were sent by Herr Sergei [the Swedish sculptor]. The remainder might be sold in Paris and elsewhere for 2 livres ( = ls. "d.) apiece. Besides the cost of the plate, 80 livres [=<£8] had been spent for paper and printing. " The actual portrait which Herr Eoslin made for himself, he offers to present to the Academy. All this delighted the Academy, but the determination as to the disposal of the 150 copies was postponed, till they should arrive." In a letter to the younger Linne dated 19th July, 1779, AVargentin says : — " Of the late Hr. Archiater's portrait engraved on copper, 150 copies have come. It is extraordinarily beautiful, and like, although the Archiater is represented younger and plumper than he was during the last years. It has cost the Academy 3600 dalers in copper (about <£83)." This refers to Bervic's engraving, a copy of which was shown at the meeting held on the 21st July : "All present found it extremely well done, but were of various opinions as to the more or less likeness to our lamented Linne. The Academy decided to present copies to the widow and 58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE son, ITr. "Biick and Hr. Sergei, Init that the rest should be sold to the member.s iiiul otliers at hull' a Kiksdaler apiece (about 2.s. '3(1.)." On the same occasion a letter from Jiosliii was read, in w Inch lie oiTered the portrait it selt'. "The Secretary received instructions to thank him in the choicest language for this offer, which had been received by the Academy with the greatest pleasure." As soon as the younger Linne received the print, he wrote to Wargentin: — "1 thank you most obediently for the specimen of my late father's portrait, of which I have given my mother hers. It is extremely beautiful and well engraved ; it is a pity that it appears so tilled out, otherwise it would probably have been more like. Each time I look at it, at the first moment it seems wholly like, but that disappears directly I look longer at it. What about the Eoslin portrait? Can it be got back? It would be most suitable if it were in the same building [the University] where both the Rudbec-ks were formerly." "When this was written the writer was probably unaware that a canvas had already been given to the Academy, and the picture he asked about was that which Roslin took with him to Paris. In a later letter, also to AVargentin, he says : — " That my late father's ])ortrait has been given by Eoslin to the Eoyal Academy, I can never say anv thing against, but am thereat extremely pleased." ¥rom this it would seem that the younger Linne, when he heard that Roslin had presented a portrait to the Academy, and when he did not get back that which Eoslin carried ofP, thought the latter should haTig in the University, for he could not object to another portrait being given to the Academy, of which, it must be remembered, Linne was one of the founders, its first president, and for 20 3'ears its secretary. As regards the three Eoslin canvases. Prof. Tullberg comes to the following conclusion : — Eoslin offered Linne when he met him to paint his portrait gratuitously for his own sake, possibly also with an idea of painting a replica to exhibit in Paris. He then painted the three-quarter length, which Linne saw and admired. Afterwards the idea just alluded to took a more detinite shape, and as during his visit to Sweden he was unable to make the copy, he took it with him to Paris after getting Linno's permission, 'i'here it remained and nothing was done, and only after Linne's death in January 3 778, did he begin to think about it. Eoslin therefore did not trouble to paint a complete replica, but kept the original and pleased himself by painting a head-aud-shoulders, which he suggested to the E. Academy should be engraved, a suggestion gladly received. It was this which he gave to the Academy ; the latter, knowing that Eoslin had promised the portrait to Lijinc, asked his son if he had any objection to the Academy accepting it, upon which he replied, that he " was very pleased therewith." Eoslin, however, considered he was bound to carry out the promise made to Linne, and therefore painted the '' Gripsholm " portrait for the family. It belonged to them until it was bought by Gustaf II L and placed in the palace of Gripsholm, but when, it is uncertain, LINSTEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 59 though it must have been before 1792, when he was assassinated by Aukarstrom. It cannot be maiutained that this is a mere copy of the upper part of the Versailles' portrait, for the position of the shoulders varies, the coat is of velvet, not silk, the necktie has another form, and a spray of Linncea is placed in the button-hole, instead of the hand, which does not appear in the smaller canvas. In general the latter agrees with the Stockholm portrait : it seems probable that the (iripsholm portrait was painted first, possibly as a sketch ; it might have been done in Sweden, or after the painter's return to Paris. It may therefore be assumed that the "Versailles portrait was painted in Sweden, and is the original picture ; it was copied by Pasch very soon afterwards, and disappeared from sight after being exhibited at the Salon, till its reappearance fifty years ago. It is possible that the Gripsholm portrait was painted also iu Sweden, but the Stockholm picture must certaiidy have been produced in Paris at a later period. As the Versailles portrait is practically unknown in this country, tVie following details are taken from Prof. Tullberg's volume. It was shown at the Salon in Paris in 1770, and came by purchase to A'er.sailles before 18G1, and is numbered 4514. It has suffered bad treatment, and was restored some years since. "When it was being cleaned, it was discovered that the painting bore traces of the cross of the Polar Star, which had previously escaped notice, and since then it has been very unhappdy painted in, the crown being omitted, and the cross placed flat on the ribbon, instead of the true method of suspension. This explains why, in a series of photographs issued in 1897, the decoration is wanting ; but it was l)resent in 1906, as shown in a later photograph possessed by Prof. Tuliberg. The account given by Dr. "W. Carruthers in our ' Proceedings,' 1905-6, pp. 67-68, set out the facts then available regarding the Pasch copy, but more recent information has rendered that account somewhat incorrect, as may be inferred from the foregoing narrative. It may be restated thus : — Uno von Troil (1746-1803) was the son of an archbishop of Upsala, who, alter taking his degree as Fhilosophue Maltster, went on a foreign tour, during which he accompanied Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander to Iceland, iu 1770, and on his return to Sweden published his ' Bref rcirande en resa till Island,' which aroused great attention. He met Eoslin in Paris in 1771, and was there- fore an acquaintance of the painter when he revisited his native country in 1774-5. Von Troil became a court-chaplain in 1775, and it seems practically certain that lie then induced Eoslin to allow Pasch to make a copy of what we have termed the Versailles portrait as a present to Sir Joseph Banks. It remained iu Banks's possession till his death in 1820, when it passeil to Eobert Brown, under the proviso of Banks's will, that the household furniture in the Soho Sqtiare establishment should pass to Brown, upon Lady Banks ceasing to reside there after her husband's death. Brown Co PnoCEEDINGS OF THE was President of the Liimean Society from 1S49 to 1853, and upon his retiring from the Cliair, he presented the Pusch copy of tlie Liunean portrait to the Society, Q>) Tn the second and more detaihxl account f>iven by !Mr. (now Dr.) AVilliam Carruthers* of tlie various portraits known of Linne, lie lias recorded his belief that the frontispiece to the ' Flora hipponiea' represents the autlior himself, with a Lapland drinn on his knees, which, it is suggested, is a press for drying plants (Proc. 1905-6, p. 60). I am myself forced to regard the whole frontis- piece as representing the country and its inliahitants, some of the objects as drawn by Linne, others, such as the mountains, as imaginetl by the Dutch artist. The figure in the foreground is a Lapp in front of liis tent, with the magic drum on his knees, some small stones on the stretched skin, and a forked instrument to set tlie membrane in vibration and cause the stones to move on to certain representations of deities and objects of every-day life, by which the future might be forecast. These drums were formerly common amongst the Lapps, but the Swedish missionaries discouraged their preservation as savouring of superstition, and large numbers were destroyed. The ultimate fate of Linne's specimen seems unknown ; he had it with him in Amsterdam, when the full- length canvas was painted by M. Hoffman. Prof. Tullberg, on the authority of Prof. K. B. Wiklund, has given in his 'Linneportratt/ p. 92, the following explanation of the designs drawn upon the drum in the lloli'man portrait, as also the text-ligure here reproduced, slightly reduced in size. The drum consisted of an oval frame of wood over w hich was stretched a skin, upon which many figures were drawn ; it was used by the Lapps to search out hidden matters, which was done by placing stones or other small objects on tlie drum-skin, which was then thrown into vibration by means of a fork-like instrument, which * Troc. Liiiu. Soc. IttUo-G, p. 60. LIJ7NEA??" SOCIETY OF LONDOX. 6 1 was called the hammer. Naturally the objects on the membrane changed places on the skin, and by their incidence upon the respective figures, the future «as foretold. The figures on the drum are thus identified : — 1. The sun with its beams in four directions, 2. Eeindeer paddock (?), 3. Lapp tent, 4. Reindeer, 5-8. Deities, 9. The sacrifice, 10. Boat, 11. Reindeer, 12. Road to peasant's cottage, 13-15. Lapp divinities or uorns. 16. Road with 4 human figures, 17. Reindeer enclosure (?), 18. The kingdom of the dead, 19. Magician with drum. The remainder of the picture shows other Lapps hunting, boating, driving in reindeer sleighs, with the sun in its course visible throughout the entire twenty-four hours, and apparently about 3 A.M. judging from its ])osition, a Lapp storehouse on poles, and sundry other indications of their wandering life. lY. March 2, 16, and May 4, 1911. The terms Poltzoa and Bryozoa. (a) The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing made the following remarks : — Like tlie suit of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, the conti-oversy between the terms Polyzoa and Bryozoa seems almost interminable. An attempt to settle it ought to be welcome. For this purpose it is desirable to confront the arguments on each side. Tlie late Mr. Busk, in his monograph of the Crag Polyzoa, 1859, after mentioning that Milue-Edwards had proposed to distinguieh this group from the hydroid polyps by the name of ' Polypes tuuiciers,' goes on to say: — "Another independent observer, how- ever, Dr. John Y. Thompson, of Cork, was also at work on the same vsubject, the results of wliose researches, apparently commenced in 1S20, were not published till December 1830, in the first part of his ' Zoological Researches and Illustrations.' He, like M. Milne- Edwards, recognising the close atPinities presented in the structui'o of the animals to that of tlie compound Ascidians, was the first to propose for them an nppellation wholly independent of their former incongruous allies, the hydroid ' Polypes.' The term he emj)l()yed was ' Polyzoa,' it ' being applied,' as he says, ' to a distinct class of Polypes hitherto in great measure confounded with the llvdroida.' But it is to be remarked that he used the word in the singular number, so that the plural term, ' Polyzoa,' as now employed, though etymologically more correct, is not in reality synonymous with that of Dr. J. Y. Thompson. This fact, which appears to have been strangely overlooked till 1852, may fairly enough be used as an argument in their favour by those who are inclined to prefer the Ehrenbergian term 'Bryozoa.' But as this preference, which is still extensively prevalent, more especially on the Continent, is based simply on thesupposed priorily of Profesfor Ehreuberg's appellation, 62 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE a cliiim which has been shown to be wholly untenable, it is scarcely likelv that liritish iiiituralists will refuse the honour justly clue to Dr. .1. V. Thoni])son, for what can scarcely perhaps be regarded as a sudu'ient reason." In a footnote Busk refers to his own article " On the Priority of the Term ' Polyzoa ' for the Ascidian Polypes " (Ann. Nat. Hist. 2iid series, vol. x. p. 352, 1852). He there convincingly shows that Deci'inber 1830 (date of Polyzoa) is earlier than March 1831 (first nieTitionof Bryozoa). But he is apparently unaware how the import- ance of this undeniable fact is undermined by other considerations. J. Vaughan Thompson was a man of renown who dimmed the lustre of his researches by his confused manner of expounding them. The fifth memoir of his ' Zoological Eesearches,' which is here in question, is entitled " On Polyzoa, a new animal discovered as an inhabitant of some Zoophites, with a description of the newly instituted Genera of PediceUaria and Vesicularia." At p. 94, Thompson says : — " This new animal, the Polyzoa, was subsequently found in Sertidaria Cuscuta, Sjnnosa, and Pustidosa." At p. 90, he says : — " The discovery of the Polyzoa was made in the summer of 1820; during the subsequent and following seasons, an exactly similar structure was noticed in the other species above enumerated, and in a new type which perhaps merits to be distin- guished as a separate genus, under the title of PediceUaria." It thus appears that Polyzoa and Bryozoa are not really com- parable, the latter being of ordinal and the former of generic value. Now, according to Scudder's 'Nomenclator Zoologicns,' Polyzoa was instituted by Lesson as amolluscan genus inl830,while,accordingto Cuvier's ' Kegne Animal,' vol. iii. p. 385 (1830), Lesson's ' J\Lanuel de rilist. des Mollusques ' was in fact published in 1829, so that Thompson's Polyzoa, published in December 1830, was void by preoccupation. Note on J. V. Thompson's use of the term " Polyzoa." By Prof. W. A. Hebdman, F.R.S., F.L.S. I HAVE read with much interest the report of the remarks made by the Kev, T. R. R. Stebbing, at the last meeting of the Society, in regard to the use of the term " Polyzoa " in the title of one of the papers then communicated to the meeting. There are several distinct points that can be raised in the controversy as to the use of the terms "Bryozoa" and "Polyzoa." The only one that I desire to remark upon now is Mr. Srebbing's contention that Dr. J. Vaughan Thompson, in his publication of December, 1830, intended to use the term "Polyzoa" as a generic title, and that as such the name was pre-occupied by Lesson's institution of a Molluscan genus in 1829. I am sorry that an examination of ,T. V. Thompson's 5th Memoir, in the 4th part of his 'Zoological Researches and Illustrations,' leaves me unable to agree with Mr. Stebbing that Tliompson used "Polyzoa" as a generic name. Several passages in the memoir seem to me to show clearly that LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDON^. 63 the author was arguing that sets of species included under several different genera, and even distinct families, had the structure which he was describing under the term" Polyzoa" and, therefore, ought to be removed from the groups with which they had previously been associated. For example, after saying that some of the Sertularian Zoophytes would require to be so removed, " as well as such other genera [italics mine] as may hereafter be found similarly circumstanced," he goes on (Mem. 5, p. 92) to say : — " 1 shall merely indicate here in a general way the whole of the Flustraceae, in many of which I have clearly ascertained tlie .animals to be Polyzose." Surely this indicates that he recognised that whole families and genera \\ould find their proper places in his new group ? Then again, on page 97, he refers some of the species of *' Sertularia " (which, by the way, from another passage he evidently regards as a "Family"), in which he has found the animals to be Polyzoa, " to one genus " ; but that does not mean one genus " Polyzoa," for, a few lines below, he proposes the name " Yesieularia " for this genus, showing clearly that he did not regard his term "Polyzoa" as a generic title, and that Vesicularia was only one set of species in the larger assemblage Polyzoa which he was creating. Thompson was in the habit of printing a generic name at the foot of each of his plates — such as Nebalia, Noctihica, etc., in previous Parts of his 'Zoological Eesearches,' —and below the plates of this "Polyzoa" memoir we find the name " Vesicularia," as one would expect from the text. It is clear then, on all these grounds, that he did not regard " Polyzoa" as a genus. Finally, in the last paragraph of this paper (p. 100) he says : — "Time and more accurate observations will no doubt add many more species to the above genera, etc." That is, genera of which he had demonstrated the Polyzoon structure or nature. It is therefore obvious that he could not and did not regard the whole assemblage of such genera as one genus to which he was applying the term " Polyzoa," as Mr. Stebbing would apparently have us believe. In short, I consider that John Vaughan Thompson knew what he was about, and that although in places his language is a little quaint his meaning is clear : that he was the first to recognise the essential points in Polyzoon structure, as seen, for example, in the genus Vesicularia, or in the larger group " Flustracea," and that he described and figured these adequately in December, 18,'30, in a memoir entitled " On Polyzoa," etc. The very title of his memoir shows that he did not [)ut Polyzoa forward as the name of a genus, since it cites PedircUaria and Vesicidaria as the two new genera he is placing in the larger group Polyzoa. Is that clear recognition and demonstration of a group of allied genera collectively named " Polyzoa " invalidated by the fact that Lesson a few months before applied the term Polyzoa to a genus of Tunicata ? March lltli, 1911. W. A. IIeUDMAN. 64 PnOCKEDINGS OF TUB On Jonx VxconAN TnoMrsox and liis Polyioa, and on Vaun- thonipsonia, a genus of Sympoda. By the Rev. T. li. li. iSiJiuuiNG, M.A., IMl.S., F.L.S. John Vaughan TuowrsoN was born in 1779 and died in 1847. The Ijiniean Society with prophetic instinct elected him a Fellow on Fehniary Cth, 1810. It would be an honourable thinj^ to romniemorate that centenary by a re-issue of his writing*, which are small in compass, dilliiMilt to obtain, but of great historic interest and value. In 1830 he made a pathetic appeal to the scientific world to furnish liim with a hundred and iifty .subscribers, as (lis private income would no longer bear the sacrifice till then entailed by the publication of his reseiirches. lie had good reason to be proud of his " discoveries," though he may not have been the first to make them. That is the lot of all discoverers, as CoUimbus, for example, in finding the New World found it already peopled by men who had known it before he was born. None the less, Vaughan Thompson was a foremost leader in proving that cirripedes ( Thyrostraca) are crustaceans and that crustaceans as a rule pass through metamorphic stages, lie was also undeniably in the vanguard of those who proved that the term Zoophytes had been used to cover a mixture of animals superficially alike but essentially different in structure. In regard to this latter part of his investigations, a curious terminological dispute or difference of usage has arisen. While practically all Contiiiental and American writers speak of a class Bryozoa, a very distinguished section of British experts apply the name Polyzoa to a class identically the same. Possibly the arguments in favour of either term may be so evenly balanced that after discussion we shall leave off where we began, each side thinking that it has had the better in the controversy and applying to those of the opposite opinion the French proverb " Chacuii a son gont,"or,as sometimes amplified, "Chaeun a son vilain gout."' On the one hand, then, it may be urged that no confusion can arise from the retention uf both the terms. They have become perfectly familiar as equivalents. Some writers even head their treatises " Bryozoa or Polyzoa," as though it were a matter of complete indifference, and perhaps wishing to insinuate to the disputants " a plague on both your houses." Further, it is clear that the names of classes and orders have never been subject to 80 strict a discipline as the names of genera and species, probably because, while the limits of the higher divisions remained essentially unstable, fixity in their designation has been felt to be inconvenient or unreasonable. In fact, as Lord WaUingham has urged in the introduction to his Merton Code, the moral law, the law of giving every man his due, is the strongest foundation on which any precise methods can be based. Again, it may be argued that any defect in the form of LIXNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 65 Thompson's term Polyzoa is venial, considering the date of its publication. Thus in 1814 Leach named an order Podosoma, which in 1816 he silently corrected into a proper plural Podoso- mata. In 1843 the French author Rene Primevcre Lesson recalls the family Plethosoma which he had established in 1828, in order at the later date to make of it a tribe, with the name unaltered, and including in it a genus also named PUthosoma. It will be no breach of confidence, I think, to quote the unpublished words of a leading authority on this subject, who writes to me as follows : " I base my action on two considerations : (1) That Thompson was the first to recognize the Polyzoa as a distinct type of structure in the Animal Kingdom ; aud, moreover, introduced a name that can quite fairly be used as that of the Class or Phylum. (2) That a large proportion of the w^ork that has been done on the group has been done by men who have consistently spoken of these animals as the Polyzoa. I need only mention Busk, Allmau, Hincks, Norman, aud perhaps Hyatt in America." As a matter of fact, it was appnrently Dr. Gray m 1840 who first gave currency to Polvzoa (in the plural) as the rrame of an extensive animal group, while Busk by his arguments in 1852 and 1859 procured for it vogue among his English followers. It may just possibly be contended that Thompson himself used Polyzoa in the plural number, since on page 02 of his Memoirs he says : " The Polyzoa will probably be found in many dissimilar Genera of the Zoophites, and even"mixed up with Hydra in some, as they appear to be in the 8ertularia of authors." It should suffice to say that the very paragraph in which this ambiguous " they " occurs ends with the genuine plural Polyzoae. But yet again on page 96 we read " the Polyzoa however are essentially difl:erent.-"' That this is merely a slip of the pen or a printer's error seems absolutely certain, since we have Polyzose on page 97 and on page 99, and the Introductory Address, incorporated in Vol. I. of the Eesearches, promises a future article on " Animals of some Cellariae, Tubuli- poroi and Plustracise, proved to be Polyzose." That Thompson's use of the word Polyzoa antedates Ehren- berg's introduction of the name Bryozoa cannot be denied. Whether these various considerations, or any others which I have failed to discover, justify our eminent English authorities in their usage of the term Polyzoa, is a question now to be presented from an opposite point of view. Strangely enough the first witness to be called is Busk, the very fons et ori>/o mali, as evidence himself against himself. Speaking of Vaughan Thompson, he says, " It is to be remarked that he used the word in the singular number, so that the plural term ' Polyzoa,' as now employed, though etymologically more correct is not in reality synonymous with that of Dr. J. V. Thompson." And he adds that' this fact " may fairly enough be used as an argument in their favour by those who are inclined to prefer the LINN. SOC. PKOCEEDIJfGS, — SESSION 1910-1911. / 66 rKOCEEBIXGS OF THE Elireiihergian term Bryozoa." Wliat ainazinp; candour on the part of an advocate for the use of one term, when he dedares that fair arj^iiment is in favour of our usitip; the other. Here, too, it should be remembered tliat Busk's action had to be judged by itself at the time when it was taken. It could not rely on a long list oi famous experts in IBoii. Allman and Hincks, Norman and IlarnuT, llerdinan and Gardiner, JS'icholls and Thornely, Kirk- l)atrick and Annandale, had not yet either written on tlie subject or expressed any opinion on its proper title. Observe, further, that Busk's article in the ' Annals ' of 1852 is " On the Priority of the Term ' Polyzoa ' for the Ascidian Polypes." As a very imperfectly informed amateur on this branch of zoologv, I venture to ask the learned disciples of Busk whether the animals which they call Polyzoa are Ascidians. They will in their answer no doubt give aw-ay their tutelary genius. But Busk himself would probably have paused in upholding what he supposed to be Thompson's claim, had he been conscious of the fact that, prior to the publication of Thompson's memoir, 11. P. Lesson, in the 'Voyage de la Coquille ' (vol. ii. p. 437), had already used Pohizoa in the singular number for a genus of compound ascidians. He would probably have thought it quite inexpedient to have a word, undistinguishable in sound and spelling from that generic name, as appellation of a much higher group. Here it is right to confess that Lesson's ' Manuel de I'histoire des JNIollusques,' to which I referred in the Linuean circular for 2nd March, 1911, has not proved to be procurable either in Prance or England. But the same Lesson in his ' Histoire iiaturelle des Zoophytes,' p. 6G, 1843, declares that his con- tribution to the zoology of ' La Coquille ' was "tire a part et mis en commerce " in 1829. The priority, therefore, of Lesson's Polyzoa over Thompson's caii scarcely be disputed. "Whether in Zoology it is desirable, allowable, or in accordance with any good ])recedent, that a name previously adopted for a genus should be iudependently repeated as the name of a class or phylum, it would he presumptuous in me to decide. Branchiopoda, I admit, has been sometimes retained for an Entomostracan order, very likely from ignorance of its earlier employment as a generic name by Lamarck in 1801. But surely no rare exception, if any valid one can be found, ou' ht to be followed in the present instance, for w hy should a claim be asserted for Thompson w hich he never made for liimself ? Some stress has been laid on the words which he uses in regard to his Polyzoa (p. 92), that " this discovery must be the cause of extensive alterations and dismemberments in the Class with which they have hithei'to been associated." But in the very same paragraph he inunediately proceeds, not to establish a new Class, but simply to transfer all such species and genera as contain liis " new animal " from the class Zoophytes to the class Mollusca acepliala, adding, " I sliall merely indicate here in a general way HITNEAN SOCIETY OF LO>"DOX. 67 the whole of the Flustracese, in many of which I have clearly ascertained the animals to be Polyzote." Now, in regard to that last remark, without casting the slightest imputation on Thompson's originality, one must again appeal to Busk, who, publishing in 1859, says : " Thirty-one years ago, Dr. Grant, in some ' Observations on the Structure and Nature of Flustrse,' drew, for the first time, a distinction between the animals inhabiting those growths, and the Sertularian, or Hydroid Polypes, with which they had previously been associated." These Observations by Dr. K. S. Grant appear in the Third volume of the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (pp. 107, 337), which is dated 1827, so that he has two years precedence of Thompson and three of Ehreuberg. A nice flusteration there will be if we start a new school of writers calling the class Flustrie ! And yet in the language of Busk, " It is scarcely likely that British naturalists will refuse the honour justly due to Dr. R. S. Grant, for what can scai'cely perhaps be regarded as a sufficient reason." Seriously speaking, in the face of Busk's admission that it was Grant who, for the first time, drew the distinction, it can scarcely be maintained that Thompson was the first to recognize the Polyzoa as a distinct type of structure in the Animal Kingdom. This is no denial of his statement that " the discovery of Polyzoa was made in the summer of 1820." My own belief is that, had he published in 1820, he would have made a new genus Polyzoa for the Sertularia imbricata of Adams. But, as we all know, recognition of our discoveries has to date, not from the time when they were made, but from the time when they were published. For aught we know, Grant also may have carried out Lis observations ten years before he made them public. As an observer of nature Thompson was in the highest degree keen and admirable ; in nomenclature he was almost equally erratic and unmethodical. Witness his vacillating use of Shizo- poda and Shizopodse f or the Schizopoda of Latreille, his unmeaning name Nocticula for a luminous shrimp, his unjustified change of that shrimp's specific name irom fuh/tns to banksii, his adoption of Cynthia and Peilicellaria for new genera, though he was avowedly aware that each had been previously used in a diiferent sense. That Polyzoa either in the singular or plural is not a term worth contending for in respect of its appropriateness, should be felt at least by members of that famous University which claims the fine scholarship of Milton and Gray, of Porson and Munro, for the Greek word ttoXv^iuos happens to mean long-lived, not many- animaled, and even if it had the latter meaning it would be undistinctive, being equally applicable to many species in quite diti'erent groups. But some witchcraft must have put a spell upon Thompson in respect of names. When he has to mention the Cancer scorpioides of Montagu, he calls it scorplonurus. After his death he leaves behind him a manuscript genus Scorpionura, once more a preoccupied name. In place of this Spence Bate fouudeil on the words Vaughau Thompson a new concoction. But the 68 rnocEEDiNGS or the spell still works. Again there is vacillation. Again there is controversy. To my mind it is clear that in 1858 Bate called his genus yaun/7ionj;^souia, that in 1859 he changed it to A'aun/7io»i- sonia, and finally in 18G0 decided for Vaunsonia. But another orado maintains that the tomp was earlier than the thomjj. We must wait and see. Xow all this slight skirmishing may easily and perhaps jiistifiahly he dismissed with the remark, that the argument against Polyzoa is advanced by one who has little or no intimate acquaintance with the subject matter in which he is interfering. But there is at least one writer, a Fellow of this Society, against whom such a reproach cannot possibly be urged. It may well be that some of us are ill acquainted with the arguments on this topic powerfully stated by the veteran Bryo-zoologist, A. W. Waters, so far back as 1880. But all those in the least interested in the matter are hound to have taken into account his paper of December IGth, 1909, published in our Journal so recently as the 22nd of June, 1910. Nevertheless, to refresh our memories, I shall do myself the pleasure of quoting his two concluding paragraphs. He writes : — " As a young man when I presented papers, those in authority said, you should not use Bryozoa when Busk and others use Polyzoa. I pointed out my reasons and induced them to examine Thompson's paper, and they all, without exception, said they considered 1 was quite right atid that there could not be any question of Thompson using Polvzoa as a class name. Such able literary and scientific critics as Mr. Dallas and Dr. Francis became quite convinced, and Mr. Dallas in a review of llincks's book put the question more clearly than it has been put by anyone else. A number of members of the staff of the British Museum working ui)on invertebrates met together to examine Thompson's paper, and unanimously came to the conclusion that Polyzoa was not given as a class designation. "Bryozoa was for a long time used in England, and then Busk introduced Polyzoa as being Thompson's name. I was not surprised that Busk, AUman, and llincks, who had worked together, did not change, but I felt confident that the change would soon be made by a younger generation. In this I seem to have been mistaken ; and so long as any of our leaders use Polyzoa we must recognise that there are two sides to the question, though 1 find it very difficult to understand how this can be iF we try to divest ourselves of the knowledge gained since Thompson's time and put ourselves in his position." (Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xxxi. p. 247.) You will not fail to notice the modesty of that conclusion. It warns me not to alienate goodwill by being too self-assertive, and to bring my treatment of the matter to an end, before you become too sorry that it ever had a beginning. ITNNEAX SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 69 On Vaunthompsonia, Bate. For the difficulties which beset our use of this generic uame, Vaughan Thompson, iu whose honour it was invented, is only indirectly responsible. The genus belongs to the Sympoda, for long but very unsuitably known as Cumacea, in dealing with which among many eminent names there are, I think, pre-eminent, Kroyer in Denmark, Sars in A^orway, and our own Dr. Caiman in England. Now in this remarkable group Thompson, as already intimated, promised but never gave " Detail of the curious struc- ture of several species of the newly instituted Genus Condylura (Cancer Scorpionurus of Montagu)."' No doubt he intended to refer to '■'■Cancer Scorpioides" of Montagu, but among his collections there were subsequently found specimens labelled as three species of a new genus Scorpionura. Here he had once again the misfortune to choose a nauie preoccupied before his own use of it was published. Thus it came about that Spenee Bate instituted the genus Vaunthompsonia for one of Thompson's three species. For the record of this genus we are indebted. first of all to Professor Kiuahan, through the ' Natural History Eeview,' vol. V. pp. 202-205, 1858. The professor there says, " I have extracted Mr. Bate's communication and figures in extenso from the ' Journal of the Eoyal Dublin Society,' before whose evening meeting of the 28th May it was read." The definition of Vaun- thompsonia (Spenee Bate) is included in the communication. Next year, in the ' Annals of Natural History,' ser. 3, vol. iii. pp. 273-274, no. IG for xlpril 1859, Spenee Bate speaks of the genus Yaun^Ao/nsonia, recently described by me in the ' Natural History lieview.' Then finally, in the ' Journal of the lioyal Dublin Society,' vol. ii. 1858-1859 (Dublin: Hodges, Smith, & Co., 1860), pp. 101-104, he defines Vaun/o?3ijjsonia, n. g. In 1005, however, Dr. Caiman argues that this last form has priority. Of \ixv\nthomp)somii he says that " it is used iu Spenee Bate's paper in the Nat. Hist. Eeview, which appears to be a i-eprint of, and was probably later than, that in the J. Eoyal Dublin Soc, in which the aspirate is omitted. In any case the omission was clearly intended by the author, who states that in building up the word the Christian name and the surname of Mr. Vaughan Thompson have been " both spelled according to sound." But the ' Natural History Eeview ' of 1858, in which Bate's paper appeared through the intervention of Kinahau, recoi'ded the Proceedings of various Irish Societies, much as 'Nature' and 'The Athenaeum' nowadays record the Proceedings of many Societies, as a rule far in advance of the Journals of the Societies themselves. There is no reason for thinking that the 'Journal' of the Eoyal Dublin Society, published under the date of 18G0, was earlier than the 'Natural History Eeview ' of 1858. 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Notes on Non-Marine Mollusca from some Irish Lakes, obtained by Major H. Trevelyan. 8vo. 1911. Ziegler (Heinrich Ernst). Der Begriff dcs Instinktes einst und jetzt . . . Mit einem Anhang : Die Gehirne der Bienen und Ameisen. Pp. vi, 112 ; mit 2 Tafelu und 16 Abbilduugen iiu Text. 8vo. Jena, 1910. Zoological Record. Vol. 46. (1909.) 8vo. London, 1910. Zurich. Botanische Museum der Universitat Zurich. INIitteilungen. No. 36. 8vo. Zurich, 1907^ Der botanische Garten und das botanische Museum der Uuiversitiit, Ziirich, im Jahre 1909. 8vo. ZUnch, 1910. Dr. Hans Sohinz. s), 47. Fox, A. K., deceased, 12 ; obituary, 37. Foxglove, Monstrosities in the, exhibited (Crisp. Stel)bing), 48. Friend, Kev. II., elected, 45 ; proposed, 1 1. Fritsch, Dr. F. E., Freshwater Algae from the South Orkneys, 12. Fryer, J. C. F., Aldabra and neigh- bouring Islands, 2 ; Lepidoptera of the Seychelles, 47. Fullerton, M. B., admitted, 11 ; elected, 9 ; proposed, 7. Galton, the late Sir Francis, mentioned, 5- Gardiner, Prof. J. S., communications by : (Fryer), 2 ; (Hickson), 12 ; (Hirst and others), 8 ; (Kietfer and others), 47; (Tattersall, Thoniely), 9; (Tur- ner and others), 6; elected Councillor, 16. General Secretary, Annual Report of, 12 ; election of (Dr. B. I). Jackson), 16. Gepp, A., Report on the Inter. Congr. of Bnt., 191 1, 52. Gerrard, E., deceased, 2, 13 ; obituary, 37- Goodall, T. B., elected, 3 ; proposed, i. Goodrich, E. S., elected Councillor, 16. Grijfifhsia qlohifcra, J. Ag., exhibited (Holmes), 8. Groom, Prof. P.. communication by (Cimnington), 47. Groves, II., elected Auditor, 11; — Coun- cillor, 16; Report of, on liic Inter. Congr. of Bot., 191 1. 52. Ilalkct, Miss A. C, admitted, 46 ; elect- ed, 45 ; proposed, 1 1. Ilarnier, S. F., on the terms Polyzoa and Bryozoa, 70. Ilarpactid Copepoda, Three species of (Norman), 7. Hart, J. II., deceased, 12; obituary, 39- llayward, Mias I. M., adtnitted, 3; on alien plants from banks of RiTer Tweed, 3, 48-51. Henderson, Dr. G., showed lantern- slide of the bead of a Wa'terbuck, 47. Henslow, Prof. G., Origin of Mono- cotyledons, 3 ; Origin of Flantayo mariiima and 1\ a/j/iiia, 3. Herdman, Prof. W. A., Amphidininm ojyerculatum, Clap. & Laclim., at Port Erin, 45, 47 ; elected Councillor, 16 ; On the use of the term Polyzoa, 9 ; On J. V. Thompson's use of the term " Polyzoa," 62 ; Summer Plankton in the Irish Sea, 2. Hertwig, Prof. R. von, proposed as, and elected, Foreign Member, 8, 12. Ilexactinia; from New Soutii Wales (Wilsmore), 7. Hickson, Prof. S. J., rolytrema and some allied genera, 12. Hill, A. W., elected Councillor, 16. HilL Prof. J. P., communication by (Wilsmore), 7; Councillor retired, 105. Hind, see Archer-Hind. Hindle, Dr. E,, admitted, 9; elected, 2. Hirst, A. S., Aranca;, Opiliones, and Pseudoscorpiones from the Sey- chelles, 8. Holden, H. S., admitted, 4. Holland, Kev. M., admitted, 5 ; elected, 4 ; proposed, 2. Holmes, E. M., exhibited Griffilhsia (jlohifera, J. Ag., 8. Hooker, Sir Joseph, letter of congratu- lation to, 46. Hopkinson, J., Councillor retired, 105 ; showed lantern-slides of j)hotograpli3 of, aud exhibited specimens of rock from, Sweden, 9. Hovendeu, F., deceased. 12; obituary, 39- Hudson, F. C, elected, 3 ; proposed, i. Hynienoptera, Fossorial, of the Indiau Ocean (Tirner), 6. Imms, Prof. A. D., Life-history of Crcce filipeiinis, Westw., 47. Indian Ocean, Fossorial ITymenoptera of the (Turner), 6; Marine Brachyura from the (Ralhbuu), 8 ; Marine IXDEX. Polyzoa from the (Tliornely), 9 ; Nysidacea and Eupliausiacea from the (Tattersall), 9. International Congress of Botany Re- ports : (Stapf), 4, 51, 55 ; (Groves & Gepp), 52 ; (Cotton), 54. Iris, autooliromp photoffraplis of certain species of, sliown (Dykes), 7. Irish Sea, see Plankton. Jackson, Dr. B. D., elected Conncillor and Secretary, 16 ; exhibited a mon- strous pear, 21 ; on some portraits of Carl von Linne, 6. 56-61 ; on the old Botanic Garden at Uppsala, 8. Jones, W. N., elected, 46; proposed, 12. Johnson, N. M., admitted, 11 ; elected, 3 ; proposed, i. Kertesz, Dr. K., Stratiomyiida of the Seychelles. 6. Klior Dongonab, Physical description of (Crossland), 6. KiefFer, J. J.. Cecidomyiidaj and Chiro- nomidie of the Seychelles, 6 ; Cyni- pidie and Proctotrupoidea of the Seychelles, 47. Klebs, Prof. G., elected Foreign Mem- ber, 12; proposed, 8. Leaves of certain species of Veronka (Adamson), 4. Lee, E., admitted, 46 ; elected, 45 ; proposed, 11. Lepidium iieglecfum, Thell., andZ. den- nijiorum, Schrad., exhibited (Salmon), 8. Lepidoptera from Toronto exhibited (Corfe), 5; — of the Seychelles (Fryer), 47. Lewis, E. J., withdrawn, 13. Librarian's report, 13. Library Additions, 73-95. Linne, Carl von, on some portraits of (Gen. Sec ), 6, 56-61. Linnean Medal presented to Count I Solms-Laubach, 30. L< ilium per enne, Linn., mentioned, 6. Longstaff, Mrs., siiowed Brassia caudaia, Lindl., in flower, 48. Maize with androgynous inflorescences exhibited (Worsdell), 2. Masterman, A. T., withdrawn, 13. Matthew, Fleet-Surgeon, Chinese Ferns, 7- 109 Meade-Waldo, G., Wasps of the Sey- chelles. 47. Medal, Linnean, presented to Count Solms-Laubach, 30. Meek, Capt. C. F. U., Spermatogenesis of Sfcnohothrus viridulmi, 3. Meyrick, E., Tortricina and Tineina of the Seychelles and Aldabra, 6. Minchin, Prof. E. A., admitted, 5 ; elected, i. Monckton, H. W., appointed V.-P.,45 ; elected Councillor and Treasurer, 16 ; showed lantern-slides of photograplis of Sweden, 8. Monocotyledons, Origin of (Henslow), 3- Moss, Dr. C. E., E. G. Salisbury, and Dr. E. de Fraiue, The Genus Sali- cornia, 11. Moulton, J. C, elected, 45 ; proposed, II. Mundy, H. G., elected, 4; proposed, 2. Murray, J. G., elected, 45; proposed, 1 1. Masu paradisiaca var. sapie/itum, shown (Fawcett), 47. Ml/mar, lantern -slides of, shown (Euock), 47. Navlcula AmphisbcBiia at Port Erin (Herdman), 47. Nawaschin, Prof. S. G., proposed as, and elected. Foreign Member, 8, iz. Nevill, C. St. J., admitted, 3 ; elected, 2. New South Wales, see Wilsmore, Mrs L. J. New Zealand, sec Dendy, Prof. A. NichoUs, G. E., see Dendy, Prof. A. Kiphargus plateaui, Chevreux, exhibited (Bullen), 5. Norman, Rev. Canon, Three species of Harpictid Copepoda, 7. Nysidacea and Euphausiacea from the Indian Ocej,n (Tattersall), 9. Obituary Notices, 32-41. Oliver, Prof. F. W., communication by (Baker), 11 ; elected Councillor, 16; Vote of thanks seconded by, 29. Opiliones, sec Aranece. Origin of Monocotyledons (Henslow), 3 ; — of Plantago maritima and P. alpina (Henslow), 3. Orkneys, South, see Fritsch, Dr. F. E. Parsons. Miss E M. E., admitted, 4 ; elected, 3 ; proposed, i. INDEX. I'alrun, Consent of King George V. to become, i. Pear, monstrous, oxliibited (Gen. Sec), 2. Penard, Dr. E., elected Foreign Mem- ber, 12 ; proposed, 8. riioi idee of tbe Seycbellea (Collin), 47. Pliysieal descri|)tion of Khor Dongoiiab (Crossland), 6. Plankton, Summer, in the Irish Sea (Herdman), 2 ; see Siplioiiophora. lH(niia(]o maridma and P. a/pina, Origin of (Henslow), 3. Po/i/tirma and some allied genera (ilick.son), 12. Polyzoa, Marine, from the Indian Ocean (Thoruelj), 9. Polyzua and Bryozoa, The terms (Steb- bing), 9, 12, 61, 64-6S ; (Harmcr), 70; (Herdman), 9. 62 ; (Waters), 71. Port Ji)rin, see Herdman, Prof. VV. A. Poulton, Prof. E. P., appointed V.-P., 45; elected Councillor, 16. Powell, Lt.-Col. S., deceased, 12; elected, 3 ; obituary, 40 ; proposed, i. Pniin, Lt.-Col. D., Vote of thank.s moved by, 29. President elected (Dr. D. H. Scott), 16. Presidential Address, 17-29. Prnctotrupoidea of the Seychelles (Kieffer), 47. Pseudoscorpiones, see Araneie. Rathbun, Miss M. J.. Marine Brachyura from the Indian Ocean, 8. Red Sea, see Sponges. Reid, Clement, appointed Scrutineer, 13, 16. Reissner's Fibre, see Dendy, Prof. A. Rendle, Dr. A. B., appointed V.-P., 45 ; Councillor, 16; elected Auditor, u. Reptiles, see Batrachians. Rbizopods, British, New and little- known (Brown), 12. Ridewood, Dr. W. G., elected Coun- cillor, 16. Row, R. W. IT., Non-calcareous Sponges from the Red Sea, 4. Eiihus Idcpus, Abnormal form of, ex- hibited (Trail), 2. RaUcnrnin. The Genus (Moss, Salisbury, and de Fraine), 11. Salisbury, E. G., sec Moss, Dr. C. E. Salmon,' C. E., exhibited Lcpidium vrfilecfum, ThelL, and L. densijlontm, Schrad.. 8. Salt-Marsh, see Seaweeds. San ford-Burton, H., deceased, 12. Saunders, Miss E. R., elected Councillor, 16. Scott, Dr. D. H., appointed Vice- Presidents, 45 ; elected Councillor and President, 16; nominated 8<'ruti- neers, 13, 16; Presidential Address of, 17-29. Scott, Mrs. D. II., gave lantern ex- hibition of new species of Tragtiairia, 10. Scrutineers appointed, 13, 16. Scyhalhnn jamaicense, Schott & End!., shown (Fawcetl), 47. Seaweeds, Brown, of the Salt-Marsli (Bakor), 1 1. Secretaries elected, 16. Seychelles, Apoidea (Cockerell), 47; Araneae, Opiiiones, and Pseudo- seorpiones from the (Ilirsti, 8 ; Batrachians and Reptiles from the, and Aldabra (Boulenger), 8; Bor- boridae, 47 ; Cecidomyiid.T of the (Kieft'er), 6; Chironomidaj of the (Kieffer), 6 ; Culicidae (Theobold) of the, 47 ; Cynipida; and Proctotru- poidea (Kietfer), 47 ; Lepidoptera (Frj'er), 47 ; Phoridse (Collin), 47 ; Stratiomyiidaj of the (Kertesz), 6 ; Tortricina and Tineina of the, and Adabra (Meyrick), 6 ; Wasps (Meade- Waldo), 47. Shaw, F. J. F., proposed, 1 1 ; elected, 45- Shelford, R., Blattida enclosed in Amber, 12. Siphonophora of 'Research' Biscayan Plankton (Bigelow), 2. Smith, E. A., withdrawn, 13. Soames, H. A., withdrawn. 13. Soar, C. D., admitted, 11 ; elected, 9; proposed, 7. Solm.s-Laubacb, Count Hermann, to receive the Linnean Medal, 11 ; Linnean Medal presented to, 30 ; his thanks, 31. Soper, F. L., deceased, 12; obituary, 40. Spengel, Prof. J. W., elected Foreign Member, 12; proposed, 8. Spermatogenesis of Stenohothrus viri- didiis (Meek), 3. Sponges, Lantern-slides, and a speci- men, of New Zealand, shown (Dendy), 7 ; Non-calcareous, from the Red Sea (Row), 4. SpoTOCarpon elegans, exhibited (Scott), 10. Stapf, Dr. O., elected Councillor and Seci'etary, 16; exhibited Du/itaria dldactyla, Wiild., from Sydney, 6 ; Report on the Inter. Congr. of Bot., 1911,4, 5'. 55- nS"DEX. Stebbing, Mrs. M. A., exliibitecl mons- trosity in the Foxglove. 48. Stebbing, Ee7. T. E. R.. nppointctl Scrutineer, 13, 16; On J. V. Tlioni]!- son and his Polyzoa, 12, 64-68 ; On J aunfhohipsovia. Bale, 69 ; Tiie terms Polyzoa and Brjozoa, 9, 61. Stenohofhrus viridulus, Spermatogenesis of (Meek), 3. Stewart, S. A., deceased, 2, 13 ; obituary, 40. Stratiomyiidre of the Seychelles (Ker- tesz), 6. SiilvOoramissural Organ and Reissner's Fibre (Dendy and Nichulls), 5. Sweden. Lantern-slides of photographs of, shown (Ilopkinson), 9 ; (Monck- ton), 8 ; specimens of rock from, exhibited, 9. Sydney, see Stapf, Dr. O. Sykes, E. E., withdrawn, 13. Tansley, A. G., communications by (Adanison), 4. 10. Tattersall, W. M., Nysidacea and Eu- phansiacea from the Indian Ocean, 9. Theobald, F. V., Ciilicidte of the Sey- chelles, 47. Thomas, Miss E. N., elected Councillor, 16. Thompson, II. S., elected, 3 ; proposed, I. Thompson, J. V., and his Polj-zoa (Stebbing), 12; his use of the term "Polyzoa" (Herdman), 62. Thornely, Miss L. E., Marine Polyzoa from the Indian Ocean, 9. Tineina, see Tortricina. Toronto, Sfc Corfe, Miss B. O. Tortricina and Tineinaof the Seychelles and Aldabra (Meyrick), 6. Trail, Prof. J. W. H., exhibited au abnormal form of Ihibus lilceiis, 2. Traquairia, Lantern exhibition of new species of (Scott), 10. Treasurer elected (H. W. Monckton), 16. . Treub, Dr. M., deceased, 2, 13 ; obitmry, 41- Turner, R.E.,Fossorial Hymenoptera of the Iftdian Ocean, 6. Tweed, Eiver, see Hayward, Miss I. M. Uppsala, Old Botanic Garden at (Gen. Sec), 8. I'/f/cii/aria ochroleura, Hartm., and U. Bremii, Heer, exhibited (Druce), 3- Vaunthomfsonia , Bate (Stebbing), 69. I'eroir/ca, Leaves of certain species of (Adamson), 4. Vice-Presidents appointed, 45. Wailes, G. K., admitted, 46 ; elected, II ; proposed, 8. Waldo, see Meade-^Yaldo. Walker, A. O., appointed Scrutineer, 16. W.ilker, C. E., withdi-awn, 13. Wasps of the Seychelles (Meade- Waldo), 47- Waterbuck, Lantern-slide of the head of a, shown (Henderson), 47. Water-colour drawings of wild flowers, exhibited (Corfe), 4. Waterfall, C, elected. 45 ; proposed, 1 1. Waters, A. W., On the terms Polyzoa and Bryozoa, 71. Watson, Eev. E. B., deceased, 12 ; obitnary, 43. Whitman, C. O., deceased, 13. Wickes, W. D., deceased, 12. Wilsmore, Mrs. L. J., Hexactinia; from New South Wales, 7. Wilson, Prof. E. B., proposed ns, and elected, Foreign Member, 8, 12. Wilson, M., admitted, 46; elected, 45 ; proposed, 11. Withdrawals, 13. Woodward, Dr. A. S., elected Councillor, 16; On the Fauna of the Carboni- ferous Period, 45. Worsdell, W. C, exhibited maize show- ing androgynous inflorescences, and wood-carving riddled by Hbfrycho- ph'fes cornvius, Oliv., 2. Wright, C. H., Flora of the Falkland Islands, 5. Zeitz, A. H. C, withdrawn, 13. Zoological Secretary elected (Prof. A. Deudy), i6. PIUNTEU UV TAYI.OK AND FRANCIS, RED HON COUUT, FLEET STREET. To face Title.] Proc. Linn. Soc, Session 1911-1912. JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER at the age of 51. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOK 124TII SESSION. From November 1011 to June 1912. L 0 N D 0 1\ PRINTED FOR THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, BURLINGTOa HOUSE, PICCADILLY, W. 1912. PRINTED UY TAYLOB AND FRANCIS. KED MOX COURT, FLEET STREET '/' CONTENTS. List of Publications issued iv Proceedings of the 124th Session r Presidential Address 26 Obituaries 42 Abstracts of Papers 71 Additions to the Library 91 Benefactions, 17^'0-1 912 no Index 118 Supplement. Index to the Linnean Herbarium. /a'.utC- PUBLICATIONS: Session July 191 I-July V,)]2. .Tournal, Botany. Vol. XXXIX. No. '27:'>. 7,- ,, 274. 12/- Vol. XL. „ 275. 22/- „ 270. 18/- ,. 277. 7/- „ 278. (Sept.) Vol. XLI. ., 279. 14/- Joiiriial, Zoolog}'". VoL XXX r. Xo. 20S. 18/- Vol. XXXI 1. .. 211. 8/- „ 212. 5/- Trausactions, Botany. Vol. VII. Part 10. 3/- ., 17. 8/- „ 18. 5/- Transactions, Zoology. Vol. XI. Part 8. 4/- „ 9. 2/0 „ 10. 2/6 Vol. XIV. ., 2. 20/- „ 3. 28/- .. 4. o/- Vol. XV. .. 1. 29/- Proceedings, 123rcl Session, Octobei' 1911. List of [Fellows, Associates, and Foreign Members], Nov. 19 11, PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEiN SOCIETY OF LONDON. (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION, 1911-1912.) November 2nd, 1911. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 15th June, 1911, were read and confirmed. Mr. "William ISTeiLson Jones, M.A., Mr. Charles Waterfall, and Mr. Richard Siddoway Bagnall were admitted Fellows. Mr. James Wales Audas, Mr. Claude Keith Bancroft, B.A., William John Dakin, D.Sc, Miss Ruth Mary Cardew, Mr. John Hughes, Thomas Harvey Johnston, M.A., D.Sc, Robert Laurie, M.B., Ch.B. (Glasg.), B.Sc. (Edin.), AViUiam McRae, B.Sc, Sir Frederick William Moore, M.A., M.R.I.A., Dr. Annie Porter, B.Sc. (Lond.), Albert MaUns Smith, M.A. (Cantab.), Miss Edith Layard Sfepiiens, B.A. (Cape), Miss Elsie Maud Wakefield, and Alfred James Wilmott, B.A (Cantab.), were proposed as Fellows. The President read the following reply by Sir Joseph Hooker, in response to the letter of congratulation sent to him from the General Meeting of the 15th June : — The Camp, Suniiingdale> \2bth June, 1911.] My dear President, The warm congratulations with which I have been greeted by my fellow-members of the Linnean Society on the approach of my 94th birthday have moved me more deeply than I can express. From no other association of scientific labourers could LINN. SOC. PROCEEDIiyfGS. — SESSION 1911-1912. h 2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE greetings be so welcome to me, because of the esteem and afEection I feel for the Society as one of its oldest members and because of my descent, as grandson and son of two of its earliest. Eequesting you to make known to my fellow-members my lioarty appreciation of their affectionate congratulation and my own best wishes for the continuatiou of its increasing prosperity, Believe me, sincerely yours, (Signed) Jos. D. Hookee. The President, Linn can Society. Dr. A. B. Rexdle, V.-P., having taken the Chair: — Dr. D. H. Scott gave an account of the Palaeozoic Fern, Zijgopteris Grayi ("Williamson). (Subsequently published in the ' Annals of Botany,' vol. xxvi. no. ci, 1912, pp. 139-67, 5 pis.. Dr. Rendle having spoken on the subject of the paper, left the Chair, and the President resumed. A paper, by Miss Edith E. Bamford, entitled "Pelagic Actinian Larvae," and communicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S., E.L.S., was read in abstract. Mr. Alfred 0. Walker contributed a paper on " The Distri- bution of Elodea canadensis, Michx., in the British Isles in 1909." (Abstract, p. 71.) A discussion followed, in which the following took part : — Mr. James Groves, Mr. E. M. Holmes, the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Prof. J. W. H. Trail, Dr. Margaret Benson, Mr. II. N. Dixon, Mr. J. C. Sheustone, Prof. A. Dendy, Dr. O. Stapf, Mr. Henry Groves, Dr. A. B. Rendle, and the President. Dr. James Murie exhibited sets of specimens of the " Slipper Limpet" {Crepidula fornicata), the shells themselves in gra- duated series and living examples attached to oysters, mussels, tfec. These were obtained in the Essex waters, by dredging, and from shallow muddy shore tracts. The "Limpets" have now become a nuisance on the oyster-beds of Kent and Essex. Originally they were introduced from America, among the barrelled oysters brought over for relaying. They have since become thorougldy naturalised, and on the Blackweter and River Crouch are dredged up in tons, attached to the oysters, mussels, &c. Unlike the Starfish, devourers and arch-enemies of the oyster, the Mussels, which literally smother them, or the Whelk Tingles, which bore through their shells, the " Slipper Limpet " is more of a commensal parasite and messmate, partaking of the oyster's food. The labour and expense involved in constant dredging for them LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOK. renders them a serious menace to oyster-culture, as likewise the necessity for individually chopping them off by " cultack " before the oysters are presentable for sale. Prof. A. Dendy and tlie President made remarks, and Dr. Murie briefly replied. Mr. Alfred O. Walker exhibited Clerodendron trichotomum, Thunb., in fruit, a result of the past abnormal summer, explaining that, although the plant frequently flowered in England, this year is the first time it had fruited, the same occurrence being also observed at Kew. Mr. R. S. Bagnall briefly i*eferred to three interesting captures lie had lately made in the county of Durham, namely, species of Di^ylopora and Pauropoda, and of Protunt first recorded as British. November 16th, 1911. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd November, 1911, were read and confirmed. Mr. James M'Crone Douie, C.S.I., Mr. John William Haigh Johnson, B.Sc, and Miss Beatrice Lindsay, were proposed as Pellows. Dr. Ebgixald R. Gates, M.A., Ph.D., then gave the main outlines of his paper, communicated by Dr. Marie Stopes, F.L.S., on " Certain aspects of the Mutation Problem in Oenothera." He stated that : — Work with the Oenotheras has developed in several directions, all bearing on the general question of the place to be assigned to mutation as an evolutionary factor. An investigation of the behaviour of the Oenotheras in heredity and variation from several points of view, gives a broader basis for the interpretation of the evolutionary significance of these phenomena than has hitherto been possible in most other genera. The cj^tological evidence shows that in most of tlie mutants from Oenothera LamnrcJciana the chromosome number is unchanged, but in the mutant O.glgas it is doubled. Hence mutants originate in various ways. Evidence tends to show that the chromosome doubling in 0. gigas probably occurred either in the fertilized e^^g, or in a megaspore mother-cell which afterwards developed apo- gamously. On tlie other hand, in certain cases the mutational change probably occurs during the reduction divisions. Thus 0. rubri- cahjx is a mutant from 0. rubrinervis which produces an extreme 62 4 PROCEEDIXGS OF THE iiinount of pigineiit ; iiiiil wlieii t-rossed with tlie parent type the new cbiinicter behaves as a MeiidcHaii dominant, and so as to show that the original mutant individual was Iieterozygous and ])robably originated from a cross between a germ-cell in which tlie new dominant character appeared and one in which it was lacking. From this and much other evidence, mutation in Oenothera appears to be due to a general condition of germinal instability, which in turn is probably connected with crossing in theancestr)'. This, however, by no means deprives it of evolutionary significance, for all open-pollinated species of plants are h^'brids in the sense that various races have participated in their immediate ancestry. The paper, which was illustrated by lantern-slides, was discussed' by Dr. Helen Fraser and the President, the author replying. Mr. Gr. Clvbidoe Druce, in his exhibition entitled " Some Floristic results of the International Phytogeographic Excursion through the British Isles " during the past summer, gave an account of the places visited during the five weeks spent on the tour, and touched on the species and varieties discovered. (Abstract, P- 77-) Dr. C. E. xMoss (visitor), the Eev. T. E. R. Stehbing, Mr. William Fawcett, and Mr. .1. C. Sheustone discussed certain points raised, and Mr. Druce replied. Mr. Arthur W. Hill showed drawings of a viviparous speci- men of Juncus bufonius, in which the seedlings were seen emerging from the parent capsule. Mr. N. C. Mao'amara contributed some remarks on " Muta- tions in Foxglove plants," which was communicated by Prof. A. Dexdt, and read by the General Secretary, as follows : — The following record is intended to supplement the communi- cation made to the Linnean Society, on my behalf, by Prof. A. Dendy, F.K.S., on the 16th of June, 1910, concerning mutations in cei'tain Foxglove plants grown at Chorley Wood, Herts. From a packet of Foxglove seeds {Dujitalis ^^urpurea) sown in the year 1906, fifty-four plants were, in June 1907, planted in a shrubbery of fir-trees with an undergrowth of laurels. Of these plants fifty-one grew into normal Foxgloves, but the three re- maining plants were sports which we may distinguish by the letters A, J?, and C. A. In this plant the flowers of the lower half of the stem possessed only a bifid upper petal and seven stamens united at their bases. The flowei's of the upper part of the spike were normal. B. A fine, \\ ell-grown plant 4|| feet high ; throughout the LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDON. 5 whole length of the spike the flower consisted of a bifid upper petal, seven stamens, and style. The upper part of this spike was isolated ; it produced abundant self-fertilized seed. C. The spike of this ])lant grew to be 5 feet high ; from base to apex its flowers consisted of nine stamens and a style, with no vestige of petals. It is unnecessary to follow the history of plant A, as it was only the lower part of the spike in which the flowers were abnormal, and the stem was not isolated. Seed taken from tlie upper covered part of the plant B (described above) germinated abundantly ; twenty-one of these plants flowered in 1^09. Of these twenty-one plants thirteen produced spikes of the parent type, and eight produced normal Poxglove flow'Crs. One of the thirteen plants grew to be 5 feet 1 inch high, its spike producing one bifid petal and a style ; but its terminal fiower consisted of twenty-two stamens and a large flask-shaped carpel (divided into seven compartments) and style, but having no corolla, that is, it had no petals. (As shown in photograph exhibited.) The season of 1909 was sunless with constant rain ; conse- quently, all covered plants suffered much from mildew, but I managed to collect some self-fertilized seed from the terminal flower of the plant referred to, and this seed germinated and flowei-ed in 1911. Every one of the twelve plants I reared from tlie seed of the terminal flower produced flowers precisely like the parent. Two of these plants were isolated and their self-fertilized seed germinated freely (September, 1911). The seed originally collected from the covered part of plant C of 1007, had produced plants which in 1909 gave flowers precisely similar to the parent plant ; self-fertilized seed from these plants (1909) in 1911 produced plants exactly like those of 1907, ■i.e., flowers having nine stamens and a style but no petals ; self- fertilized seed from these plants are now (September, 1911) germinating freely. Some of the plants of 1909, however, in place of a tall single spike grew some seven or eight shorter spikes, each flower of which had nine stamens but no petals. It seems that a certain number of the Foxglove seeds sown in the year 1906 contained elements in a condition such as that described by de Vries as being " impressed by an impulsive muta- bility,"' for some of the flowers produced by these seeds were sports. Seeds from these sports produced their like in 1909 ; and, further, these latter plants produced some terminal flowers totally differing in character from the parent sport from which they were derived. Seeds from these terminal flowers produced their like in the year 1911 ; so that 1 have now two different strains of Foxglove plants produced from the seeds sown in 1906, and these strains have been produced from self-fertilized flowers, that is, from flowers carefully protected from insects or other means of cross-fertilization. If other observers would record their PIIOCEEDIXGS OF THE experience as to the behaviour of sports of this kind, in the course of time we might hope to possess data sufficient to enable us to form some reasonable idea as to the i'requeucy, and above all» the permanency of such mutations in wild types of plants. December 7th, 1911. Dr. D. H. ScoxT, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the IGth November, 1911, were read and confirmed. Mr, Frank Evans, Mr. George William Howes, and Dr. Ealph Vincent were proposed as Fellows. Mr. James Wales Audas, Mr. Claude Keith Bancroft, B.A., Miss Kuth Mary Cardew, AVilliam John Dakiii, D.Sc, Mr. John Hughes, John Harvey Johnston, M.A., D.Sc, Eobert Laurie, M.B., Ch.B. (Glasg.), B.Sc. (Edin.), William McEae, B.Sc, Sir Frederick William Moore, M.A., M.E.I.A., Dr. Annie Porter, B.Sc. (Lond.), Albert Malins Smith, M.A. (Cantab.), Miss Edith Layard Stephens, B.A. (Cape), Miss Elsie Maud Wakefield, and Alfred James Wilmott, B.A. (Cantab.), were elected Fellows. Mr. H. N. Dixon read his paper entitled " On some Mosses of New Zealand." Dr. Geokge Hendeeson then showed a series of more than 70 slides, taken during an official mission through Kashmir, Little Tibet, and Turkestan in 1870. The original photographs had been lost sight of, but having recently been discovered in the keeping of a friend, lantern-slides had been made from them, and were now shown, with explanatioiif^ by the author. He traced the progress of the expedition from Lahore to Yarkand, where the series ended. Dr. Stapf and the President commented on the interest of the exhibition, and the botanical results obtained 40 years ago. Dr. Hendersox also showed three variations in the foliage of Ahws (jlvtinosa from the banks of the Elver Darenth, in full view of his house, and explained that these differences corresponded with varying dates of leafing, leaf-fall, and fruiting. The President spoke on the changes induced by trees and shrubs being cut back, the luxuriance of the new growth making it almost unrecognizable, as in a case observed at Oakley, when it was found that Ithnmnus cathartica had assumed a new form owing to severe coppicing. Mr. J. C. Shenstone also spoke. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 7 Dr. A. B. Eendle showed a fine specimen of a viviparous Poa tnvialis, Linn., found by Mr. Miller Christy at Stisted, near Braintree, in Essex. The normal inflorescence was almost entirely replaced by a mass of vegetative outgrowths replacing the flowers. A discussion followed, in which Dr. Stapf, Mr. H. N. Dixon, and Mr. W. C. Worsdell took part. December 21st, 1911. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 7th December, 1911, were read and confirmed. The President then spoke of the loss sustained by the Society since its last meetinj^ in the death of Sir Joseph Hooker, beyond doubt their most distinguished Pellow. He was elected June 7, 1842, over 69 years ago, and served on the Council, with only short intermissions, from 1846 to 1884 ; he was Vice-President during a great part of that time, and exercised considerable influence on the aff'airs of the Society, though, unfortunately, never Presi- dent. Much of his best work, so far as it A^as not in book-form, was published by the Society ; his memoirs on the Flora oi the Gala- pagos Islands, the distribution of Arctic plants, and the classic memoir on the unique plant, Wehvitschia mirabilis, were mentioned. His last paper published in our Transactions was on the Eubber plant, Castilloa, 25 years back. The Society hoped to have the lionour of publishing his latest work, on the genus Impatiens, upon which he was actively engaged during the last years of his life, till very near the end. Sir Joseph was the acknowledged leader in systematic, and above all, in geographical botany. His contributions to fossil botany were of great value : by the world at lai'ge, he would be best known for his close association with Darwin and with the development of the Darwinian theory. The following Resolution was then moved from the Chair : — The Fellows of the Linnean Society of London in General Meeting assembled, desire to place upon record their profound sense of the loss to the Society and to the World of Science, occasioned by the deatli of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker on the 10th December, and their pride in his having been a Fellow of the Linnean Society for nearly 70 years, during which by his scientific contributions to the Society's publications and his advice throughout his many years of service on the Council, he so greatly added to the prestige and eflioiency of the Society. They desire also to express their deepest sympathy with Lady Hooker and the family in their bereavement. That a copy of the foregoing Eesolution be communicated to the family by the General Secretary. 8 PKOCEBDINGS OF THE The Resolution was carried unanimously, the Fellows rising in their places. The President then announced that a vacancy existed in the List of Foreign Members by the recent death oi" Dr. Jean Baptiste Edouard JJornet, F.M.li.tS., and that two vacancies had arisen in the List of Associates, by the death of Mr. Oswald Arthur 8ayce, and the election as Fellow of Sir Frederick William Moore, M.A. Miss liuth Mary Cardew, the Eev. Hilderic Friend, and Miss Elsie Maud Wakefield, were admitted Fellows. Sir James M'Crone Douie, K.C.S.L, Mr. John William Haigh Johnson, E.Sc, and Miss Beatrice Lindsay, were elected Fellows. The Rev, Hilderic Feiend, F.L.S., then read his paper, en- titled " Some Annelids of the Thames A^alley," which w as discussed by Prof. A. Dendy, Sec.L.S., and the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing; the author briefly replying. Mr. W. C. WoRSDELL, F.L.S., then gave a lantern exhibition of a series of slides, show ing abnormalities in fungi, and explained his views on the causes which produce them. Prof. F. O. Bower, Prof. D. T. MacDougal (visitor), the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Prof. A. Dendy, Sec.L.S., Dr. Stai)f, Sec.L.S., Miss E. M. Wake- field, Miss E. N. 'i'liomas, and the President joined in a discussion, and the exhibitor replied. Dr. A. B. Rkndle, F.R.S., F.L.S., showed specimens obtained in 1911, of the dissected leaf-form of Horseradish, Cochlearia Armoracia ; in his absence, the following statement was read for him by the General Secretary : — " It is not suggested that the dissected form of leaf of Horse- radish is new ; it will be familiar to many Fellows. The leaf- tissue between the veins is undeveloped to a greater or less degree, and a more or less cut form of leaf results. 1 should like to ask whether this form has been more generally noticed during the past remarkably sunny summer. It might be suggested that it is a response to an increased amount of sunlight or diminution of water-supply. The specimen w hich I am sliowing came from a dry field, about a njile from the sea, at Bognor, in which a number of the ])lants were growing here and there, and nearly all of them showed the phenomenon in a greater or less degree. I noticed the same dissected leaf-form in other places this summer. " Miss Ida M . Roper, F.L.S., has sent a specimen from Somerset, and her letter may be worth reading to the Fellows." The letter, dated the 20th December, was accordingly read. Dr. Stajjf then referred to one or two points suggested by the specimens. LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDON. 9 January 18th, 1912. Dr. D. H. ScoxT, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 21st December, 1911, were read and confirmed. Miss Alice Pegler was proposed as an Associate. Mr. Frank Evans, Mr. George WilHam Howes, and Ealph Vincent, M.D., M.E.C.P., were elected Pellows. Dr. A. Anstruther Lawson, F.L.S., gave a lantern lecture entitled " Some features of the Marine Flora at 8t. Andrews," showing the wealth of algal vegetation at t'lat part of tlie coast, and its special characteristics, including the habit of the plants when growing in their natural position under water. Illustrations of the gigantic Brown Alga3 of the Pacific Coast were also shown for comparison. The lecture was discussed by Miss A. L. Smith, Mr. J. C. Shenstone, Prof. F. E. Fritseh, Mr. A. D. Cotton, and the President, the lecturer replying to various questions. Miss E. L. Turner, F.L.8., then showed a series of lantern- slides illustrating her discovery last year of a nestling Bittern in Norfolk on the 8th July, 1911. The slides were from photographs taken by the author, and showed the young bird in its protective attitude simulating a bundle of I'eeds, and the nest itself. The narrative showed that probably more than one young bird had been batched, and that the fledgling found was the last of the brood, and the older birds had been induced by the parents to quit the neighbourhood of the nest and scatter amongst the reeds of the marsh. It is gratifying to recoi'd the recurrence of this in- teresting species in a county in which it was formerly common, and it is hoped that it may re-establisli itself in its old haunts. The Rev. T. 11. R, 8tebbing, F.R.S., added some remarks, congratulating Miss Turner on her success as an observer. The General Secretary read a letter from Dr. George Henderson, accompanying a quantity of seeds of Nannorrli02^s liitchiana, H. Wendl., which the sender wished should be tried in cultivation in the South of England by as many persons as possible. He stated that these seeds were of last summer's growth, and came from the Ivhyber Pass, wliere snow sometimes covered these palms in winter, whilst the summer is very hot. He further suggested lO PROCEEDINGS OF THE that heat might he requisite to cause the seeds to germinate freely. The seeds were accordingly distributed amongst those present at the meeting. February Ist, 1912. Prof. E. B. PouLTON, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 18th January, 1912 were read and confirmed. Dr. Ralph Vincent was admitted a Fellow. Mr. Charles Cumming Calder, B.Sc, Mr. Thomas Alfred Dymes, Mr. Thomas Maldon Fitch, Miss Clara Ethelinda Larter, Miss Maud Samuel, E.Sc, and Mr. David George Stead, were proposed as Fellows, and Mr. Arthur Patterson and Mr. Ciiarles Davies Sherborn for the vacant Zoological Associateship. Mr. F. N. Williams regretted the present method of postponing exhibitions, which produced the greatest amount of discussion, to the reading of papers of mere formal importance, with the consequent inconvenience to those Fellows who, living at a distance, had to leave early on account of their trains. The Vice-President in the Chair pointed out that the matter was actually before the Council, and Mr. Williams's remarks would receive attention ; and Prof. Dendy, Sec.L.S., explained the reason why the alteration had been tried. The following live papers, relating to the fauna of the Seychelles and other islands of the Indian Ocean, were communicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gardinee, F.R.S., F.L.S. : — 1. M. A. FoREL. — Four 111 is des Seychelles et des Aldabras, revues de M. Hugli Scott. 2. Mr. F. W. Edwards. — Tipulidae. 3. Di". GtJNTHER Enderlein. — Sciaridse. 4. Mr. Claude Morley. — The Ic-hiieumonidae. 5. C. Tate Eegan, M.A.— New Fishes. The Vice-President in the Chair, Prof. Dendy, Sec.L.S., the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, and Prof. W. A. Herdman contributed some remarks on the value and importance of the results thus briefly summarized. The Rev. 11. AsnixoTOX Bullen, F.L.S. , exhibited a snail found by him at Potto Pi, near Palma, Mallorca, in March 1909. Its shell puzzled him, because it had composite characters allying it on the LINNEAK SOCIETY OF LONDOIS". II one band to Helix aspersa, O. F, Miill., and on the other to Otala vermictdata (0. F. Miill.), both common Lusitanian forms. The Rev. E. H. Bowell having examined the anatomy of the animal itself, found that its radula partook of an intermediate character, showing affinities to the species named above, and the absence of certain organs argued its hybridit)'. A discussion followed, in which the following took part : — Prof. Poulton, Mr. Alfred Santer Kennard (visitor), and the Treasurer. Eev. R. AsHiis'GTON Bullen also exhibited new engravings, enlarged 12 diameters, of Hygromia montivaga, AVesterlund. This land-mollusc was found at Harlyn Bay, Cornwall, in 1902, in a prehistoric cemetery of late Keltic date. He had found about 40 specimens in all. It is a member of the Lusitanian fauna, and, so far, only found in England in the above locality. The exhibitor adduced evidence to show that it was certainly of pre-Eoman date (dying out in the early Iron Age), he having obtained it from a probably Pleistocene horizon in previously undistui'bed brown sandy clay, the upper disintegrated layer of the Ladock Beds (Devonian Slates). The place where he so found it had not been dug into for the purpose of burial. It also occurred in the brown sand in which the late Keltic burials were placed, but not in the 12 or 13 feet of bright shell-sand beneath the top soil and above the interments, Roman remains (a coin of the younger Faustina) had occurred in the neighbourhood no deeper than plough-depth. The following joined in the discussion upon this exhibition : — Prof. Dendy, Sec.L.S., Mr. A. S. Kennard (visitor), the Treasurer, Mr. J. C. Shenstoue, Mr. Hugh Findon, Dr. Otto Stapf, Sec.L.S., Mr. F. N. Williams, Dr. Marie Stopes, and Prof. Poulton, the exhibitor replying. The G-eneral Secretary brought forward a communication from Herr Paul Scheedlin, as follows : — " For hundreds of years pigeons have nested on the spire of Strassburg cathedral. They increased so much that many attempts have been made to extirpate them, but in vain. During the last few years there has been a sudden and startling diminution iu the number of these cathedral pigeons. " I am of opinion that this manifest reduction is due to the asphalting of the streets round the cathedral. Between the stone sets of the pavement the pigeons were able to pick up food in quantity. In consequence of the asphalting, and daily \^atering and cleansing of the places in the immediate neighbourhood, the birds have gone. ",Has a similar case been observed elsewhere ? " The Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, Prof. Dendy, Mr. Henry Bury, and Mr. Charles Oldham (visitor) spoke on the subject, — the last 12 PnOCEEDINGS OF TUB speaker referring to the lessened number of pigeons in certain parts of London, due to the increase of motor traffic and corre- sponding decrease of horses, tlie birds thus losing tlieir chief source of food from scattered horse-feed. The Genex'al Secretary then brought forward a communication entitled "Additional Information concerning Linne's J.ajjland Drum." He stated that on the 2nd February, 1911, he showed some lantern-slides concerning lioslin's portrait of Carl von Linne (Proc. iyiU-1 1 , p. 2, plate), followed by some remarks on the Lapp drum which figures in the Hoffman portrait and on the titlepage of the ' Flora Lapponica.' Innnediately upon the printed account of this exhibition reaching Sweden, two correspondents wrote to him about ir, and one of them, Dr. J. M. llulth, of Uppsala, was so kind as to enclose a reprint of au article by Dr. Edgar Reuterskicild, on the Linnean Lapland magic drum, from which the following in- formation is taken. The information printed in the Proceedings for last year (pp. 60-01) represented the ascertained facts up to the Bi- centenary of Linne in May 1907. But enquiry was afterwards made as to what had become of the Linnean drum, and it resulted in the discovery of its history as follows : — The drum formed part of a large collection of curiosities whicli was bought by the Uni\ersity of Upsala in 1832 on the death of Thun berg's pupil and botanical demonstrator, C. P. Forsberg. In 1874 the Uni- versity, not knowing its interestino history, presented it to the Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, whence, in 1883, it passed to the Trocadero Museum, in Paris, in exchange for some Peruvian curiosities. It now seems certain that Linne received the magic drum from Pite Lappmark, as it agrees with the design of others from that part, and differs from the form of those from Kimi and Torne Lappmark ; it has certain figures used in the district of Asele. AVe may ex])ect a detailed account of the drum in question from Dr. Reuterskiiild, who is occupied in au exhaustive review of all known specimens. The Treasurer referred to the interest of this exhibition, specially witli regard to the local variations in the pattern of the drums. The General Secretary also read a letter from Sir E. Ray Lankesteii, K.C B., F.R.S., referring to certain developments on the part of ' Tiie Field ' newspaper, as enlisting the help of sportsmen and country gentlemen for natural history. Mr. John Hopkinsoti also contributed some remai'ks on the illustrations shown in support of the letter. LIXNEAIf SOCIETY OF LONDON, fj February loth, 11)12. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Miuutes of the General Meeting of the 1st February, 1912, were read and confirmed. Mr. Albert Malins Smith, M.A., was adm.itted a Fellow. Mr. Kichard Higgins Burne and Prof. Augustus Daniel Irams, B.A., B.Sc, were proposed as Fellows. Miss Alice Pegler was elected an Associate. With reference to remarks made at the last General IMeetinff,. the Pi'esideut read the following Resolution which had been adopted by the Council : — "That it be the duty of the Secretaries to arrange the Agenda of the Exhibitions and Papers for each meeting in such a way as may in their discretion best contribute to tlie interest and convenience of the Fellows attending the Meeting." Mr. EoBERT Haeolb Compton, M.A., read a pa[)er, com- municated by Prof. A. C. Sewakd, F.E.S., F.L.S., entitled "An Investigation of the Seedling Structure in the Leguminosa?."' A discussion followed,, by Miss E. JV. Thomas, J\Ir. T. G. Hill, Dr. Ethel de Fraine, Mr. A. G. Tansley, the President, Dr. Otto Stapf, Sec.L.S., and Mr. Ernest Lee, the author replying. Mr. C. E. Salmon exhibited an abnormal Orchis with enlarged drawings of the flowers, with the following note : — On April 23rd, 1911, Mr. P. H. Mitchiner gathered this re- markable specimen on the chalk downs above Eeigate and brought it to me for determination. At a first glance, Hahenaria viridis or Herminium MonorcJiis might be suggested as a name, for the stem was about 4 inches high, with a spike of small greenieh-yellow flowers. A close examination soon dispelled such an idea, and I saw at once that the specimen was unlike any British wild Orchid. Knowing that Mr. W. B. Hemsley had studied various species of this Order very closely, I at once packed up the specimen and despatched it to him. I cannot do better than read the careful report he made upon it, only regretting that he is unable to be present to-night to explain personally the various points. He writes : — " Although none of the flowers attained full development, some of them grew out sufficiently for analysis and recognition of the parts. Briefly, the floAvers present several peculiarities. In the 14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE first place, they have three spurs, the additional pair heing sepaline ; agreeing in this respect with the three-spurred Platan- thera that 1 exhihited before the Linnean Society, Jan. 17, 1907, and differing from the three - spurred Platanthera exhibited March 19, 1908, in which the additional spurs were petaline; these two conditions affording examples of false and true peloria respectively. Both specimens of Platanthera contained fully developed normal pollinia ; your plant, none. The structure of the flowers of your plant is as follows: — Scape with one appressed leaf. Flowers yellowish, crowded, not fully developed and only about one-tliii'd of an inch long. Bracts longer than the ovary, shorter than the flower. Flowers 3-spurred, the additional spurs* produced by the two lateral sepals, and somewhat thicker than the labelhnn spur. Spurs equal or unequal in length. Labellum considerably larger than the sepals and petals, narrow in the basal half and nearly orbicular in the distal half, entire or irregularly 5-toothed. Sepals and petals otherwise similar. Genitalia (juite rudimentary with no trace of pollinia. " The floral structure of this anomalous orchid, especially the shape of the different organs, and its sterile nature, Mould lead one to suppose it to be of hybrid origin. But its early appearance and its small size make it diflicult to suggest a probable parentage. The shape of the labellum points to Orchis and I suggest some connection with 0. Morio ; yet the resemblances go no further. I sent the drawings to my friend Dr. Focke, and he replied that he could say very little about it but referred me to a Swiss record, which he had not seen, of an anomalous 0. Morio, as a possible clue." The suggestion of Dr. Focke (whose letter is upon the table) is not very helpful, as the plant to which he refers proved to be a 3-lipped and 3-spurred Orchis Morio. The plants associated with this abnormal Orchis on the Reigate Downs include Orchis masctda, 0. Morio (sparingly), 0. ustulata (sparingly), Aceras, and, not far away, Habenaria hifolia ; but of all these, 0. mascula Mould be the only species in flower on such an early date as April 23rd. I may mention that Mr. Hemsley showed the drawing at a meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural Society on Aug. 20, 1911, but no conclusion was arrived at. I should be very glad to hear any suggestions as to the origin of the plant. Mr. Hugh Findox showed a series of Glass-sponges from Japan. He stated that these sponges had been lately given to him by a gentlnman who received a number of them some years ago from a naturalist in Japan. He stated that they were of two species, Hyalonema SiehoWii and H. apertinn, and were dredged in ten to fifteen fathoms of water off the East Coast of Japan. One specimen had been cut in order to see the connection between the stalk, or " rope," LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 15 and the sponge proper. The lover ends of the strands of the "rope" are barbed in a peculiar manner, as may be seen under the microscope. Slides of the spicules were also shown under the microscope, of which there seem to be a great variety, the most noteworthy being the double-ended, six-bladed, battleaxe-form and the four-i'ayed star with the barbed spur. Tliere also appears to be a smaller double mushroom anchor form and many straight spines. The spicules polarize light but sliglitly, and appear to have an organic nucleus or centre core. Prof. A. Dend}'-, Sec.L.S., spoke on the history of these sponges, and the original erroneous ideas entertained concerning their nature and mode of growth. He further displayed illus- trations from various sources in support of his statements. March 7th, 1912. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the loth Pebruary, 1912, were read and confirmed. Mr. AUeyne Leechman and Dr. Charles Edward Moss wei'e proposed as Fellows, and Dr. Hermann Christ-Sociu as a Foreign Member. Mr. Charles Gumming Calder, B.Sc, Mr. Thomas Alfred Dymes, Mr. Thomas Maldon Fitch, Miss Clara Ethelinda Larter, Miss Maud Samuel, B.Sc, and Mr. David George Stead were elected Fellows. The names of Mr. Arthur Patterson and Mr. Charles Davies Sherborn uere submitted to a ballot for the vacant Zoological Associateship. The ballot having been closed, the President nominated Mr. A. D. Michael, Dr. W. T. Caiman, and Dr. A. P. Young, Scrutineers ; these having examined the Ballot-papers and reported to the President, he declared that Mr. Charles Davies Sherborn had been elected an Associate. The President announced the death of Mr. Alfred Fryer, A.L.S. Prof. Perct Gkoom read a paper entitled "Note on the Internodes of CalamitesP A discussion followed, in which the following took part : — Prof. F. W. Oliver, Dr. Marie Stopes, Mr. Clement Reid, and the President, the author replying. Miss Ethel M. Phillips exhibited a portfolio of water-colour drawings, and explained that they were made duriug a recent 1 6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE visit to Barbados, AVest Indies, between Xovember 1908 and yiny 1911. "I had been greatly struck by tlie profusion and brilliance of the flora o( the Ishiiui, and having tried to make a collection of dried specimens, which [ji-oved most disappointing, I was led to begin the paintings by a desire to have some permanent record of what I saw. The list of 104 plants is far from being exhaustive, but contains perhaps the majority of the more promi- nent ones. I am not a botanist, but have endeavoured to delineate as faithfully as possible the form and structure of the various species, and have also tried to reproduce something of the intensity of colouring which seemed to me so remarkable. I may perhaps be allowed to make a special mention of the number of Flamboyant trees, Poincluna regia, which \sith theii- abundance of bright scarlet blossoms form so striking a feature of the landscape in the months of May, June, and July." A list of most of the botanical names, supplied by Mr. John Bovell, F.L.S., of the Agricultural Department, Barbados, was also show n. The exhibitor reminded those present that some of the colours, especially the mauves and blues, are not seen to advantage in artificial light. The Rev. T. E. li. Stebbing read his paper, " Historic doubts about VmoUhompsonia." (Abstract, p. 78). Dr. W. T. Caiman, the General Secretary, and Prof. A. Dendv, Sec.L.S., joined in the subsequent discussion. Dr. Otto Staff, Sec.L.S., by permission of the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, showed some living specimens of Cactoid Euphorbias from South Africa, and commented on the salient features of the group. The President, Miss M. Carson, Mr. H. R. Darlington, the Treasurer, Mr. Clement Eeid, Mr. J. C. Shenstone, Prof. A. Dendy, and Dr. C. E. Moss (visitor) contributed further remarks, and Dr. Stapf replied. March 21st, 1912. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 7th March, 1912, were read and confirmed. Dr. Ronald llamlyn-Harris, F.Z.S., and Mr. Robert Heath Lock, M.A. (Cantab,), were proposed as Fellows, and Mr. AVilliam Hales as an Associate. Mr. Richard Higgins Burne, and Prof. Augustus Daniel Imms, B.A., D.Sc, were elected Fellows. LINNEAN SOCIETY OE JjOT^DO^. 1 7 A paper by Dr, Ign^acio Boliyar aud Mr. Cuaeles Ferriere, B.Sc, on the " Orthoptera-Phasinid^e of the Seychelles," and communicated by Prof. J. Stanley GtARDiiner, P.R.S., F.L.S., was read by the Zoological Secretar\% who, in illustration of this paper, showed living examples of Phasinidie and their eggs, Mr. W. F. Kirby, Miss E. Pearse (who also showed specimens), Miss E. M. AVaketield, Dr. A. P. Young, and Dr. Otto Stapf, Sec.L.S., joined in the discussion which followed. Miss May Eathboxe exhibited a specimen of TrifoUam repens which showed phyllody of the carpels in a very distinct manner, the axes of many of the flowers being prolonged into a single leaflet, subtended by stipules, the rest of the flower calling for no remark. (Abstract, p. 79.) Miss E. M. Berridge, the President, Dr. O. Stapf, Dr. C. E. Moss (visitor), Mr. H. E. Darlington, the Eev. E. .S. Marshall, and Dr. R. E. Gates (visitor), contributed further observations. Mr. J. A. Ltddell's paper, " On Nitocrameira hdeUurce, a new genus of parasitic Cantliocamptidse," communicated by Prof. G. C. Bourne, F.E.S., F.L.S., was read in abstract by the Zoological Secretary, and commented on by the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, Dr. W. T. Caiman, Prof. Dendy, Sec.L.S., and the President. The Botanical Secretary gave an account of a paper by Mr. W. "West and Prof. G. S. "West entitled " On the Periodicity of the Phytoplankton of some British Lakes." Mr. H. jN". Dixon showed a series of plants from South Poi'tugal, stating that the plants shown were collected on a botanical visit to Algarve in company with Mr. W. E. Nicholson in May, 1911. The trip was mainly taken with a view to bryophytic study, and the phanerogams were only incidentally collected. They were not shown with special reference to their botanical interest, though some of them were decidedly rare, but chiefly in order to draw attention to the method of mounting in some instances, certain of the specimens being mounted on sheets of black paper, instead of the ordinary white. In some cases, as for instance with white and yellow flowers, or with many grasses, the colour of the flower is shown up much better by the contrast ; and in others, where this is not conspicuously the case, the black background produces a restful ness to the eye which probably, quite apart from colour contrast, is an advantage. It is not suggested that in all cases, or for herbarium purposes, there is any advantage gained, but for exhibition purposes, and for a certain class of plants it seems an improvement over the ordinary white sheet. The surface should of course have as little glaze as possible, and a paper should be chosen which has been found to bear con- sidei'able exposure to light without discoloration. LINN. SOC, proceedings. — SESSION 1911-1912. c l8 PEOCEEDIXGS OF THE Several of the plants shown are endemic to Portugal, and others to the Spanish Peninsula. Dr. C. E. Moss, ]Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb, Mr. J. C. Shenstone, and the Treasurer also spoke on the subject of the exhibition. Dr. John Mastin sent for exhibition under the microscope, two slides of Polycistina obtained under the following circum- stances:— "On the 4th September, 1011, a few days after a stormy sea and heavy wind, on the coast off Whitby, Yorkshire, I saw a little patch of beautiful iridescent colour floating on the surface of the then calm water. 1 skimmed this cloud of colour, and on clearing later, found it to be varieties of Polycistina, of the family Ehizopoda, but having siliceous instead of calcareous shells. "These shells, which are of magnificent forms, are identical with those usually (and, I am informed, hitherto onhi) found in the West Indies and along the coasts of Florida aud the Gulf of Mexico. 1 believe they are the first discovered on the English Coast, to which they will most probably have been brought by the- Gulf Stream. " I shall be glad if any of the Fellows of the Society can inform me if such as these have ever been discovered on the Yorkshire Coast, or indeed on any portion of the home coasts. " Up to the present 1 have failed to find similar ones in any private or public collection which have been found locally. They are all purely West Indian varieties and appear to be absolutely new on these shores." Prof. Dendy remarked upon the interest of this exhibition, and that the forms shown were similar to those procurable from Barbados. April 18th, 1912. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 21st March, 1912, were read and confirmed. Mr. Eichard Higgins Burne was admitted a Fellow. Mrs. Eleanor Mary Eeid, B.Sc, was proposed as a Fellow. Mr. Alleyne Leechman and Dr. Charles Edward Moss were elected Fellows. The following Auditors for the Treasurers Accounts were nominated by the Council, and elected by show of hands, namely : for the Council, Dr. A. B. liendle and Mr. A. AV^ Hill : for the Fellows, Mr, Hamilton H. C. J. Druce and the Hon. N. C. Eothschild. LINNEAK SOCIETY OF LOjSTDOJf. 1 9 The President anuounced that the Linnean Medal would be awarded to Dr. E. C. L. Perkins, famous for his researches on the Fauna of the Sandwicli Islands. Dr. D. H. Scott read a paper on '■'■ Botnjchioxylon paradoxum, a Palaeozoic Pern with Secondary Wood." Eemarks were contributed by Dr. E. A. N. Arber, Prof. A. C. Seward, and Dr. W. H. Lang, the author replying briefly. Dr. E. A. Newell Arber then summarized his paper, "On Psygmophyllum majus, sp. nov., from the Lower Carboniferous Rocks of Newfoundland, together with a Eevisiou of the Grenus, and Eemarks on its Affinities." Prof. Seward and the President followed with additional ob- servations. Mrs. He>'shaw then gave a lantern demonstration on "The Alpine Flora of the Canadian Eocky Mountains," the slides giving admirable representations of the more striking constituents of the flora, with views of the magnificent mountain scenery in which the plants are found. Dr. O. Stapf, Sir Frank Crisp, and the President joined in the discussion which followed. May 2nd, 1912. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 18th April, 1912, were read and confirmed. Mr. Charles Hedley and Mr. Thomas Alfred Dymes were admitted Fellows. Mr. William Henry Daun, .M.A. (Cantab.), the Eev. John Stewart Miiller, M.A. (Cantab.), and Mr. Edwin Percy Phillips, M.A. (Cape Univ.), were proposed as Fellows. The following persons were severally balloted for and elected: — Dr. Eonald Hamlyn-Harris, F.Z.S., and Mr. Eobert Heath Lock, M.A. (Cantab.), Fellows ; Dr. Hermann Christ-Socin, of Basel, Foreign Member ; and Mr. William Hales, Associate. The President read the proposed alterations in the Bye-Laws in Chap. II. Sections 2 and 3, with regard to Composition ; the new provisions were explained by the President, and the method of voting to be adopted on the Gth June, by the General Secretary. 20 rROCEBDI>'GS OF THE Miss T. L. Pravkeiid, B.Sc, read her paper " On the Structure of the Palaeozoic Seed Larienostoma ovoides, AVill.," aud com- municated by Prof. F. W. Oliver, F.R.S., F.L.S. The President, Prof. F. W. Oliver, and Dr. Marie Stopes contributed further remarks on the subject of the memoir. A paper, by Dr. Karel Domin, was communicated and read by Dr. O'rro Staff, Sec.L.S., and entitled: "Additions to the Flora of Western and North-Western Australia." Dr. Rendle and Dr. Stapf commented on certain points of the paper. The next paper was by Mr. G. H. Wailes, entitled " Fresh- water Rhizopoda from the States of New York, New Jersey, and Georgia, with a supplementary account of some species from the Seychelles." Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb exhibited several specimens of the extremely rare British AVoodlouse, Lyc/kUum liypnorum, and ex- plained the circumstances under which lie obtained these specimens from Great Warley, Essex. The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbiiig adverted to his first finding the species in Britain, and the relations experienced \\ith the then leading authorities on the group ; Prof. Dendy also joined in the discussion. The Rev. R. Ashingtox Bullex had sent a box containing cochineal insects for exhibition ; he expressed a fear that they would be dead before they could be shown, which was the case. The General Secretary referred to the unfortunate experience of Carl von Linne, who had laboured so hard to procure living insects ; when at last they reached Uppsala they were cleaned off by the gardener, without the Professor's knowledge, to his deep chagrin. The General Secretary placed before the Meeting a summary of his recent investigation of the Linuean Herbarium. He stated that a full catalogue of its contents had long been desired, but difficulties have stood in the way of a complete catalogue. The present list was on a modest scale, and only aimed at indicating which of the Linneau types are represented in the Herbai'ium vei'ified by himself, and these will be shown in the list by special type. This will probably obviate much correspondence, and many useless references in search of species not contained in the Hei'barium. It is hoped that the " Index " may be printed by the autumn of the present year. It was found in the course of investigation that Sir J. E. Smith had transferred no fewer than 110 species to genera other than those assigned to them by Linnd ; these have now been restored to their original positions. Three signs which had been a puzzle LINNEAK SOCIETr OF LONDON. 2 1 to botanists since the days of tlie younger Linne, have been inter- preted ; and another discovery shows that Linne had catalogued his phants as late as 1767, making three enumerations. Another interesting find was that the insects and shells were marked off in copies of the 10th ed. of the ' ISystema,' 1759, and the 12th ed. 1767. A short series of slides in illustration, closed the exhibition. Dr. Rendle, Dr. Stapf, and the President referred to certain points, and the author replied. May 24th, 1912. Anniversary Meeting. Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2nd May, 1912, were read and confirmed. Miss Clara Ethelinda Larter and Sir Frederick "William Moore were admitted Fellows. Miss Ethel Mary Doidge, M.A. (Cape Univ.), Mr. Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, and Mr. John Gervaise Turnbull, were proposed as Fellows. The Treasurer then laid liis Annual Statement of Accounts before the Meeting, and explained the various items of receipts and expenditure, and the same was received and adopted upon the motion of the President (see pp. 22 & 23). The General Secretary then laid his Annual Eeport before the Meeting, thus : — Since the last Anniversary 10 Fellows had died, or their deaths been ascertained : — Algernon Sidney Bicknell. Dr. Harry Bolus. Rev. John Bufton, Ph.D. Mrs. Marian Sarah Farquharson, F.R.M.S. [Mrs. Ogilvie- Farquh arson of Haughton.] Albert Harrison. Thomas Morlaud Hocken, M.D. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, O.M. George Maw. John Campbell Oman. Francis Tae;art. Also 2 Associates ; — Alfred Fryer. | Oswald Arthur Sayce. And 2 Foreign Members : — Dr. Jean Baptiste Edouard Bornet. 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Fellows elected -42, of whom 3G have qualified up to the present time ; also 2 Associates and 1 Foreign Member. The Librarian's report was as follows : — During the past year tliere have been received as Donations from private individuals 82 volumes and 228 pamphlets. From the various Universities, Academies, and Scientific Societies there have been received in exchange, and otherwise, 321 volumes and 94 detached parts, besides 76 volumes and 21 parts obtained in exchange, and as donations from the editors and proprietors of independent periodicals. The Council at the recommendation of the Library Committee have sanctioned the purchase of 193 volumes and 60 parts of important works. The total additions to the Tiibrary are therefore 672 volumes and 403 separate parts. The number of books bound during the year is as follows : — In full-morocco 3, in half- morocco 225, in half-calf 3, in full- cloth 438, in vellum 58, in buckram 55, in boards and half- cloth 24. Relabelled (half-morocco and cloth back) 44, Total 850 volumes. The President referred to the losses by death which the Society had sustained during the past year, and especially to the quite recent death of their Foreign Member, Prof. Strasburger, the news of which had only been received the day before. Prof. Stras- burger received the Linnean Medal in 1905, and the Darwin- AVallace Medal in 1908 ; he was the founder and acknowledged leader of modei-n cvtology on its botanical side ; students from all parts of the world frequented his famous laboratory, and to many of his colleagues, like the speaker, he was a valued personal friend. The President referred to the end, now so near, of his own term of office, and while regretting for his own sake that the LI>'^NEAX SOCIETY OF LONDOX. 25 time bad come for him to be gathered to his predecessors^ congratulated the Society on tlieir gain in securing Prof. Poulton as their new President. He expressed his great regret that Prof. Dendy was unable to offer himself for re-election as Zoological Secretary, his many and inci'easiug duties preventing him from continuing his valuable services to the Society. In Prof. Dendy they were losing a vigorous and able oflicer, whom they could iil spare. If, however, they could not keep Prof. Dendy, they were fortunate in being able to put forward Prof. Bourne, of Oxford, as his successor. The General Secretary having read the Bye-Laws governing the Elections, the President opened the business of the day, and the Fellows present proceeded to vote for the Council and Officers. The Ballot for the Council having been closed, the President nominated the Eev. T. E. 11. Stebbing, Dr. A. P. Young, and Mr. A. "W. Oke, Scrutineers, who, having cast up the votes, reported to the President, who declared the result as follows : — Tempest Andeesois", D.Sc. ; Prof. G. C. Bourne, F.E.S. ; Prof Arthur Dendt, D.Sc, P.E.S. ; Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner F.E.S. ; Prof. Percy Groom, D.Sc. ; Henry Groves, Esq. Prof. ^V. A. Herdman, F.E.S. ; Arthur W. Hill, M.A. Dr. B. Daydon Jackson ; Prof. F. Keeble, Sc.D. ; Horace W MoNCKTON, F.G.S. ; Prof. Francis W. Oliter, F.E.S. ; Prof E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. ; Dr. Walter George Eidewood ; Henry IN". EiDLEY, C.M.G., F.E.S. ; Miss Edith E. Saunders ; Dr. DuKiNFiELD H. Scott, F.E.S. ; Dr. Otto Stapf, F.E.S. ; Miss Ethel "N. Thomas, B.Sc. ; Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.E.S. (The retiring Councillors were : — Prof. V. H. Blackmak^ Mr. Henry Bury, Sir Frank Crisp, Mr. E. S.Goodrich, F.E.S., and Dr. A. B. Eendle.) The Ballot for the Officers having been closed, the President appointed the same Scrutineers, who, having cast up the votes, reported to tlie President, who declared the result as follows : — President : Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.E.S. Treasurer: Horace W. Monckton, F.G.S. Secretaries: Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, Dr. Otto Staff, F.E.S., Prof. G. C. Bourne, F.E.S. Dr. D. H. Scott, the retiring President, then delivered his Address : — 26 rnocEEDixos of the PKESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. In my Address last year I ventured to give you a short sketch of the work of some of the founders of scientific palocobotany. The subject which I propose to touch on today, though not dissimilar, has claims on our attention of a more personal nature. The death, during the past year, of the acknowledged leader of Botany, Sir Josepli Hooker, our most distinguished Fellow, is an event which must be present to the minds of all of us. The notice of his career for our Proceedings is in hands more competent than mine ; I shall limit myself to one special field of his activity, that on which alone I feel in a position to speak, and propose to offer jou a few remarks on Hooker's relation to the study of fossil plants. Hooker's work on fossil botany begau very early in his career, and was, with one exception, limited to his younger days, though he kept up his interest in the subject all through. His first pal?eobotanical paper, dated 1842, is on fossil wood from the Macquarie Plains in Tasmania, a locality which he visited in the course of his famous Antarctic voj'age. The fossil tree (now in the Natural History Museum) was found imbedded in Tertiary basalt ; it is curious to find that in his investigation Hooker made no attempt to have sections cut. In the outer layers no siliceous matter had infiltrated into the intervening spaces between the elements, so that they could be separated for micro- scopic examination, and the " glandular tissue, the distinctive character of a pine-wood," be recognised. More than GO years later the stem was more fully investigated by Dr. Arber, and named Cupressinoccylon Ilookeri. On reading this paper Hooker wrote to me (March 28, 1903): — "I was much amused the other day on finding my infant attempt upon a fossil plant christened in the Geological Journal as a new species of plants ! " A Note on a fossil ])lant from the Fish Kiver, South Africa, was another early contribution (1840). No name was assigned to the specimen, probably Ilhastic, and no definite opinion on its affinities was expressed. It has since been referred to the Equisetaceous genus Schizonewa. These were unimportant works ; but in 1S46 Hooker was appointed Botanist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and though he only held the post for little more than a year, three valuable memoirs, published in 1848, were the immediate result. In fact, this was the time of his most active work on fossil plants. The first of these memoirs is of a general character ; it is " On the Vegetation of the Carboniferous Period as compared with that of the present day," and is of remarkable interest as giving the impression made on the mind of a brilliant young botanist by the then state of our knowledge of Paleozoic plants. He says that his observations " are little more than the first impressions LINNEAN SOCIETY OE LOXDOK. 2^ received by a naturalist, who, having been almost exclnslvely occupied with an existing Flora, is called upon to contrast with it the fragmentary remains of anotlier Flora, whose species are, without an exception, different from those now living, which represent in part the vegetation of a period indefinitely antecedent to the present, and have been succeeded by still other plants, equally diverse from both, and which have likewise perished" {p. 387). He realised the true interest of the enquiry, saying: — " As a field for botanical research there is none so novel as the coal formation, the few yards of shaft being more than e(juivalent to the longest voyage, in respect of the amount and kind of dif- ference between the vegetation the naturalist is ac(iuainted with and that he seeks to understand " (p. 39-i). At the same time Hooker, in this as in all his palajobotanical work, was deeply impressed with the excessive difiSculties of the subject, and it must be admitted that his criticisms, judicious as they always were, are apt to sound somewhat depreciatory and discouraging. In the later years of his life, as we shall see, he felt able, under the influence of recent advances, to take a more hopeful view of the position. In the Essay of 1848 Hooker expressed the opinion that the classification of plants is less easily intelligible than t'.iat of animals, being less concerned with external characters. " It is partly," he says, " owing to these circumstances that the study has been comparatively neglected ; partly also because a far more comprehensive knowledge of the existing forms of plants is required to make any progress in fossil botany, than of recent zoology to advance equally in palaeontology " (p. 388). This is a very just comment, and accounts in a great degree for the rather late development of plant-palfeontology. While he recognised that the Carboniferous period presents exceptional facilities for investigation, Hooker scarcely did justice to the quality of its fossils. " Plants, whose tissues are so lax as to be convertible after death into a mass of such uniform structure as coal, evidently would not retain their characters well during fossilization, under whatever favourable circumstances that opera- tion may be conducted. We consequently find that few specimens are available for scientific purposes" (p. 389). This somewhat theoretical difficulty Avould not trouble one at the present day. It is interesting to find that Hooker already admitted the necessity for anatomical work. He says that the investigator's knowledge should embrace " a familiarity with vegetable anatomy, for when the stem or trunk alone is preserved, which is often the case, a minute examination of its tissues is the only method of determining its position in the natural series " (p. 392). All the same. Hooker was distrustful of anatomical characters, for in discussing the affinities of SujilJaria eler/ans he says : — " It is not by solitary characters, and least of all by such as the arrangement of the tissues in the axis affords, that genera of plants are referred to their natural orders " (p. 422). In this he was more cautious 28 , phoceedikgs of the than Uroiigiiiart and escaped his errors, but the riper knowledge of hvter times lias fully rehabilitated the anatomical method. He gives an excellent account of the Coal-measures and the distribution of their fossil plants ; he says it may be concluded that the Conifera; [now Cordaitete] "never were associated with tho Sif/iUari(i; and other ])lant8 which abound in the coal seams; but that they tiourished in the neighbourhood, and were at times transported to these localities" (p. 396), a conclusion confirmed by later work. He also calls attention to ''the extraordinary size of both the vascular and cellular tissue of many " coal-plants, a point which has often struck subsequent observers, though it does not extend to the Cordaitca), plants which had a different habitat. He admits that this singxilarly succulent texture of the typical Coal flora i)0ssibly indicates a great degree of humidity, but in a later paper * he shows that no reliance can be placed on this argument, succulence being specially characteristic of the plants of deserts ; at the same time he considered the geological evidence for the swamp-flora theory of the Coal-measures conclusive. He was inclined to regard the Carboniferous Flora as poor in species, saying "A luxuriant vegetation is no index to a varied one ;. and as many of our modern woods and even great areas of tropical forests consist of but a few species multiplied ad infinitum, so may the forests of the Carboniferous period have been composed of but a few SiS'. hpidodendri- folia) to Lepidodendron. Apart from his too liberal concessions to the fern-theory. Hooker shows sound judgment as regards Sigillarian affinities, for he says : " That the iSigillaria; were allied to Lycopodiacea) is evident, their tissues and scarring being very like those oi Lepidodendron" (p. 421). He recognised the high value of Brongniart's admirable account of the anatomy of his SigiUaria elegans (really S. Menardi), but had doubts whether the plant was a true Su/illaria. It will be remembered that Erongniart was led by his discovery of radially seriated (secondary) wood in tSigiUaria to refer that family to the " great division of Gymnospermous Dicotyledons." He still recognised some affinity to the Lycopodiaceae, regarding the Sigilliirias as coming betAveen Lycopodiacd'e and Cycadeae, but nearer to the latter. Hooker's remarks on this point are most judicious. " Assuming," he says, " the 8. elegans to be a true LIXXEAX SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 31 Sigillaria, it appears to afford slender grounds for the adoption of the above view, as regards its uniting such diverse and distinct orders as Cj'cadeje and Lycopodiacece. It is true that it departs signally from the ordinary structure of the latter order ; hut it requires stronger evidence than the more perfect structure and regular arrangement of the bundles of vascular tissue to ally it to Cycadea?, ■with which, in general appearance, habit, fluting, markings, stigmaroid roots, absence of accompanying foliage, and mau)^ other points, it has nothing in common" (p. 421). Thus in the controversy which for so long divided fossil botanists, Hooker at once placed himself on the side which the event has shown to have been the right one. Hooker's account of Leindodtndron contains a much needed caution on the question of species. " If the species of that genus," he remarks, " were as prone to vary in the foliage as are those of Lifcopodmin, our available means for distinguishing them are wholly insufficient " (p. 423). He illustrates his point by the Xew Zealand species, Lijcojyodium densum. The suggestion that some of the Trigonocarpi were the seed-vessels (sporangia^l of Lepidodendron is curious, considering that other fossil " seeds " have turned out to be really of that nature. At that time Hooker had seen no Calamitese with structure, and he refrains from expressing any opinion as to their relation- ships. It is interesting to find that he looked, though in vain " for evidence of their being Equisetaceae, in the presence of those siliceous stomata with which that order abounds, and which would surely have been preserved in the fossil state" (p. 427). It is only within the last year or two that this evidence has been actually found, in the stomata of Calamitean leaves investi- gated by Mr. Hamshaw Thomas. In his concluding remarks, Hooker speaks of the abundance of specimens, suggestive of most interesting points, still to be worked out. He hoped that they would form the materials for a succession of essays in the Memoirs of the Geological Survey, but only two more were ever published, his Himalayan expedition intervening. The first of these is his memoir " On some Peculiarities in the Structure of /Stif/maria.^' The merit of this jiaper consists in the excellent and well-illustrated account given of the internal structure of Stigmaria, which was already known to be the root, or at least the underground portion of ^ifiillaria. Only in one point was Hooker seriously mistaken regarding the anatomy. He allowed himself to be misled by an observation of Goeppert's, and believed that the vascular strands passing out through the medullary rays originated from isolated bundles occurring in the pith. As "Williamson showed, nearly 40 years later, no such medullary bundles exist ; Goeppert was deceived by Stigmarian rootlets burrowing in the decayed pith, and took them for integral parts of the structure. The comparison drawn between the structure of Stigmaria 32 PllOCEEUINGS OF TUB and that of fii(jillaria itself, and of Lepidodendron (p. 436) is interesting ; but the state of anatomical knowledge was not then sufficiently advanced for the true homologies of the parts to be recognised. Kegarding the affinities, Hooker says : " The points by which SigiUaria (and Slir/mana) is allied to Lycopodiacese, especially through the Lepidodendru, are probably quite sufficient " (p. 437). Jle again rejects the idea of any affinity with Cycadeaj, admitting only a certain analogy, a view in which he was un- doubtedly justified. The most important of Hooker's palaeobotanical works is certainly the third paper in the ilomoirs of the Geological Survey — " llemarks on the Structure and Affinities of some Lepldostrohi,''' in which, for the first time, he explained the true structure, hitherto quite misunderstood, of the fructification of the Carboniferous Clubmosses. All his specimens of Lepidostrobus were found in nodules of clay-ironstone, from the coal-fields of Staffordshire, Glamorgan, &c. Curiously enough the best specimens occurred, as broken frustules of cones, inside the stems of Lepidodendron elerjans and other species, having been washed into the hollow stumps before fossilization — the way in which this is likely to have occurred is discussed in detail. He examined no less than 30 such trunks from Staffordshire, all containing cones, which were sometimes very numerous. Hooker begins his description by pointing out that three con- ditions must be fulfilled in order to determine the relationships of fossil cones. It is necessary to know : (1) the arrangement of the individual organs and nature of the scales; (2) the anatomical structure of the axis and other parts; (3) the nature of the •contents — " there may be stamens or male organs, — ovaria or female ones ; — or lastly, capsules containing reproductive spores (which are peculiar to plants having no sexual system)" (p. 441). At that time, immediately before the appearance of Hofmeister's great Avorks, knowledge of the sexual reproduction of the Higher Cryptogams was still very imperfect. In Lijcopodium, indeed, the genus which Hooker probably had especially in mind, nothing ■whatever was known of the sexual process till nearly 40 years later. The memoir is illustrated by eight plates, which give an admirable idea of the external characters and internal structure of the cones. The slightly restored figure of the scales and sporangia in radial section (i)late 8. fig. 11) has become classical, and is remarkably true to nature. The only defect is that the attachment of the sporangium to its scale is shown too short, no doubt owing to the section examined not having been so strictly radial as is necessary to show the narrow attachment in its full length. He described the spores as " consisting of three or rarely four sporules, -which are afterwards separated from one another " (p. 451), but it is probable that what he really observed, in most cases, was the split membrane of a single spore, and not the true tetrads (except perha])s in the case shown in plate 0. fig. 11). The mistake is extremely easy to make, as I kno-w from experience. LINNEAN SOCIEl'Y OF LONDON. ^^ Apart from these somewhat minute criticisms, it may be said without any reserve that Hooker's work at once placed our know- ledge of these cones on a perfectly satisfactory basis, leaving indeed little, except the discovery of the megaspores, to be added by later observers. He had no hesitation in referring the cones to Lepldodendron, on the ground of association, and of the entire agreement between the axis of the cone and the stem in the arrangenient of the tissues. He considered that the only material difference from the recent Li/copodiiim was in the form of the sporangium. He emphasizes the clear Lycopodiaceous affinity and finally rejects the vague suggestions of Cycadean or Coniferous relationship which were still in the air. At the conclusion of the memoir, he gives some examples from recent plants of false cones, often pathological, as a warning to the student of fossils. Although his own Lepklostrohi were so perfectly cleared up by his researches, he appears to have had some doubts about other species, and was thus led to a characteristic mani- festation of scepticism. The Lepidostrohus memoir shows how much fossil Botany might have expected from Hooker, if he had continued to give his atten- tion to the subject. This, however, was not in any high degree, the case ; his subsequent activity was turned in other directions, and his later paliBobotanical papers are, with one exception, of less positive importance, though often interesting as critical contributions. Passing over a brief note on some doubtful Calamites, of Old Red Sandstone Age, from the Shetland Islands (1852), Hooker's next serious contribution to our knowledge of Palfeozoic Vasculares was a memoir " On a new Species of Volkmaania " (1854). Sternberg's genus VolJcmannia was long employed for various fructifications which have turned out to be of Calamitean or Sphenophyllaceous affinity. Hooker's species, V. Morrisii, from the Lower Carboni- ferous of Carluke near Glasgow, is a fine cone, nearly 3 inches long and more than an inch broad, the stalk having a length of 9 inches. Hooker says " the general resemblance to a gigantifc Equisetum without sheaths is obvious," but adds " It is perhaps not improbable that the genus may prove to be allied to Lepido- dendron." Casuariueaj and Gnetaceic are also referred to. The first suggestion is no doubt nearest the truth. As my friend Dr. Arber suggested to me, the size and character of the cone invite a comparison with Cheirostrobus, a fructification allied to the ■SpheuophyllaceiB and so far only known from structural specimens. Hooker felt the need for structural evidence in the case of his cone, saying " No progress in systematic Botany can be made without an extensive study of the structure and morphology of plants — of their comparative anatomy in fact, and the materials for these researches are seldom preserved in fossil specimens." The memoir with Binney, "On the Structure of certain Limestone Nodules enclosed in seams of Bituminous Coal, with a Description LINN. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1911-1912. d 34 phoceedings of the of some Trigonocarpons contained in tliem '' (L^oS), is a valuable contribution, from two points of view. An excellent account of the nature and occurrence of the calcareous nodules (coal-balls) is given, the earliest, I believe, extant, but this was presumably the work of Binney. The writers notice the absence of fern-fronds- from their petrified material, saying : " It is difficult to conceive the delicate fronds of Ferns so preserved that their structure should be recognized on a transverse section of them in the fossil state." Of course the structure of the leaves of some of the Pteridosperms- tthen included under Ferns) is now well known, but the rarity of true fern-fronds in the petrified condition is remarkable, considering (he frequency of their petioles and stems. As regards the Trigonocarpons, the writers proved that the common nut-like specimens are merely casts of tlie seed-cavity. They give, from their structural specimens, an excellent descrijition of the " outer and second integument " (our sarcotesta or outer fleshy layer, and sclerotesta) ; the nuccllus with its vascular bundles is also described, but not the outer system of bundles in the sarcotesta. They made a detailed comparison with the seed of SaJisbtiria (GfinJcffo), and believed the affinities of I'r'ir/onorarpon to be Coni- ferous rather than Cycadaceous. As a matter of fact, Brongniart'a suggestion of Cycadaceous relationship now seems nearer the truth. The authors say that association gives no clue — they were not then acquainted witli the Aletliopttris-\eix\G^ whicb so generally accompany these seeds. They had some suspicion that 2'rir/onocarjwn might belong to Sigillaria, a suggestion Avhich perhaps shows that Brongniart's belief in the Gymnospermous nature of Shjillaria was beginning to have an undue influence. The paper is an important one, as it placed our knowledge of one Palaeozoic seed, at least, on a scientific basis. Tavo papers by Hooker relate to the problematic organism Pachytheca, of Silurian age. The earlier work is "On the Spheroidal Bodies, resembling Seeds, from the Ludlow Bone Bed " (1852). The outer zone of the spheroidal thallus consists of radiating cells, and in this first paper Hooker said : " This simple structure of spore- sac is very characteristic of the natural order Lycopodiaceae." He was thinking, no doubt, of the well-known columnar layer which forms the outer wall of the sporangium in Lepidostrohus. On a re-examination of specimens in 1875, he gave up this tentative hypothesis and recognised the Algal nature of the organism. His- latest contribution to fossil Botan)' is a short paper on PachijtJieca, published 37 years later in the ' Annals of Botany ' for 1889, illustrated by beautiful drawings from his own hand, showing the detailed structure. He points out the remarkable density and power of resistance to deformation that the thallus must have possessed, and discusses the question whether the internal filaments might be parasitic. He cites the opinions of other botanists, but LiyXEA>" SOCIETY OF LONDON". 35 does not express any decisive view of his own, beyond his con- viction of Algal affinities. This paper was preliminary to a somewhat fuller investigation by Mr. C. A. Barber, but the nature of the organism has never been any further determined. Turning to Tertiary plants, a " Note on the Fossil Plants from Reading " derived from tlie Thanet Sands, is most interesting from the emphasis with which the author insists on the worthlessness of conclusions as to affinity drawn from mere impressions of leaves. Though his specimens were good ones, he refused to give even generic names to the plants. He found that all except two were decidedly Dicotyledonous and Exogenous. The other two " from having parallel veins, may be assumed to be Monocotyledonous," but beyond this he would not go. Of other speeimens he says : " It would be very easy to produce from an herbarium leaves so similar .... as to deceive the inexperienced into instituting crude affinities." Speaking of the specimens generally Hooker remarks : " Though the leaves pre- served in the Keading beds are all of the very commonest forms in the vegetable kingdom (of Dicotyledonous plants) I do not find that they exactly resemble those of any living English species and indeed, even were the resemblance so close that I could not distinguish them from existing forms, I should not consider myself warranted in drawing any conclusions therefrom." The only inference he permits himself is that there is no objection from the evidence of the plants to the climate having been a temperate one. It would be well for our science if the caution shown in this paper by so great a systematist were more often emulated by those who approach the determination of plant-impressions with a more limited equipment of taxonomic knowledge. In 1855 Hooker described two " seed-vessels," one (" Carpolitlies ovuJion, Brongn.") fi'om the Eocene Beds of Lcwisham, the other (^^Folliculites minutuhis, Bronn") from the Bovey Tracey Coal. Though very cautious in avoiding any definite determination of these objects, he was inclined to suggest, in each case, an affinity with Ferns, spore-like bodies having been found in the Carpolithes. I am informed by Mr. Clement Reid that the Carpolithes ovulurn is the seed of a Water-lily, while the Folliculites is also a seed and certainly belongs to Stratiotcs. The study of Tertiary seeds, now carried to such perfection by the work of Mr. & Mrs. Keid, was of course in its earliest infancy at the time when Hooker wrote these papers. "We have now run rapidly through those memoirs of Hooker's which are specially devoted to the consideration of fossil plants. It remains to notice a few references to the subject scattered through his more general Addresses. I well remember the keen interest with which, as a boy, I read cl2 30 PKOCBEDINGS OF THE Hooker's Presidential Address to tlio Whitish Association at tho Norwich fleeting of iy()8, ^Vhat appealed to one was, of course, his zealous championship of Darwinism, then by no means universally accepted, at least by the laity of Science. 1 will only, however, allow myself one quotation from this part of the Address. (Speaking of the then position of the Darwinian theory the President said: — "it is ^>«r excellence an avowed favourite with the rising schools of naturalists ; perhaps, indeed, too much so, for the young are apt to accept such tlieorics as articles of faith, and the creed of the student is but too likely to become the shibboleth of the future ])rofessor " (p. 22). Darwinism has passed through and left behind tho dangers of the age of faith predicted by Hooker ; it has long emerged into the more wholesome air of free criticism, and has to face, on certain sides, the vigorous rivalry of alternative theories. At that time it appears that fossil plants were attracting much attention, for Hooker says : " In my own special Science, the greatest advances that have been made during the last ten years have been in the departments of Fossil liotany, and Vegetable Physiology.'"' " In the past history of the globe, two epochs stand prominently forward — the Carboniferous and the Miocene — for the abundant materials they att'ord, and the light they consequently throw on the early conditions of the Vegetable Kingdom." (p. 13.) As regards the Carboniferous flora, he refers especially to the results attained by liinuey and Carruthers. " These show," he says, " that Calamites is an actual member of the existing family of Equisetaceje, which contained previously but one genus, that of the common Mare's-tail of our river-banks and woods." In this frank accep- tance of the conclusion of the English pala^obotanists Hooker was in advance of his time, for many years had to elapse before prejudices were overcome and difficulties surmounted so as to enable the true position of the Calamariese to be universally recognised. As regards the Miocene plants Hooker was much impressed by Heer's results ; the evidence for a highly developed Arctic Tertiary Flora was what chiefly interested him. In this Address Hooker, after some vigorous criticism of over- reliance on evidence from leaves in palaeobotany, added: "In this most unreliable of Sciences — Fossil Botany — we do but grope in the dark ; of the thousands of objects Ave stumble against, we here and there recognise a likeness to what we have elsewhere known and rely on external similitude for a helping hand to its affinities ; of the great majority of specimens we know nothing for certain, and of no small proportion we are utterly ignorant. If, however, much is uncertain, all is not so, and the Science has of late made sure and steady progress, and developed really grand results " (p. 15). These words express concisely his attitude towards the whole subject — severest criticism combined with a keen interest in such advances as seemed to him to rest on a sound basis. The same LIXNKAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 37 feeling is expressed in his Address to the Royal Society in 1877. After referring to Lesquereux's work on Cretaceous and other fossil plants of the United States, he says : " In the whole range of the natural sciences no study is so difficult and at the same time so fruitless, if we regard the amount of results accepted by botanists, as compared with the prodigious labour their acquisition by palaeontologists has demanded;' This discouraging remark refers, however, essentially to work based on external characters, especially on those of fossil leaves — his bete noir. In the same Address he follows with interest the progress of American fossil botany as hearing on distribution, and points out that in North America there is no break between the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary floras. He returns to the subject in his Royal Society Address of the next year, 1878, in which he discusses with sympathy Saporta's theory of the Polar origin of vegetation. In an Address to the Geographical Section of the British Association in 1881, Hooker again refers to the discovery in Arctic latitudes of fossil plants whose existing representatives are to be found only in warm temperate regions, and discusses the bearing of them on the history of the Flora of North America. This subject was one which specially ajipealed to him from its immediate bearing on the great questions of Geographical Distribution to which his best work was devoted. During his later years Hooker followed the rapid progress of fossil botany with a most sympathetic interest, which was very kindly shown in some of his letters to me. In a letter of Oct. 3, 1896, acknowledging a copy of my Address to the Botanical Section at Liverpool, he said : " Your Fossil Botany pages, of course, interest me most and very much indeed." This, and other passages show that, with all his severity of judgment, he had a specially friendly feeling for the study of fossil plants. Perhaps his most interesting letter in this connection was one written on receiving the preliminary communication by Prof. F. W. Oliver and myself on the seed of Lyijinodendron, which, it may be remembered, was identified in the first instance by the glands on the cupule. He wrote (June 13, 1903) : " I must write to thank you for sending me the Proceedings R. S. with your and Oliver's paper on Lygino- dendron, which has interested me more than I can express. What can be the meaning of the capitate glands ? they would seem to indicate the cotemporaneous insect-lifo which I think has been demonstrated to exist in the Coal Measures. Has any one accounted for the quantity of pollen-grains in the sac of the ovule of Cycadese ? so many more than the wind is likely to have brought." As regards the last suggestion some light is thrown on tho difficulty by Prof. Pearson's observations on the insect-visitors of some South African (Jycads. As regards the fossils the abundance of pollen in the ovule is equally remarkable, and Hooker's remark may here also give us a clue to the right explanation. In a later letter (Oct. 6, 1906) he spoke of our " knowledge of 38 PBOCEEDINOS OF THE Botany, as it advances by strides under a study of its fossil repre- Bentativcs." It is pleasant to a student of fossil plants to remember with what warm and generous sympathy the great leader of botanical science followed the recent jirogrcss of the subject. Hooker's definite contributions to our knowledge of palajobotany were valuable, though limited in extent, owing to the small part of his time that he was free to devote to such investigations. His influence as a severe but just and friendly cricic was of the greatest importance, and his warnings against the many pitfalls of the subject, though they may have discouraged some, are in reality entirely wholesome, and are no less needed today than at the time they were given. References to Papers hij Sir Joseph Dalton lloolcer. 1842. On the Examination of some Fossil Wood from Macquarie Plains, Tasmania. Tasmanian Journ. Xat. Sci. vol. i. 1842, p. 24. 1846. Note on a Fossil Plant from the Fish River, South Africa. Trans. Geol. Soc. vol. vii. 184G, p. 227. 1848. On the Vegetation of the Carboniferous Period, as compared with that of the present day. Mem. Geol. Survey, vol. ii. 1848, p. 387. 1848. On some Peculiarities in the Structure of Stiymaria. Ibid. p. 431. 1848. Remarks on the Structure and Affinities of some Lepidostrohi. Ibid. p. 440. 1853. (J. D. H. & H. E. Strickland.)— On the Distribution and Organic Contents of the " Ludlow Pone Bed " iu the districts of Woolhope and May Hill, with a Xote on the seed-like bodies found in it. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. ix. 1853, p. 8. 1853. Note on the Fossil Plants from the Shetlands. Ibid. p. 49. 1854. Note on the Fossil Plants from Reading. Ibid. vol. x. p. 163. 1854. On a new species of Volkmannia ( V. Morrisii). Ibid. vol. X. p. 199. 1855. (J. D. H. & E. W. BiNNEY.)— On the Structure of certain Limestone Nodules enclosed in seams of Bitumiuous Coal, with a description of some Trigonocarpons contained in them. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. vol. 145. 1855, p. 149. 1854. On some minute Seed-vessels {CarpoJithcs oridiim, Brongn.) from the Eocene Beds of Lewisham. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xi. 1855, p. 562. 1854. On some small Seed-vessels (Folliculites mini(lidt(S, Bronn) from the Bovey Tracey Coal. Ibid. p. 566. 1868. Presidential Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Norwich, 1868. 1877. Presidential Address to the Royal Society, 1877. Proc. R. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 427. LINNEAX SOCIETY Of LON^DOX. 39 187S. Presidential Address to the Itoyal Society, 1878. Proc. K. Soc. vol. sxviii. p. 43. 1881. Presidential Address to the Geographical Section of tho British Association, York, 1881. 18S9. On Pachytheca. Annals of Botany, vol. iii. 1889, p. 135. Upon the conclusion of the Presidential Address the Rev. T. E. E. Stebbixg moved : — " That the President be thanked for his excellent Address, and that he be requested to allow it to be pi-inted and circulated amongst the Eellows,'' which, being seconded by Mr. CLBiiENT Eeid, was carried by acclamation. In acknowledging the vote of thanks proposed by Mr. Stebbing and seconded by Mr. C. Eeid, the President said that, flourishing and active as the Linnean Society now was, he looked forward to even greater developments during the time of his successor and iu tlie more distant future. The Pellows of the Linnean Society had perhaps even yet hardly realized their position as the first Biological Society of the World. That was a proud and responsible place for a Society to hold, and one which it required an effort to rise to. He should like to see the Society's rooms the recognized meeting place of British Biologists, and their Meetings the occasions when all the new biological discoveries were brought forward, whether destined for publication there or elsewhere. The President then addressed Capt. Charles Fbancis Ulla.- THORNE Meek, F.L.S., and handed to him the bronze medal of the Crisp Award for Microscopical Science, and a cheque for the balance of the fund, tliis being the first presentation from the fund fouuded in 1910 by a donation from Sir Prank Crisp, speaking as follows : — Captaih^ Meek, It is now my welcome duty to present to you the Crisp Award for Microscopical llesearch, of which you are the first recipient. The Award was founded two years ago by the generosity of our distinguished and valued Fellow, Sir Prank Crisp, to whose long- continued services in many directions our Society owes so much. I may briefly recall the conditions of the Crisp Award. It is to be made at intervals of not less than five years, and is to be given by the Council for the best paper dealing with Micro- scopical Eesearch. The Award is to be confiaed to Fellows aucJ to work published by the Linnean Society since the previous Award, and, in the first case, during the five years previous. The first Award was to be given in May 1912, the date which we have now reached. 40 PnOCEEDINGS OF THK The paper on which the Award is made is your work on " The Spermatogenesis of Stemhothrus vir'uhdus ; with Si^ccial Kcferenco to the Hcterotropic Chromosome as a Sex Determinant in Grass- hoppers/' published in our Journal (Zoology) in 1911. I am ])articularly glad that the choice of the Council has fallen upon this investigation of yours, because your work is, on the one hand, in the field of cytological microscopy, demanding the utmost skill in the use of advanced methods and the highest poAvers of tho microscope ; Avhile on the other it is concerned with a fundamental problem of Eiology of equal interest to the zoological and botanical sides of our Society. On both these grounds we feel that we are setting a fittingly high standard for future awards, worthy of the intentions of the founder. The special interest of your work lies in its bearing on tho question of the determination of sex, the insect you have investi- gated being one of those in which the male has an odd number of chromosomes in its somatic nuclei, while in the female the number is even, the figures in this particular case being 17 and 18 respec- tively. You have fully investigated the history of the spermato- genic divisions, with special reference to the' behaviour of the accessory or hcterotropic chromosome present in half the sperma- tozoa, while lacking in the remainder. The result of fertilization by the former is to produce females, by the latter to produce males, the odd chromosome consequently being regarded by some as the determinant of sex in these cases. You point out, with scientific caution, that this conclusion is not yet absolutely established, but the exact history of the process which you are able to give afPords the best basis for the ultimate comprehension of its significance. Your singularly accurate and beautiful work deserves the moro credit as it was begun at a time when you Avere still under the pressure of very different duties. I have great pleasure in handing you the Crisp Award, in recog- nition of work which is of the best type of modern microscopical research. Capt. Meek having received the medal and cheque, briefly returned thanks, and expressed his gratification at being chosen the first recipient of the a^ard. The President then addressing Prof. E. B. Poultox, handed to him the Linnean Modal for transmission to Dr. Eobeet Cvril Laytox Perkins, who was abroad, said: — Peofkssor Poulton, In the unavoidable absence of Dr. P. C. L. Pkekins, who is abroad, 1 ask you to receive our Medal on his behalf. Dr. Perkins combines, in a rare degree, the qualities of an in- defatigable field-naturalist and those of a skilled and precise LIXIS'EAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 4^ systematic investigator. He has himself worked out the syste- matics of the chief groups of the Hymenoptera, the whole of the Orthoptera and Neuroptera and part of the Coleoptera, and, among Vertebrates, the Birds of tlie Sandwich Islands. All these contri- butions are included in that great work the ' Fauna Hawaiiensis,' written by numerous eminent specialists : his General Introduction to the Fauna is now in the Press. Throughout Dr. Perkins's long residence in the Sandwich Islands, extending over a period of at least twentv-five years, he has studied the conditions of life of all the groups of animals in the Islands, and not only those on which he has himself written. The value of his long and arduous researches is enhanced by the unfortunate circumstance that large numbers of species which he has studied are now extinct, owing to the importation and spread of competing Continental species and to the destruction of the native forests to make way for the sugar-plantations. Dr. Perkins's careful work will thus be the sole record in the future of the many deeply interesting forms of life which have already gone, and of many more Avhich are on the point of disappearing. To Dr. Perkins's more strictly scientific achievements must be added his remarkable success in founding the Experimental Station at Honolulu. I am told that he, more than anyone else, has proved that such investigations in applied Biology really pay ; the sugar- planters of the Islands have found it worth their while to liberally endow his Station, having learnt that he has saved them immense sums by his method of importing into the Islands the enemies of the insect-pests of the crop. This practical work has not been accomplished without laborious and most minute investigations into the life-history and bionomic conditions of the pests and their enemies, carried out by him or by skilled assistants under his direction. These enquiries have led to a most exact knowledge of the ways of parasites and hyper-parasites, and, while the object was originally a commercial one, a tlood of light has been thrown on the scientific aspects of insect bionomics. I regret to hear that Dr. Perkins's health has suffered in the course of his long-continued labours, owing to exposure during his travels at high elevations and in the damp regions of the Islands. On the ground of his distinguished work in field natural history, in systematic investigation, and in applied biology, the Council have awarded the Linneau Medal to Dr. Perkins, and I have great pleasure in handing it to you for his acceptance. Prof. Poulton made a suitable acknowledgment, and undertook to convey the medal to the recipient. The General Secretary havino; laid before the Meeting certain obituary notices of deceased Fellows and others, the proceedings terminated. 42 TEOCEEDINGS OF THE OBITUARY NOTICES. Algernon Sidney Bicknell was the sou of Elanan Bicknell, of Heme Hill, Surrey, a well-known collector of pictures, and Jjorn on the 9th October, lSli'2. Possessed of ample means, he gave his attention to botany, astronomy, and alpine exploration, travelling much and never happier tlian when in such scenes as the vast forests of the An)azon Jiiver. At a later period he specially interested himself in fungi, and collected a good library bearing on that group. He showed an extensive series of fungi about the year 1887 at the Eoyal Horticultural Society, at that time at South Kensington. He was a member of several scientiHo Societies, amongst them the Woolhope Club and the lioyal (xeographical Society, but he seems never to have published any accouut of his travels or researches. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society, iipth December, 1877, and died at Brighton after an operation, on the 26th October, 1911, shortly after completing his 79th year. [b] D. J.] Haiuiy Bolus was born in Nottingham on April 28th, 1834, the son of Joseph Bolus, a business man of that town. Through the master of his school he became connected with AVilliam Kensitt, a merchant of (xrahamsroMii, with whom he served as apprentice from 1850-1852, having landed at Port Elizabeth on March 28th, 1850. From Grahamstown he went to Port Elizabeth as book-keej)erin a mercantile house, and, at the end of 1855, after a short visit to England, returned to South Africa to Graaff-Eeinet, where he spent the succeeding nineteen years, acting for a short time as Secretary to the Midland Fire Insurance and Trust Company. In 1874 he left Graaff-Eeinet and joined his brother, a stock-broker in Cape Town,* retiring from business in 1895. He died at Oxted, Suri-ey, on May 25th, 1911, soon after his arrival on what Mas to be the last of his many visits to England, and was buried in the churchyard of the village. Although no doubt interested from eai'ly youth in the observa- tion of natural objects and phenomena, his connection with botany may be said to date from 1862, when he attended a short course of public lectures on botany, given by Prof. F. Guthrie, who the year before had been appointed to the newly founded Graaff-Eeinet College. His friendship with Guthrie furthei'ed his botanical inclinations, and the loss in 1805 of his eldest son and the desire for relief from the sad blow, drove him into the arms of the science in which his interests centred lienceforth. For years his activity in this domain was confined to collecting and observations in the held, and studies in his own herbarium. Thorough and methodical habits and a keen eye not only helped him to build up a valuable collection of his own, but also made him a most useful contributor to his numerous correspondents, whose inquiries and wishes he always met with great liberality. LINlfEAX SOCIETY OF LONDON. 43 Poremost in his correspoudence stood Kew, the connection with which extended from 1867 to his death, and was much strengthened by repeated visits, on which he used to bring with him large sets ot" specimens for study and comparison. With Bolus started a second and most successful period in the botanical exploration of South Africa, the lirst having closed with Ecklon and Zeyher in the forties. The success \\as partly due to his own numerous travels, of wliieh Prof. H. H. W. Pearson published a valuable list in the South African Journal of Science for 1911, and partly to the stimulus Avhich he so well understood to awake and keep alive in otliers. His botanical journeys took him ■all over Cape Colony, from Cape Town to Xama([ualand and Pondo- land, and from Algoa Bay to Kimberley. He also visited the Orange Pree State, and three times the Transvaal. Thus he ac- quired an unparalleled field knowledge of the flora of South Africa, and especially of Cape Colony. It found a masterly expression in his ' Sketch of the Piora of South Africa ' (1886), and again in a more matured and condensed form in his ' Sketch of the Ploral Eegions of South Africa' (1905); but on the whole he was not a prolific writer. He was too modest to gauge exactly the value of his experience and first-hand knowledge, and perliaps also too cautious in a field where the inadequate literary and herbarium resources at his disposal certainly provided ample opportunity for blocking and pitfalls. However, he published a number of " Contributions to South African Botany " in various places, and with respect to tv^o families he rose far above the level of the casual contributor. The iunnensely rich and varied Orchid flora •of the Cape fascinated him early. In 1882 he gave us a " List of Published Species of Cape Orchids " in the Journal of the Linuean Society, followed in the same place by five "Contributions" (1884-1^90) dealing with the family, whilst a paper on the Orchids of the Cape Peninsula, illustrated by himself, appeared in the Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society in 1882. The plan of illustrating as many South African members of the family as possible was carried further in his ' Icones ■Orchidearum Austro-Africanarum Extratro])icarum,' of Mliicli the first part (50 plates) came out in 1 892, the second (50 plates) in 1896, both constituting A^olume I., and a third. Volume II., in 1911, the revision of the last proof-sheets of this having been concluded by him on the very eve of his death. The other family which deservedly claimed his special attention was the Ericacea?, which in the genus Erica attains to such a marvellous number of species. Bolus, together with his friend Prof. Guthrie, undertook to elabo- rate the genus for the ' Flora Capensis,' and, after Guthrie's death in 1899, he finished the difficult and troublesome task, the work occupying over 300 pages with descriptions of 469 species in the fourth volume of the ' Flora Capensis ' (1905). Yet another publication has to be mentioned, namely, 'A List of Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Cape Peninsula,' which he elaborated in •conjunction with Capt. (now Major) A. IT. Wolley Dod. It is' 44 phoceedikgs of the the fruit of bis labours in the district wbere he resided for so long a part of his life, and vas published in the Ti-ansactions of the South African Philosophical Society in 19U3. Allusion has been made to the stimulating influence he exercised over South Africa, thereby reviving the interest in the botany of the country. It was done mainly through his example and an extensive and sustained correspondence. This naturally ceased with his death. ]iut in founding the Harry Bolus Chair of Botany in the South African College in 1902, he has secured for botany a permanent footiug in the centre of one of the most remarkable floras of the world. It was a fine expression of public spirit, worthy of the man who was ever mindful of the common good and u staunch believer in education in the widest sense. He also provided in his will for the maintenance and extension of his herbarium and botanical library, which are now in the charge of the South African College. Although he was averse to coming to the front in public life, the integrity of his character and his ripe experience made him a desirable member of public bodies, and so he served on the board of the Colonial Orphan Chamber (since 18S2), on that of the South African Public Library (since 1897), as a Trustee of the South African Museum (since 1006), and on the Council of the South African College (1908-1910). He was President of the South African Philosophical Society for the Session 1886-87, and an Original Pellow and Member of the Council of the Royal Society of South Africa. In 1903 the Cape University recognized his scientific merits by giving him the honorary degree of D.Sc, whilst in 1909 the South African Association for the Advance- ment of Science awarded him the South Africa Medal and Grant for Scientific Research. The Linnean Society numbered him among its Fellows since 1873. Harry Bolus was a self-m.ade man. Prom modest beginnings he rose by force of character to the position of a man of public standing and scientific recognition. Taken away from his Nottingham school when still in his boyhood, he educated himself up to the level not only of a superior student of science, but also a man of refined and liberal tastes. The independence and freshness of his mind made his company always enjoyable and stimulating, whilst the stern mettle ol' his manly character attached bin) and his memory permanently to those who had the good fortune of his friendship. Death has gently dealt with him and given him back to his old home when his work was done. [O. Staff.] Jean Baptiste Edouaed Boenet, M.D., Membre de I'lnstitut, the well-known algologist, was born at Gudrigny (Nievre) on 2nd September, 1828. He studied under Tulasne and Leveille, and early in his career turned his attention to lichens and alga?, groups which he continued to investigate throughout his life. His death took place at Paris, on December 18th, 1911. IINNEAN SOCIETy OF LOXDON". 45 The researches carried out by Bornefc with regard to the life- history of lichens were especially importaut. He isolated and specifically determined the algoe which entered into the composi- tion of a large number of species, and described the method by which the hyphoe env'elop the algte, coming to the conclusion that the gonidia of lichens can always ha referred to a species of alga. The strong support which he gave Schwendeuer, materially helped in securing the early recognition of the theory of the dual nature of lichens. His work on marine algoe was no less noteworthy. The magni- ficent drawings in 'Notes Algologiques ' and 'Etudes Phycolo- giques ' testify to his skill and to the careful manner in which he investigated the structure and development of these plants. Amongst systematic works his joint monograph with Flahault on the Nostocaceae is perhaps the best known, being a masterly revision of a group that was previously in the greatest confusion. Dr. Bornet was elected a Foreign Member of this Society on 1st May, 1870, and awarded the Linnean Medal in 1891 ; he was also a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, " Membre Foudateur" aud Past President of the Societe botanique de France, and "officier" of the Legion of Honour. His interest in marine algse continued to the end. On the most friendly terms with British algologists, he never spared time or trouble in giving them the benefit of his opinion and advice. [A. D. Cotton.] The removal by the hand of death, on the 20th xipril, 1912, at Nice, of Mrs. OoiLVTE-FAUQunAKSON, of Haughton, takes fi-om us a woman who exercised a notable influence on the affairs of this Society in the matter of the full admission of women to all the activities of the Society. Mauian Sarah Eidley was born at Privet, NTorthamptonshire, on the 2nd July, 1846, the eldest daughter of the Eev. J. Nicholas Ridley, of HoUington, Hants. In 1881 she published a little Yolume, ' A Pocket Guide to British Ferns,' aud a paper at the British Association at Aberdeen in 1885, on the distinctive characters of British Mosses ; these seem to be her only contri- butions to scientific literature. In 1883 she was married to Mr. R. F. Ogilvie-Fai-quharson, of Haughton, aud at Tillydrine, Kincardine O'Neil, the remainder of her days were spent, save when the calls of health or the cause she had most at heart, drew her from her home. In June 1900 an application from Mrs. Farquharson respecting the admission of women as Fellows was laid before the Council, and received attention at several subsequent Councils. In view of the doubt expressed as to whether the Charter permitted the admission of women to the Fellowship, counsels' opinion was taken, to the effect that the Charter did not empower the Society to admit women. Upon this a memorial, set on foot and supported by a considerable number of Fellows favourable to the 46 phoceedings or the admission of women, was presented to the Council early in 1902^ and a circular inviting the oi)inions of tlie Fellows was issued in March oi" that year ; the return of the papers in response to this enquiry showed a lar^e majority in favour of applying for powers to admit women (301 in favour, 12(5 against, with 313 absten- tions). The meeting of the loth .January, 1903, was made special, and the motion to proceed for enlarged powers was carried by a large majority. Upon this the Treasurer, the present Sir Frank Crisp, nndertook to procure an additional Charter, granting wider powers in certain other directions as well, which w as done at the sole cost of the Ti'easurer. The new Charter was granted in April 1904, and the Bye-laws were amended in accor- dance with it ; the first election of women as Fellow s took place on the 15th December, 1904, and their formal admission on the 19th January, 1905. In this first election Mrs. Furquharson did not succeed at the ballot, but subsequently, on the 5th March, 1908, she was elected Fellow, and the effort of many years crowned with success. By this time Mrs. Farquharson was suffering from heart trouble, and the probable bad effect of excitement on a weakened organ, prevented her con)ing forward for formal admission. She died, as stated above, at Nice, and was buried by the side of her husband, at Alford, in the county of Aberdeen. [B. D. J.] Alfred Fkyer (1826-1912). — To those to whom he was known the death of Alfred Fryer came as a shock, for notwithstanding his age, he was very active up to the last. Born of an old Cambridgeshire family of the fenland, he was a typical type of the fenman. He often said " Ah ! I knew him by the scowl of his broA\-," meaning he could identify a fenman anywhere. He was a good letter- writer ; froni the time I first knew him till his death, his letters make 1480 pages, mostly referring to the genus Potamogeton ; for which he was undoubtedly our best authority on the British species. He had a wonderful memory for the various forms all around Cliatteris ; at every dyke or ditch he took one to, he could point out each plant ; these he had studied for years, both at home and in nature. His ' Monograph of the British Potamogetons,' unfortunately unfinished at his death, with the plates by Eobert Morgan, will ever remain as a monument to his memory. The nine quarto published parts appeared from 1898 to 1900. He had an enormous collection of dried specimens of the genus, and was very liberal witli them ; he w-as also very well read in ornithology, entomology, and conchology. It was very pleasant to see the estimation he was held in all. around Chatteris; he never confined himself to roads or footpaths, but went where inclination led him, and everywhere he was received as though he was on his own ground. LINXEAiy SOCIETY OF LOXBOIS'. 47 He \vas elected an Associate of the Society on the IGtli Decem- ber, 1897, and died at Chatteris, 2Gth February, 1912, where he had carried on the business of nurseryman. His pi'inted contributions to Science, besides the unfinished monograph referred to above,, consisted in papers to the 'Journal of Botany' for a series of years, from 1883 onwards, on his special genus Potamoc/eton, and bear witness to the careful and valuable results he evolved from these studies. [Arthur Bennett.] Albert Harrison was born in 1860 at the JVew Pale Farm, Frodsham, Cheshire, and received his education at the Liverpool Institute, leaving at the age of 15 to enter the sugar refinery of Henry Tate & Sons in Liverpool, and three years later was trans- ferred to the London branch, where he obtained rapid promotion,. and finally was made manager. The home of his boyhood being close to Delamere Forest, he early imbibed a liking for Natural History, and he usually spent part of his annual holiday in that forest. It was not till 1888' that he took up the study of the Lepidoptera in a serious way. Then he joined forces Avith his brother-in-law, Mr. Hugh Main, and the two experimented on forms oi Aj^lecta nehulosd and Pieris oiapi, and latterly on Boarmia repandata. Mendelian results greatly interested him. He was a member of many biological associations, and in 1899 was President of the Entomological Society. He was elected Fellow of the Liunean Society 3rd November, 1898 ; he was also Fellow of the Zoological, Eoyal Microscopical, and Chemical Societies. He died suddenly of apoplexy at his house at South Woodford, on 28th August, 1911, and was buried at Alvanley, in Cheshire. [B. D. J.] JosEPn Dalton Hooker. — By the death of ?ir Joseph Hooker on Sunday, December 10th, 1911, in his 95th year, the Linnean Society has lost at once the most renowned of all its Fellows and one of the most remarkable men VAho ever devoted his life to the advancement of Science. Hooker's ancestry and parentage do not require to be set forth here in detail. The son of Sir William Hooker, the Founder of Kew, he hailed from East Angiia — a part of England which can hold its own with any other region in the cumber and eminence of the Naturalists which it has cradled. Had Hooker lived another six months it would have been exactly 70 years since he was elected into the Linnean Society (June 7th, 1842). Nor does this lapse of time represent the full working life of this great man, for already on his election he had won his spurs as a botanical traveller in the Antarctic. His life- long friend, Asa Gray, in a letter written about this time to Sir William Hooker, says * : — " 1 heard within a few days that Eoss's expedition had beea * ' Letters of Asa Grray,' p. 307. 48 PllOCEEDINGS OF THE heard of from Rio. Doubtless Joseph will liave reached home before this letter arrives, and 1 may congratulate him — and yourself — upon his most gratifying success, which has laid a broad and sure foundation for his scientific eminence. His 'Flora Antarctica' must be of the very highest interest and im])ortance." To young Hooker after his return Gray also wrote*: " Tou now stand in a perfectly unrivalled position as a botanist, as to advantages, &c and if you do not accomplish something worth the while, you ought not to bear tlie name of Hooker." The sequel showed how well placed was Gray's high encourage- ment. Xo father can ever have had more just reason for pride than Sir AVilliam in the achievements of his son. Hooker, though born in Suffolk, was taken to Glasgow at the age of four ^hen his father was appointed to the Professorship of Botany in the University. Here he received his education so far as school and college are concerned. He graduated in Medicine in 1839, being then 22 years of age. With the world to conquer he seized the first big thing that chance afforded. As Hooker has told us, his father's house " was the resort of voyagers and travellers from all parts of the world On the occasion of a visit from Koss, he told my father of his hopes of obtaining the equipment of an expedition to discover the South Magnetic Pole ; whereupon my father brought me to him as a youth who would be delighted to accompany him as Xaturalist. E.OSS received me very kindly, and told me that if I could prepare myself for such a duty, he would take me. The Antarctic E.xpedition saw my debut in a scientific career "t. To travel had always been Hooker's dream as a child, and he relates how he used to look at the pictures in Cook's voyages sitting on his grand- father's knee (Dawson Turner). The one that took his fancy most was the plate of Christmas Harboui', Kergueleu's Land, with the arched rock standing out to sea, and the sailors killing penguins. He was consumed with the desire to see that rock and knock penguins on the head. By an odd coincidence this was one of the first places he visited with the Antarctic Expedition. The fascination and interest of this desolate island, the flora of which he fully described, appears to have remained throughout his life. In a letter to my father, written during a visit to the Scottish Highlands t, Hooker says : — " Skye Geology, too, impressed me much. The island re- sembled some of the Antarctic ones in many particulars ; and though volcanic on the whole, it contains beds representative of most or all the British Formations from the Laurentian upwards ! and I could not help wondering if future discoveries, say in * ' Letters of Asa Gray,' p. 317. t Anniversary Dinner of the Royal Soeiety, Nov. 30, 1887. Sir Joseph Hooker's replv to the toast of "The Medallists," p. 13. + Dated Aviemore, Sept. 25, 1876. LINNEAX SOCIETY OF LONDOiJf. 49 Kerguelen's Land, ina}'' not throw as much hglit on the Greology of the Antarctic regions as 8kye alone would have done in respect of Northern Europe. Perhaps the fossil wood of Kerguelen's Land may be the nucleus of a great liglit." On his return from the Antarctic, Hooker at once took in hand the description of his rich collections and the elucidation of the Southern Floras. This task culminated in tlie publication of the first instalment of the ' Flora Antarctica ' in 1847. It is interesting to note at this period the influence of the atmosphere of Bryology in which the son of so famous a Bryologist as Sir William Hooker had been brought up. His earliest published papers all dealt with Mosses, and on his return from the Antarctic it was the Mosses, Liverworts, Lichens and Algte of the voyage which he lirst worked out in detail. In a letter to my fatlier, written in his 91st year, Hooker states that the first plant he ever dissected was a Moss*, and though throughout the middle period of his life he concerned himself mainly with the flowering plants, the intention was always cherished and sometimes referred to, so my father tells me, of returning to the group once more when the burden of official duties ■should fall from his shoulders. This intention, as is well known, was never realised ; the remarkable and difficult genus Imiiatiens absorbing him during the last ten years of his life. In the course of his travels Hooker had come into frequent contact with fossil plants, and in 1846 he was appointed Botanist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain. This field evidently was a congenial one, and he pursued it for a while with marked success. It is not necessary, however, here to record in detail Hooker's work as a Palseobotanist, for it has formed the main subject matter of the Presidential Address to the Fellows of this Society delivered last May by our retiring President, Dr. D. H. Scott. This, at any i-ate, is certain. Had Hooker devoted his life to this branch, the history of fossil botany in this country must have been profoundly changed. The post of Botanist to the Geological Survey would appear to have been long obsolete, and, so far as the State is concerned, paheobotany has not received the encouragement which it deserves, having regard to the magni- tude of the coal industry of Great Britain and to the intrinsic importance of the subject. Though his energies were directed into other fields, Hooker always maintained an ardent interest in the progress of fossil botany right up to the end of his life. It is stated of his con- temporai-y, Lindley, that he abandoned the pursuit of fossil botany lest it should beguile him from the straight path of systematics ; in the case of Hooker no doubt the superior attractions of travel and phytogeography proved too strong. * " Happily my eyes are as good and my fingers as nimble at dissecting under the microscope as when I coinmenceci at 10 years of age — I think with a Polytrichiim," from letter dated Jan. 22nd, 1908. LINK. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1911-1912. e, 5© PROCEEDINGS OF THE Be this as it may, towards the close of 1847 Hooker was on his way 10 India, and thus on tlie threshold of perhaps the largest of the interests that entered into his very full life. This journey came as a natural sequel to the Antarctic ; he was anxious to be- come acquainted with the Tropics, and chose India in preference to South America because so much of its geography as well as the botany was "involved in a mystery equally attractive to the traveller and the naturalist." The immediate outcome of this journey, which extended over three years, was the ' Himalayan Journals,' a book which fittingly takes its place beside ' The Voyage of the lieagle ' — from the un- published proof-sheets of which Hooker had drawn inspiration before his departure with lioss to the Antarctic. The perusal of these ' Journals' shows how incomparably well fitted was Hooker for the role of traveller in a strange country full of difhculties. Though circumstances ultimately determined that the botanical results should prove the richest, because pursued and analysed farthest, Hooker was no mere botanist. These notes appeal equally to the ethnologist, the zoologist, the geologist, the meteorologist, and the geographer. In several of these fields, especially ludian topography, Hooker left an enduring mark ; had he chosen he could have attained to the highest eminence in any. Here are a few extracts, taken at random from the ' Journals, which illustrate some of his many sides : — ■ "During my ten days' stay at Zemu Sanidong, I formed a large collection of insects, which was in great part destroyed by damp ; many were new, beautiful, and particularly interesting, from belonging to types whose geographical distribution is analogous to that of the vegetation. The caterpillar of the swallow-tail butterfly was common, feeding on umbelliferous plants, as in England ; that of a Sphynx was devouring the euphorbias ; the English ' painted-lady ' was common, as were ' sulphurs,' ' marbles,' ' whites,' ' blues,' and Thecla, of British aspect but foreign species." " As the rains advanced, insects seemed to be called into existence in countless swarms ; moths, cockchafers, glow-worms,, and cockroaches made my tent a Noah's Ark by niglit, when the candle was burning ; together with winged ants, may-flies, flying earwigs, and many beetles, while a very large species of daddy- long-legs swept across my face as I wrote my journal, or plotted off" my map." " Bhomtso [in Tibet] is 18,590 feet above the sea ; it presented' an infinitely more extensive prospect than I had ventured to anticipate No village or house is seen throughout the extensive area over which the eye roams from Bhomtso, and the general character of the desolate landscape was similar to that which I have described as seen from Donkia pass. The wild ass grazing with its foal on the sloping downs, the hare bounding LIXN^EAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 5 1 over the stony soil, the antelope scouring the sandy flats, and the fox stealing along to his burrow, are all desert and Tartarian types of the animal creation. The shrill whistle of the marmot alone breaks the silence of the scene, recalling the snows of Lap- land to the mind ; whilst the kite and raven wheel through the air, with as steady a pinion as if that atmosphere possessed the same power of resistance that it does at the level of the sea. Still higher in the heavens, long black V-shaped trains of wild geese cleave the air One plant alone, a yellow lichen (Borrera) is found at this lieight, and that only as a visitor ; for Tartar-like, it migrates over these lofty slopes and ridges, blown about by the violent winds." " The Khasias are superstitious, but have no religion ; like the Lepchas, they believe in a supreme being, and in deities of the grove, cave, and stream. Altercations are often decided by holding the disputants' heads under water, when the longest winded carries his point. Pining is a common punishment, and death for grave offences. The changes of the moon are accounted for by the theory that this orb, who is a man, monthly falls in love with his wife's motlier, who throws ashes in his face they have names for the twelve months ; they do not divide their time by weeks, but hold a market every fourth day. These people are industrious, and good cultivators of rice, millet, and legumes of many kinds . . . They keep bees in rude hives of logs of wood," The 'Himalayan Journals' were followed in 1855 by the first volume of the ' Flora ludica ' in conjunction with his old college friend, Thomas Thomson. Though the work was never continued in the form then planned, this volume is famous for its Intro- ductory Essay extending over 260 pages. This essay, besides presenting a masterly analysis of the vegetation and physical features of India, gives us the foundations of the study of syste- matic botany set forth as only Hooker could set them forth. It also shows Hooker as the fearless critic of current methods in systematic botany by which that branch had become encumbered to its serious disadvantage. The Indian flora \Aas taken up again later in what is Hooker's greatest floristic work, ' The Flora of British India,' which appeared in seven volumes between the years 1872 and 1897. In addition to this Hooker completed the ' Ceylon Flora' of Henry Trimen, and concluded his labours in this field with 'A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Indian Empire ' (1904). Nor can it be said that Hooker ever laid aside his studies on the Indian Flora, for the closing years of his life were devoted to a monograph of the genus Impatiens. In this connection the following extract from a letter to my father, describing his method of ^^ork (dated Jan. 22, ]908) is of interest : — " I have been at work ever since I retired on Impatiens, and have m.onographed all the Indian and Malayan Species — well e2 52 PBOOEUmNGS OF THE on to 200 — and am now at China proper, from wlience I have 140 species, of wliich not a dozen are natives of India ! 1 do not know which is the more diflicult task — to remove and dissect a flower, or to dassify the species, or to describe their variable and grotesque organs for many points in which there is no teclnilcal terminolog)\ Many single ilowers of these curious species especially took 2 and even 3 hours to lay out the parts for drawing and description — and after all is done I doubt whether what I see, draw, and describe will fit in with the living flower ! As it is, I defy the acutest botanist to tell me fron) the best dried specimens whether there are 2 or 4 lateral sepals, whether the anthers are acute or didymous, or — even approximately — the true form of a single floral envelope. To get at these you must remove and moisten the flowers and spread out every organ flat under water. This done, I secure them all on slips of gummed paper as evidences of the fidelity ? of my sketches that go w ith the analyses into the Herbarium ; no reagent has helped me. " I have the loan of the Paris Chinese Balsams, 70 species, two- thirds different from the 80-90 species of the Herb. Kew. I find the bracts (as to situation) a prime character. Indeed, you may divide the genus into two groups, one with the lower pedicel of the raceme bracteate at the base, as in most, or ebracteate, as in Noli-me-tangere — the latter are few in India but abound in China. Of course the 1-flowered species puzzle you, but that is a detail ! " After the bracts I think the anthers come next, but these are so small and so crushed in dried flowers that the getting at their form is often a long affair. Lastly, the sectional character of one region won't do for another ; which is no A^onder when you con- sider that of some 64 species of India AV^. of the Bay of Bengal not 5 are found in Burma and countries E. of the Bay, and only 2 or 3 in China. "I will bore you no further — my head is as twisted as a balsam flower and as upside down." Almost everything Hooker undertook was conceived on the grand scale and carried through with a tenacity and continuity of driving power that was simply marvellous. AVhat was true of the Indian Flora applied also to the Antarctic. Though interrupted, this was brought to a triumphant conclusion in the ' Introductory Essay to tlie Flora of Australia,' published in 1859. This, no doubt, was Hooker's most brilliant effort, and it appeared just at the right moment. In it are discussed the general phenomena of variation in plants and the distribution of plants in space and time. Then follows the detailed handling of a special case — that of the Australian Flora. The headings of the sections in a single chapter will serve to illustrate the topics considered : — Circum- scription of area of species, and causes of it; lielative distribution of natural groups of plants ; Insular floras, and analogies between them and mountain floras, and between the geological ages of LINjS'EAN society of LONDON. 53 insular and other floras ; Existing conditions iv ill not account for existing distribution ; Effects of humidity in modifying distribu- tion ; Effects of the Glacial Epoch, and Darivin's views thereon. Coming just when it did, this essay was of enormous service to the cause ol: Darwinism. Hooker had always been Darwiu's right hand man, and it was due to liis well-judged intervention in con- junction with Lyell, that the famous Darwin-Wallace joint note on Natural Selection was presented to the Linnean Society on July 1st, 1858. The matter, however, need not be pursued here, as it has been recently embodied in extenso in a special volume issued by the Society on the occasion of the Jubilee celebration on July 1st, 1908. jtlooker's friendship and scientific connection with Darwin was undoubtedly the most important experience of his lifetime, and was frequently alluded to by him M-itli gratitude. Hooker, now 40 years of age, had reached the plenitude of his powers, and must have been a great figure in those days. He had undertaken two great journeys in regions hitherto veiled in obscurity, and by his masterly handling of the enormous masses of data he had accumulated, he became the virtual founder of phytogeography as a science. In 1855 he was appointed Assistant Director of Kew under his father ; and all this time he was behind the scenes with Darwin, doing yeoman service in the cause of evolution with his great stores of knowledge, good judgment, and fine critical powers. At the present day we often incline to be envious of the apparent ease with which average men belonging to a former genex'ation took their place as recognised authorities whilst still quite young ; w^e conceive the world to have been less crowded then and the public less satiated with the results of modern science. Whatever substratum of justice there may be in such jaundiced reflections, they do not apply to the case of Hooker. This philosophically-minded and robust man of action, quick in observation and sound of judgment, always ready to help Avith acute criticism, such a man was bound in any age and in any field to tower above his contemporaries. The best material brought up in the best of schools, the early Victorian days threw into fitting relief this vivid and indomitable personality which really belongs to the heroic age. A hero indeed he was to the younger men of his time, as I gather from what my father tells me of his own feeling towards Hooker before he came to Kew. Tor ten years (1855-1865) Hooker served under Sir "William Hooker, and on the death of the latter naturally succeeded to the Directorship of Kew, a position which he held till 1885. His official connection with Kew was marked by the continued active development of the Gardens along the lines laid down by his father. It was under the Hookers that Kew rose into fame, and I agree with Prof. E. O. Bower * that it would serve no useful * An Oration on Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Glasgow, 1912, p. 15. 54 PROCEEDINGS OF THE purpose to attempt to disentangle the respective shares of father :md son in its advancing fortunes. So far as Kew is concerned the appearance of the Hookers may hest be regarded as a single phenomenon. Sir William's policy had been large and en- lightened, and it was not likely that the son would modify its main outlines. Apart from material expansion — and many new features were introduced — the ollicial duties of the Director increased continually. Administration, together with correspon- dence with Government departments and Colonial gardens, would have overwhelmed a weaker man, but Hooker never jiermitted them to interrupt or seriously abate his scientitic work. In Hooker, the man and botanist never relapsed into the official. At the same time he kept in the closest touch with the detailed administrative work of Kew. In my childhood Hooker was a familiar figure in tlie Gardens, going his daily round between eleven and one o'clock, commonly in company with Smith the Curator, or with the appropriate head of a department. These encounters were much appreciated by us children, for " Dr. Hooker" always had a cheery greeting and took an interest in our pursuits. I remember one day his challenging me to swarm up one of the wire stays of the great flagstaff, and, when my feet dangled over his head, his peremptory request that I should descend. I don't know whether Hooker was what would be called a "children's man," but we were all immensely devoted to him ; perhaps because he kept our indi- vidualities distinct and identified himself with our intei'ests. In his own house on the occasion of children's parties, and my recol- lection of the Christmas parties with " tree " and magic lantern- slides is vivid, Hooker, although he didn't hang about, always came in to welcome us on arrival, and to say good bye. I have also seen him emerge as a roaring lion from under the drawing-room table, and a very good lion, too I As Director, Hooker never let a chance slip of picking up a good man. The following reference to Mr. Baker, afterwards Keeper of the Herbarium, occurs in a letter to my father in 1865. " I wonder whether Baker would ever care to come and work at Kew for a few weeks at a time if we paid his expenses and offered £1 a week ; it might be the means of getting him on the staff eventually ?" He also looked after his subordinates, as is well illustrated by the following extract from the same letter : — " I had a talk with . He corresponds with the ' Cottage Gardener,' but offered to discontinue it. I told him that I had no objection, but that no part of his time between 8.30 and 5 should be devoted to it. 1 also spoke of smoking, and of the necessity of resting after meals — which you siiould be told of, too ! He suffers from dyspepsia (no wonder) and promises reform." To what extent may have changed his ways I cannot say, but I well remember that my father always used to rest on the sofa for a quarter of an hour after luncheon, a habit LIXNBAX SOCIETY OF LOXDON. 55 probably attributable to advice from Hooker, for I don't think such an idea would ever have occurred to him spontaneously I And also by this (1871): — " 1 am poauding the Board to get an Assistant for Smith, who can hardly stagger along under his loads of duties of all sorts," In those days Kew was under the lioard of Works, and later Hooker had a good deal of trouble with one of the ParUamentary heads. It is no use raking over this old controversy ; suffice to say that Hooker more than held his own and was victorious in the end. I imagine no man was less toleraut of dictation and unin- teUigent interference than Hooker. Daring the seventies of last century there was a local agitation — doubtless promoted by the owners of houses along the Richmond Road — to have the brick wall which enclosed the Grardens on this .side replaced by iron railings. Hooker's reply was to add another five or six feet to the height of this wall for a considerable part of its length, and so it remains to the present day. I iiave heard the term "hasty" applied to Hooker, but cannot say how far it is justified. It may have been the " defect" of his x^uality for sound and rapid generalisation. Darwin in one of his letters reproaches Hooker for being " down " on second-rate men, and there is no doubt that Hooker used to express himself em- phatically as to bad craftsmanship or waste of time. C is not doing any good. He is putting out for Mueller bad specimens of the commonest garden things and putting them up in clumsy parcels that I am ashamed to send out" *. It will be realised how annoyed Hooker must have been with the wretched C , for lie himself not infrequently sent out plants with his own hands — a habit acquired on his travels. My father tells me that the very first time he ever met Hooker, on the occasion of his arrival at Kew in 1858, he found him making up such parcels to send av.ay in the little room on the i-ight of the Herbarium door. The period of Hooker's Directorship included numerous publica- tions of value to systematic botany, of which the 'Genera Plantarum' was in many ways the most important and indispensable. In this great work, undertaken in conjunction with George Bentham, the whole of the genera of flowering plants were diagnosed and delimited; its publication extending from 1863 to 1882. To Hooker, of course, systematic botany was not an end in itself but an essential instrument in the solution of the higher problems, the laws that control evolution and dispersal of species, and the rela- tion of physical changes and geology to these laws. Hooker never lost his taste for travel nor failed to make oppor- tunity for it. Among his minor and later journeys may be mentioned his trip to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco in 1871. His travelling companions were John Ball, the famous alpinist, and 'George Maw, well-known for his elaborate monograph on the genus * Letter dated 1871. 5<5 PllOCEEDlNGS OF THE Crocus. The following extract from a letter written from Tetuan gives us a glimpse of this trio in the field: — " I say that ViwW finds this or that because he beats me Jtolloiv in botanisii]g and is making a splendid herbarium. 1 find my eye- sight quite fails me as a collector; indeed, 1 have been remarking for two years now that 1 cannot read the garden labels with my spectacles even, except I stoop down *. Mr. Maw has a marvellous eye also, especially for bulbs. The aggregate knowledge of liall and Maw as to European plants is simply astounding. Ball knows the smallest flowerless scrap of hundreds of obscure things (e.g. Medi- cago, Care.v, and such like), and Maw recognises the bulbs by leaf, however like the long grass they grow amongst." In the summer of 1877 Hooker in company with Asa Gray, the great American botanist, undertook a journey of three months' duration in California and elsewhere in the United States of America. Of this journey Asa Gray wrote t : — " Never were such busy people as Hooker and I the whole time. In fact, I was bound to make Hooker see just as much as possible within our limited time, and it seemed on the Avbole best for us to see very much in glimpses and snatches rather than far less more leisurely and thoroughly. He will have told you of our over nine thousand miles of travel together, and of how he hked it "We should like to do it all over, and more. But especially we should like to see California in green attire. JVot that we are not interested and taken with the sere aspect of these western regions in summer, which we fancy more than Hooker does. In fact, the greenness of England is so congenial to him that he took more delight in our eastern States, which he had mere glimpses of, than in all the wide western region, though, of course, there was more to learn in these." The rambling spirit in Hooker enabled him fully to enjoy more modest excursions. The following is a typical extract from a holiday letter written from the High Force, Teesdale, in ]865. As indicated in the previous extract from A?a Gray, bleak mono- tonous landscape was little to his liking. " I call the country here Mdeotis aw ay from the ri^ er banks, which are charming. We are vastly pleased with the place, for even the hideous moors make capital hale walking ground and the moraines are most interesting AVe enjoy this place very much ; it is just the sort of climate for my wife, and I am rapidly getting into that condition when after breakfast dinner is the only subject worth a thought. I have botanised Cronkley pretty well and got most of the good plants — nothing new as yet, but a little Juncns of which I send specimen enclosed, it is most abundant * Tlicre was notbing seriously amiss with his eycsigbt, as the footnote at p. 49 shows. t ' Letters of Asa Gray,' 1893, p. 671. LIXNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOK. 57 hereabouts, growing with snjyinns, but always quite different. The roots feel knotted ; it swarms from the Torce up to the top of Cronkley and never varies. If you can't make it into a new species I must send it to Eabington ! Bentham is puzzled with it." The following account of a visit to Backhouse's nursery at York was written at the same time, and is of interest for its defence of the system of cultivation under glass that is usually followed in botanic gardens. " We were delighted with Backhouse's nursery. The collection of Alpines is wonderful and entirely successful, and we ought to have something of the kind at Kew *. "The underground fernery rather disappointed me, though very wonderful in its way. Many of the tilings do better than in pots, many worse. But I am beginning to think that my dislike to Ward's case cultivation and these devices of Backhouse and Bewley, &c., arises from the fact that though nearer imitations of nature than our house-aud-pot system, they are failures by direct comparison with nature. No one compares the house-and- pot system with nature and no comparison is suggested : with these systems it is the contrary — lam taken to a muggy, close, damp, slimy hole, the contrast of which to the fresh air ot heaven in the plants' native habitat is too violent, and the fact of the plant growing as well in the one case as the other, rather shocks than gratifies." The occasional addresses and lectures delivered by Hooker at meetings of the British Association, of which he was President at Norwicli in 18G9, reach a very high standard indeed. Those dealing with Geographical Botany were especially remarkable. Hooker's eminence marked him out for the Presidential chair of the Eoyal Society (1873-77), and it is a tribute to his marvellous vigour that he was able successfully to grapple with the onerous duties of this post during his period of full work at Kew. As a rule the presidentship is held by a veteran already in the enjoy- ment of some leisure from the active pursuits of his life. Unlike his father. Hooker had little direct experience as a teacher of botany in academic institutions, though he held an assistantship in the botanical department of the University of Edinburgh for a brief period on his return from the Antarctic, None the less the educational side of botany always interested him deeply, and was often the subject of comment in his letters to my father. The following, written in 1862, merits repetition at the present day : — " I do not approve of working a professoriate like a school or a college coacJi ; it is a mistake depend upon it. Good free * Eealised in 1882. 58 PnOCEEDIXGS or THE lecturing, attention to fundamentals, and working with schedules* is more than enough for -^ of the men, and quite enough for 3 months work with men who have other things to attend to. With such coaching the men hecome absolutely helpless when turned out — all self-reliance is gone." IJis views on the scope and importance of botanical training are given at some length in the Introduction to the * Flora ludica.' 1 am indebted to Mr. Alfred Mihies,of the Univei'sity of Loudon, for the information that Hooker acted as Examiner m J3otany to the University during two periods of ilve years each. Those of his writings best known to students are Hookers ' students' Flora of the British Islands ' (1870), the most scholarly of all our floras, the English edition of Le Maout and JJecaisne's ' General System of Botany,' translated by Mrs. Hooker (1873), a Primer on Botany (187G), and Bentham & Hooker's 'Handbook of the British Flora' (1887). To the publications of our Society Hooker was a copious contributor. Tlie best known of his papers are perhaps his "Outlines of the Distribution of Arctic Plants" (18Gl),and the very- important monograph "On Wehvitschia" (ISd'S). The discovery of this plant had ax-oused a very lively interest at the time, and Hooker's Memoir was a detailed, intensive study of its morphology, development, and histology, in recent years, at the initiative of Prof. Pearson, of the South African College, Wehvitsclda has been the subject of a fine series of additional papers extending our knowledge in many ways. It is, however, safe to say that, subject to the methods of investigation and amount of material available half a century ago, the original account still holds its place. This and a few other papers in the same field show Hooker's capacity to work successfully along lines which were not generally pursued, at any rate in this country, for another fifteen or t\\'enty years. In addition to a fine incisive literary style. Hooker had artistic gifts of a high order which were freyly employed in connection with his pursuits. None but an artist could have knocked off the panoramic views reproduced in the first edition of the 'Himalayan Journals,' whilst his drawings of pints, tissues and the like were exc(;llent. The sheets of dried plants which passed through his hands for description gained much in value from the sketches of analyses with which it was his practice to embellish them. In the conduct of tlie affairs of our Society Hooker always showed the greatest activity ; and he served on the Council for periods aggregating twenty years. It was largely at his instigation that the 'Journal ' of the Society was founded; the circumstances are given in the following passage t : — * The reference i.s doubtless to the schedules introduced by J. S. Henslow, by means of which students could exhibit the salient external features of a plant. t Extracted from Jackson's Life of George Bentham, 1906, pp. 169-170. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON". 59 " A small dinner-party in their rooms (at 91 Victoria Street) on 2nd March (1855) was arranged with Professor T. Bell, President of the Linnean Society, and Dr. Hooker, to discuss starting an octavo journal on behalf of the Society. This was ultimately achieved, but with great opposition from J. J. Bennett, the Secretary, and Eobert Brown, opposition which made Bentham almost hopeless of success. The custom then was to issue one part of the Transactions annually, and the idea of a quarterly journal to those trained in the leisureliness of Kobert Brown, was novel and distasteful." In this connection the following letter to Dr. Daydon Jackson, the last which Hooker wrote to the Society, though it refers to a trivial matter, will be read with interest. It is dated July 13, 1911. " I have just received from Linn. Soc. a most interesting number for me. I had no idea that 70 years ago I had gutted the Falkland Islands botanically so thoroughly. "But my chief object in writing is to ask whether it might not be expedient to have the edges of the leaves of the Journal cut before issue ? The time and temper it costs me to cut the leaves of the many books I have to read is I fear registered against me aloft, and, in these days of innumerable books that one must read, it would be a mercy to have the leaves cut, of which the (Geographical, Koyal, and Statistical Societies' Journals set good examples." The suggestion as to the cutting of the leaves of the Journal was at once adopted by the Council. As we have seen, Hooker in retirement maintained his activity to the last, and the output of this period alone would have been a creditable record for an ordinary man. His interest in the progress of botany was unabated and the men of younger genera- tions derived much encouragement from his kindly sympathy and frank criticism. Although ni. retirement, no one ever dreamt of thinking of Hooker as on the shelf ; he was always consulted when anything important was afoot, and he remained to the last by universal acclaim the greatest of living botanists. Of public honours a goodly share was showered upon Hooker, the most notable perhaps being the Copley Medal of the Eoyal Society (1887), and the Order of Merit (1907). From this Society he received one of the first two Liunean Medals in 1888 — the other going to Owen — and in 1897 a Medal struck to commemorate his 80th birthday. He was also the recipient of one of our Darwin- AVallace Medals on the occasion of the celebration held by this Society in 1908 — at which celebration he was present and played a leading part. For the list of papers contributed by Sir Joseph Hooker to the publications of this Society, herewith appended, I am indebted to the courtesy of Dr. Daydon Jackson. I have to thank my father. Oo PROCEEDINGS OF THE who was Hooker's colleague at Kew for nearly 30 years, for much iuforniation and for access to the correspondence from which numerous extracts have been drawn. The portrait which accompanies this notice is reproduced from the photograph taken by Mrs. Cameron in 1868. It has always been counted an admirable likeness of Sir Joseph Hooker in middle life. [F. "W. Oliter.] List of Papers bi/ Sir J. D. Hooker in the issues of the Linneun Society. 1. In the Transactions. 1847. An enumevation of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago, with descriptions of those that are new. Trans, xx. pp. lb"3-233. 1847. On tlie Vegetation of the Galajjagos Archipelago, as compared with that of some other tropical islands and of the Continent of America. Trans, xx. pp. :^3o-262. 1856. On the structure and affinities of Balanophorete. Trans, xxii. pp. 1-68; ])ls. 1-16. 1857. On the growth and composition of the Ovarium of Siphotiodon celastrineus, Griffith, especially with reference to the subject of its placentation. Trans, xxii. pp. 133-139, pi. 26. 1859. On the origin and development of the Pitchers of Nepenthes, with an account of some new Bornean plants of that genus. Trans, xxii. pp. 415-424, pis. 69-74. 1859. On a new genus of Balanophoreae from New Zealand, and two new species of BuUmophora. Trans, xxii. pp. 425-427, pi. 75. 1860. Illustrations of the Floras of the Malayan Archipelago and of Tropical Africa. Trans, xxiii. ])p. 155-172, pis. 20-28. 1861. Outlines of the Distribution of Arctic Plants. Trans, xxiii. pp. 251- 348. pi. 32 (map). 1861. On three Oaks of Palestine. Trans, xxiii. pp. 381-387, pis. 36-38. 1863. On Wehcitschia, a new ffenus of Gnetacese. Trans, xxiv. pp. 1-48, pis. 1-14. 1865. Description of some new and remarkable species of An'stolochia from "Western Tropical Africa. Trans, xxv, pp. 185-187, pi. 14. 1886. On the Castillca elastica of Cervantes, ai.d some allied rubber- yielding plants. Trans. 2nd Ser. Bot. ii. pp. 209-215,. pis. 27, 28. 2. In the Journal (Botany). 1856. On some collections of Arctic plants, chicHy made by Dr. Lyall, Dr. Anderson, Ilerr Miert selling, and 31r. Pae, during the Expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin, under Sir John Richardson, Sir I'Mward Belcher, and Sir Robert McClure^ Joiirn.. Bot. i. pp. 114-124. 1856. On the Botany of Raoul Inland, one of the Kermadec group in the South Pacific Ocean. Journ. i. pp. 125-129. 1860. On Fropiora, a ni>w Mauritian genus of Calycifloral Exogens, of doubtful affinity. Journ. v. pp. 1-2, 1860. On Barter id, a new genus of Passiflorese from the Niger River. Journ, V. pp. 14-15. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDO^f. 6 1 1861. On the Vegetation of Clarence Peak, Fernando Po; with de- scriptions of the Phmts collected by Mr. Gustav Maun on tlie higher parts of that ^lountain. Journ. vi. pp. 1-23. 1864. On a new Helicunia with the habit of a Musa, sent from New Granada by Dr. A. Authoine to the Ptoyal Gardens, Kew. Journ. vii. pp. 68-69. 1864. On the Plants of the Temperate Regions of the Cameroons Mountains and Islands in the Bight of Benin, collectedjiy Mr. Gustav Mann, Government Botanist. Journ. vii. pp. 171- 240, pi. 1. I860. On the Identity of P'miis Pence, Griseb. of Macedonia, with the P. excelsa of the Himalaya Mountains. Journ. viii. pp. 14.5-147. 1869. On the true Fuchsia coccinea of Aiton. Journ. x. pp. 450-461. 1874. On the Subalpine Vegetation of KiHma Njaro, E. Africa. Journ. xiv. pp. 141-146. 1874. On Hi/dnora americana, R. Br. Journ. xiv. pp. 182-188. 1875. On the discovery of PhijUca arborea, Thouars, a tree of Tristan d'Acunha, in Amsterdam Island, in the S. Indian Ocean, with an enumeration of the Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams of that Island and of St. Paul. Journ. xiv. pp. 474-480. 1875. Observations on some Indian species of Garcinia. Journ. xiv. pp. 484-486. 1882. On Dyera, a new genus of rubber-producing plants belonging to the Natural Order Apocynaceae, from the Malayan Archipelago. Journ. xix. pp. 291-293. 1882. Preliminary Note to Prof. Watt's Indian species of Primula. Journ. XX. p. 1. 1884. Introductory Note to Mr. C. B. Clarke's Notes on the Flora of Parasnatii, a mountain of North-western Bengal. Journ. xxi. p. 252. 1885. List of the Plants collected by Mr. Thomson, F.R.G.S., on the Mountains of Eastern Equatorial Africa, by Prof. Daniel Oliver, F.R.S. ; with observations on their distribution by Sir J. D.Hooker, F.R.S. Journ. xxi. pp. 392-406. [Sir Joseph Hooker's Obs. are on pp. 392-396.] 1904. On the species of Impatiens in the W^allichian Herbarium of the Linnean Society. Journ. xxxvii. pp. 22-32. With T. Thomson. 1857. Praecursores ad Floram Indicam : being Sketches of the Natural Families of Indian Plants, with Remarks on their Distribution, Structure, and Affinities. Journ. Bot. ii. pp. 1-29 [Cam- panulaceaj]. 1857. [SaxifrageiB, etc.]. Journ. ii. pp, 54-96, pis. 1, 2. 1858. „ „ „ „ 97-103. 1858. [Caprifoliacese]. „ „ „ 16.3-180. 1859. Balsaminese. „ iv. „ 106-157. 1S61. Cruciferaj. „ v. „ 128-181. 1864. On the genus JEuptelea, Sieb. & Zucc. Journ. vii. pp. 240-244, pi. 2. 1864. Description of a new genus of Scrophularineai from Martaban {Brandisi(t]. Journ. viii. pp. 11-12, pi. 4. 62 PnOCEEDIXtiS OF THE The l'ollo\\ing dates may be used to supplement the foregoijig vivid sketch of a remarkable personality. The late Sir Joseph Hooker was born on the 30th June, 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk, ^\ here his parents were settled for a short time, on property belonging to Dawson Turner, his maternal grandfather. He received his early education at the High School, and in the faculty of Arts and the Medical Faculty in the University of Glasgow. Having taken his degree in 1839, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the Eoyal Kavy, and as such he accompanied Sir James Ross on his Antarctic Expedition oE 1839-1843. After his return he was Assistant to Professor Graham in the University of Edinburgh, and from 1845-1847 Botanist to the Geological Survey. His famous travels in India cover the four years from 1847 to 1851. In 1855, he became Assistant Director to his father at Kew, on whose death, in 18G5, he succeeded to the Directorship, which he held until his retire- ment in 1885. It was during this period that he travelled in Palestine ( 1 8G0), in Morocco (1871), and in the United States (1877). He was twice married, first to a daughter of Prof. J. S. Henslow in 1851, who died in 1874, and second, the widow of the late Sir AV. Jardine in 1876, who survives him. He died at "The Camp," Sunningdale, 10th December, 1911, and was buried five days later at Kew, beside his father, amidst a large gathering of his friends and colleagues. By will lie left £100 free of duty to the Linnean Society, and the reversion of his large collection of medals, which are now shown on loan by Lady Hooker in the rooms of the Society. [0. S. & B. D. J.] Geouge Maw was born in London on December lOtb, 1832. His father was John Hornby Maw, then partner of a firm of surgical instrument makers in London. George received his early education at home, mainly at Hastings, where his father had removed in 1839. At the age of 16 or 17 he went to the Agri- cultural College at Cirencester with the idea of becoming a farmer. Although he was very successful there, gaining five certificates of honour and a certificate of merit, he gave up the agricultural career and joined his younger brother, Arthur, in establishing in 1850 a factory of encaustic tiles at Worcester, which two years later was removed to Benthall, Broseley, Shropshire. His father had been a man of much knowledge and culture and especially artistic gifts, and so was his son George. His reputation as a chemist was considerable. As geologist he was a fertile and many-sided writer and successful worker. Among many papers his account of the structure of the Great Atlas, with his demonstration of the former extension of glaciers in that chain of mountains down to 5800 feet, and his treatise on the disposition of iron in variegated strata may be mentioned especially. ^Nevertheless, geologists seem to be inclined to count LINNEATf SOCIETY OF LONDON. 6;^ him rather as a botanist than one of their own brotherhood. This may be on account of his early inchnations towards botany and his love for collecting plants wherever he Avent, be it for his herbarium or for his beautiful garden at Bentliall Hall, whence not a feW'- novelties found their way into other English gardens. His merits in this respect were summed up by 8ir J. D. Hooker in these words : " No one of late years, or perhaps ever, has collected with his own hands so many of these (i. e., hardy herbaceous plants) for transmission to England, cultivated them with more success, or distributed them with more liberality." But his claim to recogni- tion as a scientific botanist rests almost entirely on a very narrow field, which, however, he exploited to the utmost with the keen eye of the trained observer and the love of the enthusiast. It is circumscribed by the limits of tlie genus Crocus, which he studied with rare thoroughness in the field and in his garden, where he succeeded in forming an almost complete living collection of the 67 species recognised by him. The result of his labours, which extended over more than 10 years, was a monograph which was published in 1S8G. It is the more valuable as it is beautifully illustrated from his own drawings, which also shov\- him as an artist of no common powers. A long series of articles in 'The Gardeners' Chronicle' and a paper on "Notes on the life-history of a Crocus, and the classification and geographical distribution of the genus," in the Journal of this Society (vol. xix. 1882), preceded the publication of the monograph. Extensive journeys in Europe and travels in North Africa (1871) and Asia Minor (1877) contributed as much to his botanical education, as they went to enrich his collection of living plants and especially of Crocuses. Best known of them is his visit to the Great Atlas of Morocco, which he undertook in company of Sir Joseph D. Hooker and Mr. John Ball in 1871. He joined the Linnean Society in 1860. The dedication of a volume (1874) of the ' Botanical Magazine' by Sir Joseph Hooker and of a volume of 'The Garden' (1878) by Mr. William Robinson, "were fitting tokens of recognition of his enthusiastic love of plants. Unfortunately the latter part of his life v\as clouded by ill-health which obliged him to seek seclusion. He left Broseley in 1886, and died in retirement at Kenley, Surrey, on February 7th of the present year. A portrait of him was published in 'The Garden,' vol. xiv. No. 371, and a review of Benthall Hall, his home, in 'The Gardeners' Chronicle' of February 12th, 1881. The number of 'The Garden' quoted also contains an enumeration of the journeys undertaken by Mr. Maw up to 1878. [0. Staff.] OcTAVius Albert Satce was born in 1862, educaled at the Scotch College, Melbourne, and entered business, becoming a commercial traveller. During this period he made constant use of the micro- scope, and succeeded in securing a position on the stafi: of Melbourne University. 64 PROCEEDINGS OF THE A good field naturalist, especially in the Coleoptera, he passed through a course of practical biology, where his previous acquain- tance with chemical manipulation stood him in good stead. His first important ])apor on GniUotalpa when printed was sent to our late colleague, Prof. tr. J3. Howes, who sent a postcard simply inscribed "Good. Go on. — G. B. H.," which encouraged Sayce to persevere. About tlie year 1902 he turned his attention to the Crustacea, and in 190(5 was appointed Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer ou Bacteriology in the University ; it was shortly after this that his paper on Kootiumja cursor was published in our Transactions (Zool. xi. pt. 1, 1908) ; on the 2nd December, 1909, he was <}lected A.L.S., a distinction greatly valued by him. In April 1911, he was appointed the first Director of the J^acteriological Institute of South Australia, but did not live to take up his new position. He died of pneumonia after a few- days' illness, on the 29th April, 1911, and was buried on the 1st May following. The day of his death had been fixed for his entrance on his new duties. His widow passed aw ay eight weeks later, on the 24th June, largely due to the shock of her husband's •death. A full bibliography will be found in 'The Yictoriau Naturalist' for June 1911, p. 27, appended to a sympathetic notice of Mr. Sayce, from which the foregoing notice has been derived, supple- mented by a letter from Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. [B. D. J.] Eduakd Strasburger. — The intelligence of the unexpected and sudden death of Eduard Strasburger on the 19th May, 1912, was received on the eve of our last Anniversary Meeting, and saddened the many amongst our Fellows who knew and honoured our distinguished Foreign Member. He was born in Warsaw, on 1st February, 1844, and received his first botanical training at the University of Bonn, under Hermann Schacht, and where Julius Sachs was then a teacher in the Poppelsdorf Agricultural Academy. Schacht died suddenly in 1864, and Strasburger, thus deprived of his professor, decided to migrate to Jena, to benefit by the lectures of Nathan Prings- heira, whom he had already met at Bonn. In after years he owned the impetus derived from Pringsheim, and his association with Ernst Haeckel. It was due to the latter that, upon the retirement of Pringsheim in 1869, Strasburger was called to the chair, at the age of 25 years. It was in this very year that the first production of Strasburger's pen saw the light: "Die Befruchtung bei den Coniferen," which happened to offend Hofmeister, because the author sought to prove that the " cor- puscula " do not corresponds to the embryo-sacs of Angiosperins, but are archegonia. Three years later he issued his " Die Coniferen und die LIXNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOX. 65 G-netaceeii' in octavo, with a quarto atlas of plates, and in 1873, his briefly entitled " Ueber Azolla." In 1S75 came out his " Ueber Zellbildung und Zelltheilung,'' which reached the second edition the next year, and the third in 1S80, besides versions in other languages. From this time onward, Strasburger was the foremost worker in botanic cytology, and his labours, extending over 35 }'ears, have proved extra- ordinarily fruitful. 'Ueber Befruchtung und Zelltheilung' came before the world in 1876, as did his ' Studien iiber Proto- plasma.' His next important work was ' Die Angiospermen und die Gymnospermeii,' in 1879. Prof. Johannes von Hanstein, who had succeeded to Schacht's chair at Bonn, after Strasburger had settled at Jena, died on the 27th August, 1880, and the latter was called upon to succeed him early in the following year, after 12 years' labour at Jena. In April of 1882 he produced ' Ueber den Ban und das Wachsthum der Zellhaute,' which work he described as in part three years old, thus in some measure the result of his work in Jena. JSoon afterwards he addressed himself to a wider circle and to younger students, by issuing ' Das botanische Practicum ' early in 1884, a work which attained its 4th edition in 1902 (of which a sunnnary has gone through many editions), and was translated by Prof. Hillhouse as ' Handbook to Practical Botany ' in 1886. Later in the same year, he brought out his ' Neue Untersuchungen Uber den Befruchtungsvorgang bei den Phanerogamen als Grrund- lage fiir eine Theorie der Zeugung.' In 1889 began his important series of researches, published under the name of ' Histologische Beitriige,' of which seven parts came out under these titles : — 1. Ueber Kern- und Zelltheilung im Pflanzenreiche, nebst einem Anhang iiber Befruchtung. 1888. 2. Ueber das Wachsthum vegetabilischer Zellhaute. 1889. 3. Ueber den Bau und die Verrichtungen der Leitungsbahneu in den Pflanzen. 1891. (He was accustomed to speak of this volume of 1000 pages as " mein grosses Buch.") 4. Ueber das Verhalten des Pollens und die Befruchtungsvor- giinge bei den Gymnospermen — Schwarrasporen, Gameteu, pflanzlichen Spermatozoiden und das Wesen der Be- fruchtung. 1892. 5. Ueber das Saftsteigen. — Ueber die Wirkungssphare der Kerne und die Zellgrusse. 1893. 6. Ueber Reduktiontheilung, Spindelbildung, Centrosomen und Cilienbildner im PHanzenreich. 1900. 7. Zeitpunkt der Bestimmung des Geschlechts, Apogamie, Par- thenogenesis und Reduktionstheilung. 1909. On the occasion of his assuming office as Rector of Bonn University, in October, 1891, he delivered an address, which was issued as ' Das Protoplasma und die Keizbarkeit.' LIXN. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. — SESSION 1911-1912. / 66 PROCEEDINGS OF THE The work wliicb has attained the widest circulation and popularity is that entitled : — * Lehrbuch der Botanik fiir lloch- sclmlen,' written with the assistance of Drs. F. Xoll, H. Schenck, and A. F. W. Schiinper, appearit)g in 18!i4; it has since reached its tenth edition (1910). It has been translated in many other lan?:uai?es, and is now in its fourth edition in English. In a more popular manner we have his ' .Streifziige an der Eiviera,' the second edition of which came out in 1904, and in English as ' Rambles on the Hiviera," London, 1906, with 87 coloured plates. AV^e cannot here catalogue his many shorter papers on various topics of botanic interest, but one in particular deserves mention, if only for the adverse criticism it called forth, which gave him much pain, though he maintained his position stoutly. It was " Meiue Stellungnahme zur Fra2;e der Pfrop- bastarde," in Ber. deutsch. hot. Ges. xxvii. (1909) 611-528. Strasburger was no mere conventional professor. In his pleasant quarters at Poppelsdorfer Schloss, formerly the palace of the Electors of Cologne, he was easily accessible, and delighted to be the sympathetic friend of his students ; the many pupils attracted by his reputation to study under him, will gladly bear witness to the regard in which he was universally held. Supreme in his chosen department, he interested himself in many other directions, of which ecology may be adduced as an instance. This notice is not the place for a critical estimate of 8trasburger's work, but the frequency with which lie changed his opinions regarding the interpretation of certain cytological phenomena, proved disquieting to some; in this he was only searching further, and w'as ever ready to submit his former opinions to the test of later work or new discoveries. Few botanists were more appeciated in our own country ; he was a Foreign Member of the Linnean Society from 6tli May, 1880, of the Royal Society from 1891 ; further, he was the reci- pient of the Linnean Medal in 1905, when it was received for him by Sir Dietrich Brandis, and acknowledged by a letter then read, which explained that oflScial duties hindered him from attending personally. He was present at the Darwin-Wallace Celebration on the 1st July, 1908, and received a silver copy of the speciiil medal then struck. In his native country he enjoyed the title of " Geheimer Regierungsratb." He died from heart-failure on the date above-mentioned, his wife having predeceased him by several years. A Festschrift was in preparation for his 70th birthday, which it is hoped may yet see the light, though as a memorial volume in place of the con- gratulatory work intended. [B. D. J.] Feancis Tagart, whose legacy of £500 free of legacy duty has recently been received by the Society, was the son of Mr. William Tagart, was born in 1839 and died on the 25th November, 1911, at his house. Old Sneed Park, Stoke Bishop. His business LTNNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDON. 67 life was passed in the City of London as a merchant, and amongst other subsidiary diities, he \\as a Director of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company, and at the time of his death, was one of H.M. Lieutenants for the City of London. He was proposed as a Fellow of this Society on the 6th March, 1855, by his brother, the Eev. Edward Tagart, who died a few years later, Edward Newman, and Ji. Wakefield, the election taking place on 1st May of that year. On retiring from business he resided on his estate near Bristol, and his last visit to the rooms of the Society was about two years before his death, when he expressed his intention of making a bequest in favour of the Society. The sum thus bequeathed has been invested as a separate fund bearing the donor's name, the income to be applied to the purposes of the Society as the Council may determine from time to time. [B. D. J.] June 6th, 1912. Prof. E. B. PouLTON, r.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting of the 24th May, 1912, were read and confirmed. Dr. William John Dakin, Dr. Annie Porter, Prof. Alexander Meek, and Mr. William Edward Balston were admitted Fellows. Mr. William Henry Daun, M. A. (Cantab.), the Eev. John Stewart Muller, M.A. (Cantab.), Mr. Edwin Percy Phillips, M.A. (Cape), and Mrs. Eleanor Mary Eeid, B.Sc. (Lond.), were severally balloted for and elected Fellows. The President read the proposed alterations of Chap. II. Sect. 2 and 3 of the Bye-Laws for the second time. The President announced that he had appointed the following to be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year : — Prof. J. Stanley Oabdineb, Mr. Horace W. Monckton, Miss Edith E. Saunders, and Dr. Dukiufield H. Scott. Prof. A. Meek read his paper, " On the Development of the Cod, Gadus inorrhua" Mr. Charles Hedley read his paper entitled " Paiseogeographical relations of Antarctica." (See p. So.) A discussion ensued in which the foUowing took part : — Dr. Otto Stapf, Sec.L.S., Dr. Gr. B. Longstaff (visitor), Mr. Clement Eeid, Mr. T. A. Sprague, Prof. C. Chilton, Dr. Marie Stopes, and Dr. A. Smith Woodward, the author briefly replying. f2 68 PROCEEDIXGS OF THE Mr. EuPEiiT Vallextin showed a series of slides from photo- graphs taken by himself during a recent visit to the Falkland Islands, extending over many months. He divided them into views of the scenery, the native plants and the fauna, alluding to the changes iu progress, and the loss of endemic types. Miss May Eatubone showed a portion of an unusually thick stem of Iledet-a Helix, stating that this specimen was taken from a plant of ivy grow ing on a tree in Cheshire. The stem, which was somewhat triangular, measured 18^ inches in circumference and 54 inches in diameter at its widest part. The phloem, which was very well marked, measured about ^ of an inch in its thickest part. The rings in the wood were not very distinct but about 46 could be counted. The a\ ood \\as very heavy. The sj)ecimen, which was 18;j inches long, Aveighed 14 lbs., and the specific gravity \\as 0-91, but, as it A\as weighed \\ithout removing the bark, this is only an approximation. 13r. Mahie Stopes exhibited a plant of Cardamine pratensis, on behalf of Mr. A. D. Lang, showing bulbils in abundance from the blade of the leaf as well as the axil of the flowers. Dr. Stapf remarked on the interest of the exhibit, and hoped by cultivation, that the causes of this phenomenon would be ascer- tained. Mr. Chables Sillem placed on the table specimens of the flowering branches of a rambler rose, all the flo\\'ers shoMiug median prolilication of an unusual character. Mrs. Loxgstaff showed a specimen of Lycaste Barringtonice^ Lindl., brought from Jamaica four years ago, but flowering now^ for the first time. Mr. W. Fa^cett remarked that the type of this plant is in Smith's Herbarium, possessed by the Society, under the name of Epidendrum Barrinytonioe. June 20th, 1912. Prof. E. B. PouLxoN, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 6th June, 1912^ were read and confirmed. Mrs. Eleanor Mary Eeid, B.Sc, Miss Maud Samuel, B.Sc, Mr. William Henry IJaun, M.A., and Mr. John Coney Moulton, M.A., were admitted Fellows. Mr, Ernest John Bickford, Mr. Thomas Ford Chipp, B.Sc. (Loud.), Mr. Alfred Eugene Craven, Mr. Xevin Henry Foster, M.E.I.A., M.B.O.U., Mr. AVilliam Norman Sands, and Mr. Francis James Stayner, were proposed as Fellow s. LINNEAX SOCIETY OF LONDON. 69 Miss Ethel Mary Doidge, M.A., Mr. Thomas Bainhrigge rietcher, and Mr. John Gervaise Turnbull, were elected Fellows. The proposed alterations in the Bye-Laws, Chap. II. Sect. 2 and '3, \\hich had been read from the Chair on the 2nd May and 6th June, \\ere submitted to a ballot and approved by the Pellows. The President announced that it was proposed to liave a dinner of the Society on Thursday, 31st October, to be followed by a reception in the rooms of the Society. Further notice to be given in due course. Mr. Hugh Scott briefly introduced the following papers, relating to the fauna of the Seychelles and other islands, the first three and the fifth being communicated bv Prof. J. Stanley Gardineu, F.E.S., F.L.S. 1. Mr. C. G. Lamb on the Lonchreidse, Sapromyzidse, Ephy- dridse, Chloropidae, and Agromyzidae. 2. Dr. Ignacio Bolivar on the Saltatorial Orthoptera. 3. Dr. A. SiCARD on the Coccinellidae. 4. Mr. Hugh Scott on the Coleoptera Lamellicornia and Ade- phaga. 5. The late Dr. Budde-Lund on the Terrestrial Isopoda of the Percy Sladen Expedition, which was introduced by the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, F.E.S. Mr. H. Stuart Thompson exhibited 33 coloured drawings of Alpine flowers by Mr. George Flemwell, with some proofs of plates taken from them. Prof. Arthur Dendy, F.E.S. , introduced an exhibition of four white canaries, of a race bred by Mrs. John Martin, of Martin- borough, New Zealand, and brought home by Dr. A. E. A. Palmer, of the same Dominion, who was present, and explained that they were shown in this country for the first time. Miss Florence Durham (visitor) also spoke. Prof. Dendy then showed the disc-like cocoons constructed by the larva) of a Saw-fly, PJn/llotoma aceris, which had been fouudin large numbers at Maiden Station, in Surrey, and were cha- racterised by jumping movements like those of the well-known Mexican " jumping bean." AVith them he showed specimens of sycamore leaves from which portions of the mesophyll had been eaten by the larvfe, while circles cut out of the upper cuticle had been utilised to form one side of the cocoon, the other side being spun by the larva. 70 PEOCEBDINGS OF THE Mr. E. TV. H. Row related his experiments with these insects, and stated tliat tlu' jiiniping began when the cocoons were exposed to sunshine, and appeared to be caused by an instinct to escape the light. Mr. J. C. MouLTON had brought with him from ]5orneo, living exain])les — now seen for the first time in this country — of the remarkable Trilobite-like coleopterous larva), well known in the Oriental tropics. Mr. C. J. Gahan (visitor) referred to the previous knowledge of these larvae, which belonged, he considered, to the Lycidse, and spoke of the probability of their never passing into an imago stage. The discussion was continued by Mr. H. N. Eidley, Mr. S. G. Paine, Mr. J. C. Moultou, and the President. Mr. S. T. DuKN introduced his paper on the revision of the genus Millettia. Dr. Otto Staff, Sec.L.S., read a paper by Mr. Carl Christensei^^, communicated by Prof. J. Statelet (Gtaediner, on the Ferns of the Seychelles and Aldabra. The lantern- slides to illustrate this paper had not arrived, and their exhibition was postponed. Prof. Gardiner also communicated Mr. C. Warburton's paper on the Acarina of the Percy Sladen Expedition, which Mas read in title, as was also Canon Norman's investigation of Synagoga mira. Capt. C. F. U. Meek's paper entitled " Correlation of Somatic Characters," was placed before the meeting, with the Author's own statement of his conclusions. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 7 I ABSTRACTS. I. The Distribution of Elodea canadensis, Michaux, in the British Isles in 1909. By A. O. Walkek, F.L.S. [Read 2nd November, 1911.] The history of this plant, so far as our islands are concerned, is fairly well known. The first locality in which it appears to have been recoi'ded, by Mr. John Dew in 1836, was at Waringstown, County Down, Ireland. In 1843 it was reported by Dr. G. Johnston, of Berwick-on-Tweed, in Duuse Loch, Berwickshire. By 1850 it had spread to many rivers and reservoirs in Great Britain and become a serious nuisance to navigation and drainage — so much so in Lincohishire, that in 1852 Mr. Eawlinson was sent by the Government to advise as to clearing the dykes in the fens. Attempts to eradicate it by dredging failed, and it was found that the only way of dealing with it successfully was to leave it alone, when it appears to gradually diminish or die out altogether. In 1884 Mr. J. D. Siddall, of Chester, published a valuable paper on the structure and history of this plant (Proc. Chester Soc. Nat. Sci., Part iii. 1884, p. 125), from which most of the above information is derived. He states that experience shows, " that if left alone, its habit is, upon first introduction into a new locality, to spread with alarming rapidity ; so much so as literally to choke other water plants out of existence. But this active phase reaches a maximum in from five to seven years and then gradually declines, until at last the Anacliaris ceases to be a pest and becomes an ordinary denizen of the pond, river, or canal as the case may be." This maximum period in the neighbourhood of Chester seems to have been between the years 1867 and 1873 ; in 1884 Mr. Siddall says it is " far less abundant than formerly," and in April 1909, he wrote that he had some difficulty in finding a piece in a locality where in 1873 all other vegetation was choked out by it. He also says that the circulation of the protoplasm in the leaf-cells was very feeble compared to what it was iu 1873 — an important fact, possibly indicating diminishing vitality in the species. The recollection of the writer, who resided in Chester from 1856 to 1889 and remembers the canal there so choked with the weed as to greatly impede the boat traffic, quite bears out Mr. Siddall's statements as to its abundance in 1867 to 1873 (l. c. p. 131). In 1909 it appeared to the writer that sufficient time had elapsed to enable an opinion to be formed as to the probability of the plant becoming a permanent denizen in the British Isles, and with this view a circular was sent to most of the corresponding 72 PBOCEEDIKGS OF THE Societies of Natural Science of the British Association asking for iiitormation on the subject. To this, as may be seen, numerous replies were received and much valuable iiitormation obtained, for which the writer now heartily thanks all hi.s correspondents. One unavoidable defect in the scheme consists in the fact that the period of maximum abundance having begun about 1852 (in the Lincolnshire Fens, the river Cam, &c.), there would be iew botanists whose memories Avould extend iar enough back to be able to compare the present M ith the past. But, with due allowance for this, the indications are that on the whole the plant is not now so abundant as to be a nuisance but has generally established itself as a denizen It is however, i)robable that there are waters to which it has not vet penetrated and in which it may still flourish as in previous years Such may be the case with the artificial water of Monlton Grange, Northants, where Mr. H. N. Dixon, Hon. Sec. Xorthants JNat. iiist. boc, describes it as "a great pest." It would be interesting to know whether it has ever re-appeared in water where it has flourished and died out, as might conceivably happen after a lapse of time sufficient for the bottom to recuperate If It has not done so anywhere, it would not be unreasonable to attribute it to a diminution of the vitality of the species as suggested above. The following reports from different Counties from the south of England to Banffshire are probably sufficiently representative of the whole of Great Britain. Devoxshire. Mr. J.L. Sager, M.A., on behalf of the Exeter University College Field Club, writes: "It occurs in more or less abundance in the Rivers Exe, Culm, and the Exeter Canal It has been known to flower occasionally, but fruits have not been seen," Mr. H. J. Morgan, a member of the above Society, says that for some time before 1878, "the right bank of the Exe from the Bridge to the Gas Works (over 200 yds.) was one thick mass of Elodea. Since that date this plant has become by no means plentiful in this place. Many ditches on Exminster Marshes were almost filled with Elodea about seven vears ago. There is certainly not so much there now." ' Dorsetshire. Mr. N. M. Eichardson, President Dorset Field Club, reports • " Mr. Filleul says he sees it in every stream he fishes, but our own native weeds far more than hold their own against it " Mansell-Pleydell, 'Flora of Dorset,' 1874 : " Str^'eams anil ponds common ; thoroughly established, becoming a most troublesome plant." LIKNEA.X SOClEXr OF LONDON. 73 Hampshire and Isle of Wight. From the Flora of tlie above bv F. Townsend, 1904 : " Abundant in Hants and Isle of Wight. Too common in many localities. Introduced to lake in Leigh Park in 1847 with American aquatics and discovered in Leicestershire the same year." Not recorded in Bromfield's ' Flora of Isle of Wight,' edited by Sir W. J. Hooker & T. B. Salter, 1856. Sussex. Rev. E. Elmau, per Mr. T. Hilton : " About Lewes and the •Cuckmere Valley and in man}'- other places in Sussex — cannot say if less abundant than formerlv " (Brighton and Hove Nat. Hist. Soc). Mrs. T. R. E. Stebbing, F.L.S., writes : " It used to be found in Cold Bath Ponds at Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, and the Lake at Warberry House." 'Flora of Sussex,' F. H. Arnold, 1887: "Ditches, pools, rivers, common." By F. C. S. Roper, Eastbourne, 1875 : "Ditches, locally abundant." Surrey. Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., writes in 1909 : " In a pond in the garden at Kevv it was once very plentiful and has now quite died •down, its place being taken by Nitella." Holmesdale Nat. Hist. Club, Reigate : " River Mole and various ponds and ditches in the district. Not quite so plentiful as it used to be." Kent. " Now (1899) quite common in ponds, ditches, and slow streams throughout the county." First record 1855 ('Flora of Kent,' Haiibury & Marshall). River Beult, near Headcorn (A. O. W., 1910). Not seen at Ulcombe. Lenworth Mill Pond, Maidstone, "grows alarmingly" Scop., var. fero.v, Druce. CaUuna vuhjaris, Hull, var. Erikcp, Asclierson. Shown to the party on Wessenden Moors, Yorkshire, by Dr. Graebner. And also found on Ben Lawers, at the Lizard, and near Clifdeu, Gal way. Erica Tetralix X vafjans = E. cinerea X vagans. Davey, in Journ. Bot, xlviii. (1910), p. 338, but identified by Druce, Schroeter, and Graebner as the above hybrid when the plant was shown to them by the discoverer, Mr. P. D. Williams, at Lanarth, on the St. Keverne Moors. The glandular hairs and other characters prove the presence of Tetralix. Jiincus ranarius, Perr. & Song. Southport, pointed out by Dr. Graebner. III. Historic doubts about Vaxmthompsonia. By the Eev. T. R. R. Stbbbing, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. [Read 7th March, 1912.] Dr. Calman has pointed out to me that my argument for the priority of this form over its rival Vauntompsonia is open to a serious objection. The latter spelling of Bate's generic name appears in the second volume of the Royal Dublin Society's Journal, published under date of 1860. But the volume includes several numbers, and Number 10, with which we are here con- cerned, is dated on p. G3 (its first page) " July, 1858." That the number was actually published in that year, Dr. Caiman says, *'is shown by the fact, which I owe to Mr. Sherborn, that the part in question was received by the Library of the Geological Society between July 1st and October 31st, 3 858, as recorded in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xv. p. 149, 1st Feb., 1859." This, however, still leaves open the cfuestion whether the July number of the Journal was published earlier or later than the July quarterly number of the Natural History Review of the same year. On this point neither the publishers of the Review nor the present editor of the Journal have been able to supply information. But the Library of the British Museum at Bloomsbury gives, as it seems to me, a fairly satisfactory clue. The number of the 'Natui-al History Review' for July 1858 is there on the last page of the lunuber, p. 263. stamped " 16 J Y 58." Now, Bate's paper in the Journal is followed on p. 105 by " Return of Donations to the Royal Dublin Society, to July, 1858," so that the material for the number was not even complete till the beginning of July, and its issue within a fortnight of that completion would surely in those days have seemed needless to the editors and impossible to the printers. Incidentally it may be observed that Kinahan refers to Bate's paper as appearing in the second volume of the Journal without giving any page number, as he would naturally have done, had such a number been already available. We also Hnd that Kinahan uses the spelling Vaunthompsonia in a Report to the LINNEAN SOCIETY OP 1,0^1)0^. 79 British Association at Leeds in September, 1858, on p. 266 of the General Report, which was no doubt not effectively published till the following year, when he might have corrected an un- intended error. My thauks are due to Dr. Caiman for his having entrusted me with the evidence that Bate's Vanntompsoma was published at some time in the third quarter of 1858. Nevertheless we have Bate's own clear statement that the genus was described by him in the ' Natural History Review.' He could just as well have referred to the Journal, if that had priority, and it would have given him the best possible opportunity of vindicating his mode of spelling the generic name against Kinahan's. Kiuahan was on terms of intimacy with Spence Bate, as letters in my possession show. He was also interested in the reputation of Vaughan Thompson. It may well be that he thought his friend Bate was taking too much of a liberty with the deceased author in mis- spelling both his christian and his surname. To remedy this, we may suppose, he himself took the liberty of making a change in the still unpublished name of Bate's genus, against which I cannot find that Spence Bate ever uttered or printed a word of expostulation. Whatever may be the result of the particular controversy, time will not have been wasted over it, if it helps to bring about a more general adoption of the practice in scientific literature of pi*inting on each separate publication the exact date of issue. ly. Phyllody in Trifolium. By May Rathbone, P.L.S. [Eead 21st March, 1912.] A specimen of Trifolium repens showing phyllody of the carpels, was gathered in a hayfield, Cheshii'e, in the summer of 1912. The flowers are of two forms, both occurring on the same plant, but in different heads. In one form in place of the carpel the axis of the flower is prolonged into a petiole with well-developed stipules and bearing only one leaflet. The other parts of the flower are normal, except that the calyx teeth are, I think, a little longer and broader than usual. The other form bears a trifoliolate leaf instead of the carpel and, in the flower of this type which was dissected, no stipules were found. The stamens, corolla, and calyx were normal. The season of 1912 was a particularly dry one, and the plant showed no signs of disease or injury. References. Dr. Masters, " Vegetable Teratology," pp. 276 & 279, 1869. M. Germain de Saint-Pierre, Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1856, vol. iii. p. 477. Dr. Peuzig, " Pflanzen-Teratologie," vol. i. 1890. 8o PROCEEDINGS OF THE V. The Paheogeograpliical llelations of Antarctica. By Charles IIedlky, F.L.8., Assistant Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales. [Eead 6th June, 1912.] 1. Introduction. Testimony in support of alteration in temperature and contour of Tertiary Antarctica is almost wholly based on a comparison of tl)e living fauna and flora of surrounding countries. While biologists in general, led by Wallace, Sclater, and Hutton, opposed the idea of an extended and habitable Antarctica, geographers hesitated to adopt a hypothesis the arguments for which lay in a foreign field. Hut of late years most of those engaged in its discussion have been supporters of extension, so that the theory has advanced from the position of a disparaged heresy to that ofan established view. Accustomed to rely on biological evidence, in the form of !)al£eontology, for important and far-reaching generalisations, geology n lay now accept from biology this theory of formei* Antarctic extension. Thereby is acquired a correlation of climate, of time, and of continental change, while incidentally a new light is thrown on the question of the permanence of ocean basins. It seemed nothing unusual to find a similar fauna and flora, even to the extent of a large proportion of identical species, on the subantarctic islands all round the world. But collectors working in south temperate and even in south tropical zones were surjn-ised to And related species and genera in opposite hemi- spheres. This correspondence is more pronounced in primitive groups and grow s clearer southwards. First, it was realised when the famous botanist Sir J. D. Hooker pointed to the distribution of the southern pines as indicating a common origin (Hooljer, ' London Journal of Botany,' iv. 1845, p. 137). The relations of a southern fauna linking Australasia to South America Mere sketched firm and clear by a master hand iu Professor Huxley's essay on the classification and distribution of the gallinaceous birds (Huxley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 294). According to Ortmann, first Eiitimeyer definitely proposed radiation from Antarctica as the solution of the problem (Eiiti- meyer, ' Ueber d'e Herkunft unserer Thierwelt,' 1807, p. 15). Our knowledge of this subject was nuich advanced by Dr. H. O. Forbes (Forbes, Boy. Geogr. Soc. Sup])l. Papers, iii. 1893). Starting from the fossil avifauna of the Chatham Islands, he reviewed the community of southern faunas and interpreted it by LINXEAX SOCIETY OF LO^S^BOK. 8l a antarctic distribution. As the means of dispersal he mapped „ vast continent stretching continuously from Madagascar to South America and Fiji during the " northern glacial epoch," It was suggested by the present- writer tliat a far smaller area of continental land, of an earlier date and of unstable form, was indicated by its surviving refugees (Hedley, Proc. Eoy, Soc. IS", S. Wales, xxix, 1896, p. 278); and that the last Antarctic phase as reflected by these might be expressed in arms reaching •on one side to Tasmania, on the other to Cape Horn, while previous phases may have been represented by other rays extending to ^^ew Zealand, Madagascar, Ceylon, and perhaps South Africa, A study of terrestrial and fluviatile mollusca induced Ancey to subscribe to these suggestions (C. F. Ancey, Journ, de Conch, xlix. 1901, p, 12), Dr. Ortmann, while investigating the South American Tertiary Invertebrates, accepted my amendments to Forbes's proposition. To a clear exposition of the subject he added a map and biblio- graphy (' Report Princeton University-Expedition to Patagonia ' iv. pt, 2, 1902, pp. 310-32-1). The distribution of southern earthworms was discussed by Prof. W. B. Benhara (Proc, Austr, Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1902, pp. 319-343). In his opinion the Acanthodrilids, a primitive group, originated in New Zealand and spread by way of Ant- arctica to South America. He emphasised the fact that the union they indicated between Antarctica and New Zealand was not synchronous with the Australian connection. Examining the mammalian fauna A. Gaudry considered that unless Tertiary Patagonia was united to Antarctica its palajonto- logical history would be incomprehensible (Compt. Rend, vol cxli 1905, p. 806). From a study of the freshwater Crustacea of Tasmania, Mr. Geoffrey Smith concludes that certain elements of this fauna " reached their present range by means of an Antarctic connection bet\\-een the southernmost projections of Australia, South America, and New Zealand " (Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Ser, 2. Zool, ix. 1909' p. 67). His analysis revealed the presence in Tasmania of another element which he derived from the northern hemisphere and which he supposed to have travelled down the Andean chain and crossed to Australasia by the Antarctic route. Summing up a biological examination of the southern islands of New Zealand, Prof. C. Chilton concludes : " The evidence pointing to former extensions of land from the Antarctic continent northward, and to the warm climate that was enjoyed by this continent in early Tertiary times, seems to offer a fairly satisfactory explanation of the facts before us "(' Subanf arctic Islands of New Zealand,' ii. 1909, p. 467). A full bibhography is included in this article, LINN, soc, PROCEEDINGS, — SESSION 1911-1912. // 52 PROCEEDIXGS OF TllK Finallv, Osborn describes the hypothetical reconstruction of Antarctica as " one oF the greatest triumphs of recent biological investigation " ('The Age of Mammals,' 1910, p. 75). * 2 . Argument. The distribution records of recent antl fossil species upon which the generalisations of the foregoing authors depend have never been denied. Indeed, they continue to increase with the progress- of science. To other, and usually earlier, authors these views presented two insuperable diflSculties. One is the extreme change in climate which formerly permitted temperate and subtropical animals and plants to exist where cold is now so intense. The other is the demand for the existence of Tertiary land where an ocean no\\- extends so broad and deep as that between Antarctica and Tasmania or New Zealand. To evade these difficulties and yet explain existing distribution, the following three alternatives have been advanced. That decadent groups were expelled from their original seats by more vigorous competitors : retreating from a northern centre to the ends of the earth, such groups divided into fugitive parties which converged as southern lands approached the pole. Or discontinuous distribution in southern continents were simply considered remnants of a former universal distribution (Wallace, 'The Geographical Distribution of Animals,' i. 1876, p. 39S; Pfeffer, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. viii. 1905, pp. 407-442). But whereas, under the circumstances postulated, the northern wanderers would be expected to diminish and to vaiy as they receded, the southern forms in question became more alike and more numerous proceeding south. Thus radiation rather than convergence is indicated. II. That birds, winds, or circumpolar currents, by a process of picking up and setting down passengers from the continents or * Wliile this article was in the press, there reached rue an imporUmt memoir by Dr. Pilsbry on " The Non-Marine Molhisca of Patagonia " (Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, iii. 1912, pt. v. pp. ol3-633). My friend considers Antarctica rather as a road for migration, especially an American exit, than as a centre of evolution. Ho t^akes exception to my deriva- tion of Australian Acavida^ from Antarctica, and suggests that the group arose in Gondwana Land. On reconsideration I would still maintain tliat the south-eastwardly increasing distribution of Australian Acavida^ indicates their immediate Antarctic origin. But previous to an Antarctic sojourn the group may have been Gondwana bred. This memoir heightens the resemblance between ea.st and west. Gundlachia, Liphdon, and Radiodiscus are common, Pettcrdia7m scarcely differs from Littoridina, and I'ofamolithis appears to have Tasmanian relatives. LINXEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 83 islands by the way, established a uniformity of fauna and flora. Thus Dr. Michaelson writes (Journ. West. Aust. Nat. Hist. Soc. v., July 1908, p. 13): " There is no need for the supposition of an ancient great Antarctic continent \Ahich connected Australia and South America as some scientific men still suppose. Certain littoral Oligochajta consisting of euryhaline forms, for which the salt sea is no barrier, can be transported by the west wind drift over the stations on the different islands lying between one continent and another." The flora of the circum antarctic islands, as instanced by Kerguelen, was thought by W. Schimper to have been conveyed by sea birds and ocean drift (Schimper, AVissenschaft. Ergebn. Valdivia, ii. 1905, p. 75). Although this niiglit apply to species which recur through several archipelagoes, such would not explain the presence of endemic plants and on Kerguelen the occurrence of an endemic snail, Ampliidoxa JiooJceri. Such transport accounts only for a wide range of individual species capable of air or water carriage. It has doubtless been a small but real factor in distribution. Eut it does not account for the existence of related and representative species, for the subtropical element, or for the species incapable of such convey- ance. Px'of. W. B. Benham raises the objection that a species might drift yet never land : — " When I stood at the top of the sheer cliffs, some 500 ft. to 1000 ft. in height, which form the whole of the west coast of Auckland Island, and saw the tremendous breakers which even in moderately calm weather dash with incredible force against the rocks, I was more than ever convinced that the ' west- wind drift ,' cannot account for the transference of Oligochieta from the various land surfaces of this subantarctic region " (Benham, ' Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand,' i. 1909, p. 254). III. That a trans-Pacific continent conveyed to New Zealand, Australia, and South America a common stock otherwise recognised as the Antarctic element (ITutton, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxi. 1896, p. 36 ; Baur, ' American Naturalist,' xxxi. 1897, p. 661). This alternative seems the weakest. Had a trans-Pacific bridge really disseminated the species under discussion, then they should be best developed in the central remaining portion (for instance, in Tahiti or Samoa) and least at the extremity (as in Chili or Tasmania). Actually the reverse is the case : Soutli America is the most closely associated with Tasmania, then New Zealand is less so, and the Mid-Pacific islands not at all. Those who consider the demand for land between Tasmania and Antarctica as exorbitant are not consistent in asking so much larger a grant in the Pacific. Another difficulty is why that South American contingent which flooded Tertiary Antarctica, and then Australia, failed to include such characteristic South American fauna as the humming- 9^ 84 PROCEEDINGS OF THE hirtls, platyrhine monkeys, hystricomorph rodents, edentates, or notoiinguliites. Dr. von Jheritig explains (Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv. 1891, J). VM ; and X. Jalirb. f. iMineralogio, &c. Beil.-Bd. xxxii. 1911, p. 170, pi. V.) that two former subcontinents, of late niesozoic or early tertiary age, are now fused in the present South America. Before the rise of the Andes these were separated from each other by a broad sea and maintained distinct fauna and flora. The southern tract, which he calls " Archiplata," comprised what is now Chili, Argentina, and Southern Brazil. The northern area, called " Archiguyana," embraced Xorthern Brazil, Venezuela, and Guiana. It was from Archiplata that the last phase of Antarctica had its American derivatives, and that at a time when many forrcs now regarded as typically South American had not yet reached Archiplata. Not until after Antarctica was i-eh^ased from Archi|)lata did the latter join Archiguyana, and then the southern fauna sufft^red the usual fate from the incursion of the more highly organised northern types. 3. The Austeal Fauna and Flora. More space than is here available would be required to enumerate the Antarctic refugees in austral lands. A few of the more striking instances are now selected. Recent marsupials are restricted to Australasia and to the Americas, the monotremes to the former. It seems to have been assumed generally that marsupials necessarily had a Eui'opean origin and travelled across Siberia to North America. A shorter connection between Western Europe and South America by way of Archhelenis is at any rate worth debate. Had the entry to Australia been by the Malay Archipelago, as opponents of the Antarctic hypothesis advance, then stragglers by the way should have lingered in the East Indies. In Australasia marsupials and monotremes are least developed in the north ; proceeding south- wards more groups successively appear till ultimately Tasmania has, as Professor Spencer expressed it, " a condensation of most that is noteworthy in the Australian region" (Spencer, Proc. Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1892, p. 106). Indeed, the most convincing proof of the Antarctic theory is the fact that in Australasia the South American affiuities regularly increase as Tasmania is approached and there attain their maximum. Those who deny marsupial migration across Antarctica are obhged to assume that the Thylacinida? were independently evolved in each hemisphere. That Tasmania was the point of entry is supported by the discovery in Tasmania of the earliest fossil Australian marsupial. This, Wi/nyufdia bassiana, is apparently one of the Phalangeridae, but the unique example is too imperfect for positive identification (Spencer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 776). LINNEA>f SOCIETY OF LOXDOX. 85 Local geologists class the stratum in which it occurred as Eocene, but English and American geologists are less disposed to grant these beds such antiquity. If marsupials had not been available, the case could have been made as clear from herpetological evidence. And, indeed, were the vertebrata disregarded, the liypothesis could still be as well established from the invertebrata or the plants. Among the reptiles, fifty genera of the Iguanidse are known, all of which are confined to the New World, chiefly South America, except one genus in Eiji and two in Madagascar. Australian snakes are divisible into the venomous and the non-venomous groups. All the venomous are of the family Elapidae, related to South American types ; they focus in Tasmania, where non- venomous snakes are absent. The non-venomous snakes are of Asiatic or Papuan alHnity, and focus in North Queensland. The majority of Austx'alian frogs are also akin to South American forms. A family of large snails, conspicuous for the size and beauty of the shell and distinct in structural features, called by Dr. Pilsbry the Ilacroogona, has the following distribution : — In South America, chiefly tropical, Macrocyclis 1 species, Strophochilus 51 species, and Goni/ostomiis 5 species ; in Madagascar, Ampelita 54 species and Helicophanta 16 species ; in the Seychelles, Stijlodonta 2 species ; in Ceylon, Acavus 7 species ; in the Moluccas, Pyro- chihis 4 species ; in Tasmania, Anogh/pta 1 species and Cart/odes 1 species ; in Eastern Australia, Pedinogyra 1 species and Panda 4 species. The Chilian Macrocyclis and the Queensland Pedinogyra by shell characters pair together, while Helicophanta is a match for Panda. The absence of this family from New Zealand, its preponderance of species in Madagascar, of genera in Tasmania with Australia, and its development in the tropics are remarkable characters of this old austral group. The snail family Bulimulida^ is chai'acteristic of South America, beyond which two genera stray into the West Indies and North America, and two others, Botliriemhryon and Placostylus, occur in Australasia. The first ranges from Tasmania to AVest iVustralia, and forms an exception to Antarctic rule by liaving its distri- bution centre in the latter. Indeed, Botliriemhryon and the fluviatile crustacean Gha'raps raise a suspicion that West Australia had direct relations with Antarctica, prior to and independent of the Tasmanian Istlimus. Placostylus extends from New Zealand to Fiji and New Guinea, "giving testimony," as Pilsbry remarks, "to the foi'mer existence of an Antarctic land connecting the austral continents of the two hemispheres " (Man. Couch., Index, vols. x,-xiv. 1902, p. ix). The Buprestidaj, a family of large and handsome beetles, exhibit a striking affinity between Australia and South America. So 86 PnOCliEDIXGS OF TJIB much so that, opposed as AVallat-e was to the Antarctic connection, lie here conceded that some exchanj^e between the two areas was required. Jle thought that it took the form of larvjc in floating limber drifting round the antarctic seas in a warm period. Among early Tertiary vej^'etation brought from Seymour Island in the Antarctic by Dr. NordenskjilUrs expedition, Dusen has recognised a s{)ecies of Fagus and an Aranc((na like A. hrasiliensis (8ch\vedisclie ISudpolar. Exp., Jkl. iii. Lief 3, 1908). In the light of this discovery the range of the living species of these genera acquires an importance for the student of the Antarctic hypothesis. The distribution of the beech trees is a particularly interesting one, for on the principle of Antarctic extension it is simple and intelli- gible, but without it is complicated and inexplicable. This geiuis Far/us, sensu latu, has tAvo representatives in Europe, one in North America, and several in China and Japan. But in South America there are eleven, in New Zealand seven, and in Tasmania with Australia three. The northern forms are deciduous, but with one or two exceptions the southern ai'e evergreen. The genus being a natural one is certainly not of polyphyletic origin, and the question before us is, from what centre of migration has it spread ? Did the southern species radiate from the south or converge from the north ? It is a strong argument for a southern origin that the bulk of the species are southern. Again, the ever- green state is primitive, the deciduous derived, and this indicates that the northerners are offshoots from an evergreen stock. Thirdly, the southern species more closely resemble each other than any northern does any southern fox-m. Even, as Mr. llodway (Proc. Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1912) points out, the same parasite atHicts Tasmanian and South American trees. This agrees better with radiation fi*om the south than with convergence from the north. Another aspect of Antarctic distribution is presented by the genus Araucaria. None of the fifteen existing species reach the northern hemisphere, so the complication of a boreal factor is absent. It is chiefly subtropical and characterises a zone external to that of Faijus. In South America there are three species, in New Caledonia eight, in Norfolk Island one, in New Gruinea one, and in Australia two. The latter pair are unlike each other, but t base respectively. LIXNEAN SOCIETY OF lONDOX. 89 may be that Australia was then too poor to afford emigrants. Another and more probable explanation is that Antarctica having received a fauna and flora from Arcbiplata was severed fi-om it before joining Australia. Thus a stream of migration would be forced forward and checked backwards. The austral fauna and flora appears extending m successive zones from the far south to the tropics. In New Zealand the warmth-loving plants and animals, such as the Kauri pine (a relation of Araucaria) and Placostylus snail, have been thrust to a northern refuge, while diminished temperature has probably exter- minated others. The Araucaria and iguanas, the freshwater fish Osteof/lossum , are examples of tropical austral forms of which a long list could be compiled. It is unhkely that the Antarctica that bore this tropical and subtropical assembly reached much more broadly to the tropics than does the present continent. Had it done so, more traces would have been left of such extension in the South Sea Islands on the one side or in South Africa on the other. But if the subtropical flora and fauna had in the Tertiary extended unbroken across the pole from Fuegia to Tasmania, what then became of tlie ancestors of the present subantarctic and south alpine life ? Why were not these frigid forms driven from off the face of the earth when the heart of the Antarctic itself enjoyed a genial climate ? The discovery by Sir E, Shackleton of a plateau 10,000 feet high near the south pole, suggests a solution of the difficulty. If such a plateau existed ^hen the climate was at its warmest, then the tropical migrants could have found a congenial climate on the coast, while the ancestors of the Kosciusko and Kerguelen plants and animals took refuge on the plateau heights. The inference is that such a plateau did then exist. If the land-connection between the Antarctic and Tasmania had broken down during the warmest period of the interglacial phase, it would have isolated the flora and fauna at a time when the cold elements were gathered together on the central plateau heights, while the temperate and subtropical elements possessed the Antarctic periphery. 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Pp. 451-458 ; Plate 44. 1900. 24. Lister (J. J.)- Astroclera willeyana, the type of a new Family of Sponges. Pp. 459-482 ; Plates 45^8. 1900. 25. Pycraft (W. p.). Pterylography o( the Megapodii. Pp. 483-492 ; Plate 49. 1900. 20. HiCKSoN (Sydney J.) and Hiles (Isa L.). Stolonifera and Alcyo- nacoa. Pp. 493-508 ; Plates 50, 51. 1900. 27. Ashwortu (J. H.). Eepoi't on the XeniidsE. Pp. 509-528 ; Plates 52, 53. 1900. Part V. 28. Shipley (Arthur E.). Entozoa. Pp. 531-568; Plates 54-56. 1900. 29. PuNNETT (R. C). South Pacific Nemertines. Pp. 569-584; Plates 67-61. 1900. 30. BoRRADAiLE (L. A.). Young of the Robber Crab. Pp. 585-590 ; with figures in the text. 1900. 31. Pratt (Edith M.). Anatomy of Xeohelia porccllana, Moseley. Pp. 591-602 ; Plates 62, 63. 1900. 32. BouLENGER (Gr. A.). New Blind Snake from Lifu, Loyalty Islands.. Pp. 603-604 ; with figures in the text. 1900. 33. Stebbing (Rev. T. R. R.). Crustacea from the South Seas. Pp. 605- 690 ; Plates 64-74. 1900. Part VI. 34. 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The Trustees of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund: Second Donatio)! towards the publication of the third volume on the Indian Ocean Reseai'ches, £70. The same : First Donation towards the fourth volume, £i;)0. 1912. The Indian Government: Contribution towards the illustration of Mr. E. P. Stebbing's jiaper on Himalayan Chermes, £46 15*. 2d. The late Mr. Francis Tagart, £500 free of Legacy Duty. The late Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. O.M., G.C.S.I., £100 free of Legacy Duty. INDEX TO THE PROCEEDINGS. SESSION 1911-1912. Xu/e. — Tlie f'ullowiiigareiiot indexed :— The name of tJieCliairnian at each meeting; sijeakers whose remarks are not reported ; and passing alhisions. Abnormal On-liia exhibited (Salmon), '3- Abstracts of Papers, 71-90. Acarina of tlie Percy Sladen Exhil)i- tion (Warbnrton), 70. Accounts, 22-23; ^"'^^ before .V^nui- versar^' Meetinir. 21. Actinian LarA"a' (Pamford). 2. Additions to tlie Library, 91-109. Address, Presidential, 26-39. Agromyzid;e. sec Lamb, C. G. Aldabra. sec Scyciielles. Allium (jluilnosd, variations in its foliage exhibited (Henderson), 6. Alpine flowers, drawings by G. Flem- well, exhibited (Thompson). 69 ; flora of Canada, lantern denionstra- tion (llenshaw), 19. Anderson, Dr. T., elected Councillor, Anderson, Rev. W. J. W., withdrawn, 24. Annelids of the Thames Vallev (Friend), 8. Anniversary Meeting, 21-41. Antarctica, sec Hedley, C. Arber, Dr. E. A. N., Vsii(inuti)htilluia ma jus, ep. no v., 19. Associates deceased, 21; elected, 2}: vacancies in List announced, 8. Audas. J. W., elected, 6 ; jjroposed, i. Auditors elected, 18. Australia, Additions to the flora of (Domin), 20. Pagnall, R. S., admitted, i : Biplopora, I'auropoda, and Proturri, spp. new to Britain, 3. Balance Sheet, wr Cash Statement. Balston, W. E., admitted, 67. Bamford, Miss E. E., Pelagic .\ctinian LarvjB, 2. Bancroft, C K., elected, 6 ; proposed, i. Barbados, see Phillips, Miss E. M. Henefaclions. i 10-1 17. Biokford, E. J., projiosed. 68. BickncU, A. S., deceased, 21 ; f>bituary, 42- Bittern discovered in Norfolk, huilern- slides shown (Turner), 9. Blackman, Prof. V. H., Councillor retired, 25. Bolivar, Dr. I., SaUatorial Orthoptera of the Seychelles, 69. and C. Ferricre. Orthoptera- Phasmidse of the Seychelles, 17. Bolus, Dr. n., deceased, 21 ; obituary, 42-44. Borneo, see Monlton, J, C. Bornet. Dr. J. B. E., deceased, 8, 21 ; obituary, 44. Botanical Secretary (Dr. O. Stapf) elected, 25. Botrychioxj/lon jxiradoxinn, a Palaeo- zoic Fei-n with Secondary Wood (Scott), 19. Bourne, Prof. G. C, elected Councillor and Secretarv, 25 ; conununicatii^n by (Liddcll), "i-. Bowman, Dr. F. H., withdrawn. 24. Brougiiton, IL, withdrawn, 24. Budde-Luud, Dr., Terreslri^il Isopoda of the Percy Sladen Expedition, 69. Button, Rev. .T., deceased, 21. BuUen, Rev. R. A., exhibited hybrid snail, 10; — engravings of ////^r((/«/rt mo)ifivai/ct, Westerlund, 1 1 ; — cochi- neal insects, 20. Burne, R. H., admitted, 18; elected, 16 ; proposed, 13. 119 Bury, H., Councillor retired, 25. Bye-Laws concerning Composition, alterations read, 19, 6", and approved, 69. Cactoid Euphorbias, sec Euphorbias. Calamites, Internodes (Groom), 15. Calder, C. C, elected, 15; proposer!, 10. Caiman, Dr. W. T., nominated Scruti- neer, 15. Canadian Alpine Flora, lantern dennm- stration (Henshaw), 19. Canaries, white, exhibited (Palmerl, 69. Cardamine prafcnsis with bulbils, ex- liibited (Slopes), 68. Cardew, Miss E. M., admitted, 8 ; elected, 6; proposed, i. Cash Statement received and ado]5ted, 21 ; as audited, 22-23. Chip|i, T. F., proposed. 68. Ciiloro]iida', i^re Lamb. C. (1. Ciirist-Socin, Dr. H., elected Foreign Member, 19; proposed, 15. Christensen, C, Ferns of tiie Seychelles and Aldabra, 70. Clcfodoidron trichofomum, Thunb., in fruit, exhibited (Walker), 3. CoceinellidiK of the Seychelles (Sicard), Cochineal insects exhibited (Bidlen), 20; on those sent to Carl von Linne (Jackson), 20. CocUmria Armoracia, dissected leaf- form of, exhibited (Reudle), 8. Cod, its development (Meek), 67. CofTm, W. H., name ordered to be removed from List, 24. Coleoptera of the Seychelles (Scott), 69. Couiposition, Bye-Laws concerning, alterations read, 19, 67, and ap- proved, 69. Cinnpton, E. H., Seedling Structure in the Lcguminosa', i 3. Correlation of Somatic Characters (Meek), 70. Councillors elected, and retired, 25. Craven, A. E., proposed, 68. Crcpidula foraicida, exhibited (Muric), 2. Crisp Award and Medal presented to Capt. Meek, 39. Crisp, Sir F., Councillor retired, 25- Dakin, Dr. W. J., admitted, 67 ; elected, 6 ; proposed, i. Daun, W. II., admitted, 68 ; elected, 67 ; proposed, 19. Deaths recorded, 21. Dendy, Prof. A., elected Councillor, 25 ; resignation of Zoological Secretaryship, 25 ; on Glass-sponges, 15; exhibited living PhasmidiE, 17; -~- cocoons of larva; of a Saw-fly, Phyllutoma accrls, 69. Dinner and proposed reception, announced, 69. Diplopora, Tauropoda, and Proiura spp. new to Britain (Bagnall), .3- . . Distribution of Elodea canadensis, Michx., in the British Isles (Walker), 2, 71-77. Dixon, H. N., exhibited plants from Portugal, some mounted on black paper, 17 ; some Mosses of New Zealand, 6. Doidge, Miss E. M., elected, 69 ; pro- posed, 21. Domin, Dr. X., Additions to Flora of Australia, 20. Donations to Librarj' 91-109 ; — to the Society (1790- 1912), iio- 1 17. Douie. Sir J. M., elected, 8 ; jjroposed, 3- Druce, G. C, International Phytogeo- graphieal Excursion, 1911, 4; note on the exhibits, 77. Druce, H. H., elected Auditor, 18. Dunn, S. T., Eevision of the genus Millettia, 70. Dyuies, T. A., admitted, 19; elected, 15 ; proposed, 10. Edwards, F. W., Tipulidte of the Sey- chelles, 10. I'Jlections, number of, 24. Klodea canadciit-. B. D. Larter, Miss C. E., admitted, 21; elected, 15; proposed, 10. Larvae from IBorneo exhibited (Moulton). 70. Laurie, E., elected, 6 ; ))roposed, i. Lawson, Dr. A. A., Marine flora of St. Andrews, 9. Leechmau, A., elected, 18; proposed, Leguminosa\ seedling structure in the (Compton), 1 3. Librarian's report, 24. I;ibrary Additions, 91-109. Liddell, J. A., Nitoci-ameira JxlcllurcB, a new genus, 17. Lindsay, Miss B., elected 8 ; proposed, 3- Linne, Carl yon, his Lapland Drum, additional information concerning (Jackson), 12 ; on his cochineal in- sects (Jackson), 20. Linnean Herbarium, Recent investi- gation of the (Jackson), 20 ; Index to the (Jackson). Sup|ilemeut, 1-152. Linnean Medal, recipient nominated, 1 9 ; presented to Dr. R. C. L. Perkin.s, 40. Lock, R. H., elected, 19; proposed, 16. UN. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. SESSION LonchaMdiv, SapromyzidiB, Ephydridte, ChloropicUv, and Agromyzida; of the Seychelles (Lamb). 69, Longstnff, Mrs., showed Li/caste BrrrriiigtcDiice in flower, 68. L//rasic liarriiKifouueiw flower, exhibited '(Longstaff).'68. Lycjidiuiii hi/p)ioruiu, exhibited (Wel>b), 20. Macnaniara, N. C, Mutations in Fox- glove plants, 4-6. McRae, W., elected, 6 : proposed, i. Marine flora of St. Andrews (Lawson), 9- Mastin, Dr. J., exhibited microscope- slides, of Polycistina, 18. Maw, G., deceased, 21 ; obituai-y, 62. Medal, Crisp, presented to Capt. Meek, 39- , Linnean, presented to Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, 40. Meek, Prof. A., admitted. 67; on the Development of the Cod, Gudtis iiiun-hua, 67. Meek, Capt. C. F. U., Crisp Award and Medal presented to, 39 : Correlation of Somatic Characters, 70. Michael, A. D., nominated Scrutineer, ' V Millcftia, Revision of the genus (Dunn), 70. Monckton, H. W., appointed V.-P., 67 ; elected Councillur and Treasurer, Moore, Sir F. W., admitted, 21; elected, 6; proposed, i. Morley, C, Ichneumonidaj of the Seychelles, 10. Moss, Dr. C. E., elected, 18 ; proposed, 15- Mosses of New Zealand (Dixon), 6. Moulton. J. C, admitted, 68; exhibited Trilobite-like larva; from Borneo, 70. Miiller, Rev. J. S., elected, 67 ; pro- posed, 19. Murie, Dr. J., e.xhibited Crcpldida for/i/cf/fa, 2. Mutation problem in Oenothera (dates), 3. Nannorrhops Jiitchiann, H. Wendl., seeds received from Dr. Henderson, distributed, 9. TS'ew Zealaiul, some nmsses of (Dixon), 6; sec Palmer, Dr. A. E. A. Ki/nctrnneira hdcllurce, a new genus (Liddell), 17. Norfolk, see Turner, Miss E. L. 1911-1912. /.• IXDKX. Nonimn, Ciinon A. M., Si/nnc/of/a mira. Obituary Notices, 42-67. Oenothera, imitation jiroblein in (Gntes), 3- Ogilvie-FaniuliarHon. t-er Farqiilmr- sou. Oke, A. W., iioniinated Senilineer, 25, Oldham, C, on tlie diminution of ])iiieoiis ill Loiuioii, 11. Oliver, Prof. F. W., comimmication by (Praiikerd), 20 ; elected Ouuneillor, 25- Oman. J. C, deceased, 21. Orc//i.<,;\n ahiiormal, cxliibited (Salmon), 13- Ortlioptera. Saltatorial, i>{ tlie Sey- chelles (Bolivar). 69 ; see Phasmidii.'. Pala'ogC(iyra))lii('al relations of Ant- arctica (lledley I, 67, 80-90. PaliKozoic Ferns, sec Scott, l)r. D. H. Palmer, Dr. A. E. A., exhibited white canaries from New Zealand, 69. Patterson. A., ]iro]-)i»sed Associate. 10. Pauropoda, fee D/p/opora. Pearse, Miss E., exhibited living PhasniidiV, 17. Pegler, Miss A., elected Associate, 13; proposed, 9. Pelagic Actinian Larvje (Baniford), 2. Percy Shulen Expedition, Acarina of the (Warbnrton), 70; Terrestrial Isopoda of the (liiidde-Liind), 69. Perkins, Dr. R. C L., to receive Linnean Medal, 19 : Liniiean Medal presented to, 40. riiasniida-, living, exhibited (Dendy, Pearse), 17; Orthoptera-Phasmidte of the Seychelles (Bolivar .and Fcrriere). 17. Phillips, Miss E. M., exiiibited water- colour drawings of Barbados flora, 15. Phillips, E. P., elected, 67 ; proposed, •9- ,, . Pbyllody in 7'rifolit(i/i ?T/)e».s-, exhibited (liathbone), 17 ; note on the exliibit, 79- Phyllotonia aceris, see Dendy, Prof. A. Phytogeographical Excursion, see Druce, G. ('. I'iiyloplanktfni periodicity (W. & G. S. West), 17. Pigeons, P. Schei'dlin on llieir diminution in Sirassbiirg, 11. Port frii'iulis, a vivii)arons, exiiibited (Eendle). 7. Polycistina, microscojie-slides exhibiterl (Mast in), 18. Porter, Dr. Annie, admitted, 67 ; elected, 6 ; proposed, 1. I'ortugal, ■•"'>' Dixon. II. N. Poulton. I'roi. K. B., appointed Vice- Presidents, 67; elected Presidentand Councillor, 25; read alterations in Bye-Laws, 67 ; received Linnean .Medal on behalf of Dr. Perkins, 40. Prankerd, Miss T. L., Structure of LaffciiosfdiiKi oriiitfes, Will., 20. President t-lccted, 25, Presidential Address, 26-39. Prolification in rambler rose, exhibited (Sillem), 68. Profura, see Diplopnra. Psi/iimophylliim iixijus, sp. nov. (Arber), '19. Rambler rose, prolification in, exhibited (Siliem), 68. Eathbone, Miss M., exhibited pbyllody in TrifoIiKiii repents. 17. — note on the exiiibit, 79 ; exliil>ited thick stem of Hedem Helix, 68. Reception, see Dinner. Regan, C. T., New Fishes from Aldabra, 10. Reid, C, Vote of thanks lor Address, seconded by, 39. Reid, Mrs. E. M., admitted, 68 ; elected, 67 ; proposed, 18. Rendle, Dr. \. B., Councillor retired. 25; elected Auditor, 18 ; exhibited a viviparous Poa trivialis, Linn., 7; dissected leaf-form of Cocklearia Armoracia, 8. Rhizopoda, F^resliwater, of U.S.A. and Seychelles (Wailes), 20. Ridewood, Dr. W. G., elected Council- lor, 25. Ridley. II. N., elected Councillor, 25. Rose, .--w Rambler rose. Rotlischild. Hon. N. C, elected Auditor, 18. Row, R. \V. H., on larvte of a Saw-fly, 70. St. Andrews, its marine flora (Lawson^, 9- Salmon, C. E., exhibited an abnormal Orchis, 1 3. Samuel, Miss M., admitted, 68; elected, 15 ; proposed, 10. Sands. VV. N., )iro]30sed, 68. Sai)romyzidae, see Laml;, C. G. Saunders, Miss E. R., appointed V.-l'., 67 ; elected Councillor, 25. INDKX. 123 Saw-fly, cocoons of larvas of a, exhibited (Dendy and Bow), 69. Sayce, O. A., deceased, 8, 21 ; obituary, 63. Scherdlin, P., letter from, on the pigeons of Strassburg Cathedral, 11. Sciarida3 of the Seychelles (Enderlein), 10. Scott, Dr. D. H., appointed V.-P.. 67 ; on Botrychioxi/lonpamdoxiiin, a Pale- ozoic Fern with Secondary Wood, 19; elected Councillor, 25 ; on death of Sir Joseph Hooker, 7 ; on death of Prof. Strasburger, 24; on variations in foliage, 6 ; on resignation of Zoological Secretary (Prof. A. Dendy), 25 ; on the Paleozoic Fern Zygo- pteris Grayi, Will., 2 ; Presidential Address, 26-39 ; nominated Scruti- neers, 15, 25 ; read alterations in the Bye-Laws, 19. Scott, Hugh, Coleoptera of the Sey- chelles, 69. Scrutineers appointed, 15, 25. Secretaries elected, 25. Seedling Structure h\ the Leguminosre (Coinpton), 13. Seychelles, Alda.bra, etc. : — Coc- cinellidtc (Sicard), 69 ; Coleoptera (Scott), 69 ; Ferns (Christensen), 70; Fourniis (Forel), 10; Freshwater Rhizopoda (Wailes), 20 ; Ichnen- monidiu (Morley), 10; Lonchanda?, SaproniyzidiE, Ephydridse, Chloro- pida>. and Agromyzidfe (Lamb), 69 ; new Fishes (Regan), 10; Orthoptera- Phasmida^ (Bolivar & Ferriere), 17; Saltatorial Orthoptera (Bolivar), 69 ; Sciarida; (Enderlein), 10; Tipulidaj (Edwards), 10. Shelford, E. W. C, withdrawn. 24. Sherborn, C. D., elected Associate, 15 ; proposed, 10. Sicard, Dr. A., Cocciuellidie des Sey- chelles, 69. Sillem, C, exhibited prolification in rambler rose, 68. Sim, T. R., withdrawn, 24. Sladen Expedition, see Pei-cy Sladen Expedition. Slater, M. B., withdrawn, 24. '"Slipper Limpet" exhibited (]\[uric), 2. Smith, A. M., admitted, 13; elected, 6; proposed, i. Snail, hybrid, exhibited (Bullen), 10. Socin, see Christ-Socin. Somatic characters, correlation of (Meek), 70. South Africa, see Stapf, Dr. 0. Sponges, sec Glass-sponges. Stapf, Dr. O., connnunication by (Doniin), 20 ; elected Councillor and Secretary, 25 ; exhibited Cactoid Euphorbias from S. Africa, 16. Stayner, F. J., proposed, 68. Stead, D. G., elected, 15 ; ]jroposed, 10. Stelibing, Rev. T. R. R., Historic doubts about I'aunthoiiipsonia, 16. 78; nominated Scrutineer, 21; ; Vote of thanks for Address moved by, 39. Stephens, Miss £. L., elected, 6 ; pro- posed, I. Stone, H., withdrawn, 24. Stopes, Dr. Mtirie, exhibited Cardamiiie pratensis with bulbils, 6'^der (1730-1791). Plants, etc. from Carolina, principally through Collinson and John Ellis. Gerard, Louis (1733-1819). Provencal plants. Gerber, Traugott (fl. 1739-1741), Prefect of the Moscow Medical Garden ; drew up lists of plants observed by the rivers Volga and Don, which lists were sent by Baron Bjelke to Linne, and some of the plants by Prince Demidoff. Gessner, JoHANN (1709-1790), of Ziirich, where he was professor of mathematics and physics, at the same time the friend and correspondent of Haller and Linne ; Gessuer communicated Dick's plants. Gleditsch, JohaNjS^ Gottlieb (1714-1786), professor in Berlin. Gmelin, Johann Georg (1709-1755). Spent 1733-1743 in Siberian exploration for the Eussian Government ; from 1749 professor in Tiibingen. Linne's statement is: — " On Gmelin's return from Siberia, ... he gave me a specimen of every plant he had collected, in order to learn my opinion of each." Steller was one of Gmelin's assistants. Gordon, James (d. 1783), Nurseryman at Mile End, 1750-1776; sent plants to Linne. Gorter, David yan (1717-1783). Became physician in the Eussian service ; sent plants from Eussia. Gouan, Antoixe (1733-1821). Constant correspondent, sending material from Montpellier and its neighbourhood. His labels are extremely neat. Gronovius, Jan Eredeik (1690-1762). An early friend and supporter of Linne when in Leyden ; sent Clayton's dupli- cates from Virginia. Gunner, Johan Ernst (1718-1773), bishop of Trondhjem, and author of ' Elora norvegica ' ; a few marine algse sent to Linne. Hagstrom, Johan Otto (1716-1792). One of Linne's cleverest pupils ; he wrote on bee-flowers. 14 INDEX TO THE Halleb, Albkecut tox (1708-1777). Seems to liave supplied a few specimens only. IIallmann, Damkl Zacuaki.i: (1722-1782). Specimens from Spain. Harselquist, FiiEDniK (1722-1752). Sent to Egypt and Pales- tine; died at Smyrna. Queen Lovisa Ulrika redeemed his collections, and Linne received specimens of each when there were three. Linne says : — " 1 have a specimen of every one of the plants found by Hasselquist in Anatolia, Egypt, and Palestine." This seems to be exaggerated, as the list I have taken out of the plants marked as collected by Hasselquist, falls far short of the number cited by Linne as observed by the traveller in ' Flora Palrestina ' (Am. Acad. iv. 449-467). Hebenstreit, Joiiann Ernst (1702-1757). Plants from the East. Heinzelmaivn, Johann Gottfried (ti. 1732). Historiographer to the llussian government ; recorded plants from Astrachan. HousTox, AViLLiAM (1695-1733). American plants received through P. Miller. Hudson, William (1730-1793). Author of the ' Flora anglica.' Jacquin, Baron Nicolaus Joseph von (1727-1817). A valued correspondent ; most of his tickets were pasted down by Linne. Plants from America, Austria, and many from gardens. JussiEU, Bernard de (1699-1776). Seeds to Linne in large quantity for the Uppsala garden during many years ; many plants reared from them, no doubt, are concealed under the initials H. U. = Hortu8 Upsalieusis : "he also gave me a great many dried specimens." Kahlbb, Martin (1728-1773). Chiefly plants from Italy; many are marked " Kh." Kalm, Pehr (1715-1779). This pupil of Linne travelled froin 1747 to 1749 in North America and Canada ; he " collected a vast number . . . and gave me one of each." These speci- mens are marked "K." Kleynhof, Christiaen (fl. 1761-65), " who formed the largest botanical garden in Java, and there raised a great many East Indian plants, on his return home to Holland, sent us a lai'ge trunk full." Some Japanese plants are also recorded from him. KoNiG, JoHAisT Gerarb (1728-1785). Several hundreds of plants from Iceland and Southern India ; the latter are labelled with the collector's own tickets, and sometimes annotated by the younger Linn*. Kbascheninnikow, Stephan Peteovic (1713-1755). Siberian plants. Lagbrstrom, Magnus (d. 1759). Engaged in the East Indian trade ; communicated some Asiatic rarities to Linne. Latourette, Marc Antoine Louis Claret be (1729-1793). A few specimens noted as contributed by him. LINNEAX HERBAEIUM. 15 Lawsox, Isaac (fl. 1734-1759). A Scottish graduate of Leyden, and a generous friend to Linne'. D. Z. Hall man met him iu London in 1759. Laxmanx, Ekic (1737-1796). A correspondent of Linne who sent Siberian plants. Leche, Jon an (1704-1764). A few sheets from his herbarium written up by him. Lebche, Johax Jakob (1703-1780). Pei'sian plants ; some from Astrachan were received in 1735. Letser, Friedekich Wilhelm vox (1731-1815). Sent a few plants from Central Europe. LiNXE, Carl von (1707-17 78). See separate account on p. 17. Linne, Carl von (1741-1783), son of the foregoing. Chiefly as amanuensis, and editor of the ' Supplementum.' Most of his own collections are incorporated with Smith's herbarium ; an account of these must be reserved for a future occasion. Lofling, Pehr (1729-1756). Amanuensis and favourite pupil ; sent Spanish and Spanish American plants to Uppsala, most of which are marked " Hispan. LoJJ." Loureiro, Juan (1715-1796). Plants from Cochinchina; after- wards brought out his ' Flora cochinchinensis,' 1790. Ludwig, Christian Gottlieb (1709-1773), professor in Leipzig. Magnol, Pierre (1638-1715). His herbarium was bought by Sauvages, and presented to Linne ; most of the specimens are marked " M " close to the base of the plant, sometimes also " Jlonsp." Linne's statement is, " Professor Sauvages had received from Magnol (the great botanist) his entire herbarium, which Sauvages made me a present of." Martin, Anton Eolandsson (1729-1786). Spitsbergen. Masson, Francis (1741-1805). A few plants from the Cape. Miller, Philip (1691-1771). " Miller of Chelsea permitted me to collect many in the garden, and gave me several dried specimens, collected by Houston in South America." Minuart, Juan (1673-1768). Spanish plants ; he was a friend of Lofling. Mitchell, John (d. 1768), resident in Virginia from 1700 to 1748, when he returned to England. Monti, Giuseppe (1682-1760), professor of botany at Bologna. MoNTiN, Lars (1723-1785), pupil of Linne ; travelled in 1749 in Lule Lappmark for plants. MiJNCHHAUSEN, Otto, Freiherr voN (1716-1774). North German plants. Murray, i^DOLF (1751-1803), a favourite pupil of Linne, though amongst the younger students ; sent plants from Padua to Linne. MuTis, Jose Celestino (1732-1808), resident in New Grenada (Colombia) ; his second collection arrived when Linne was too ill to examine them, so that the younger Linne described 16 INDEX TO THE tbem in the ' Supplementuin ' and placed them in the her- barium with his written names. Escallon's plants were sent by Mutis. [See Smith, Corr. Linn. ii. pp. 5132, 537. ]\Iygixi), Fkanus, afterwards Fkantz vox (1710-1789). Many Austrian plants are marked as from him. KoRUHEUu, — . The name occurs in the 'Supplementum,' p. 265, as the sender of specimens of the nutmeg tree from Banda. Okdeh, Geoug Chbistiax (1728-1791), the first editor of the • Flora danica.' OiiDEXLANi), Henrik J3eunakd (d. 17G1), Cape plants collected about 1760 ; given to Linne by J. Burman. Outega, Jose (d. 1761). Spanish plants; a friend of Liifling during his two years' stay in Spain. •Osbeck, Peiir (1723-1805). Travelled to Canton as ship's chaplain ; his plants are marked in the herbarium with O, or more frequently on the back with the name in full, as " Habitat in China. Osbeck " ; about 600 plants from China. Pallas, Peteii Simox (1741-1811). The distinguished traveller in Eussia, who was born and died in Berlin. PoxTiN, Dayiu Davidson (1733-1809). A cousin of Hasselquist ; transmitted plants from Malabar. Rathgeb, Joseph ton (fl. 1744) of A^enice, who sent Italian plants to Linne. lliCHABD, Loujs Claude Marie (1754-1821), Mentioned in the 'Mantissa' as a contributor. KoLANDER, Daniel (1725-1793). One of Linne's pupils, who went to Surinam, but on his return to Sweden gave all his plants to Count De Geer, to Linne's great disgust at the " ungrateful Kolander." EosKN (afterwards Rosexblad), Ebbrhard (1714-1790); pro- fessor at Lund, and younger brother of Linne's colleague Nils Rosen (von Rosenstein). Plants from Skane. RoYEN, Adriaan van (1705-1779). " On my assisting Yau Royen to arrange the garden belonging to the University of Leyden, I obtained not only a large number of recent plants, but also many dried ones." RoYEN, David van (d. 1799), professor in Leyden. :Sahlberg, Joil\.n (1741-1810). A few Swedish plants. Sauvages, Francois Boissier de la Croix db (1706-1767). Linne's most valued correspondent abroad ; he contributed plants from the south of France, and also Magnol's herbarium; many specimens are labelled by him. SciiREBER, JoHANN CHRISTIAN Daniel (1739-1810), an eminent pupil of Linne. ScHMiDEL, Casimir Christoph (1718-1792). ScopoLi, JoHANN Anton (1723-1788). Author of ' Flora Carnio- lica,' etc. ; plants from south-eastern Europe. 4SEGUIER, Jean Francois (1703-1784). Chiefly alpine plants from Monte Baldo near Verona. LIXNEAN HERBARIUM. It SiBTHORP, Humphrey (1713 ?-1797), professor of botany at Oxford, Sola:ni)Er, Daniel (1736-1782). Xext to Lofling, esteemed by Linne as his favourite pupil ; plants from Pite Lappmark and England ; wrote up Browne's Jamaica plants in the herbarium in 1759, and shortly afterwards lett Sweden for London; never returned to his native land. See Biography in Banks's ' Journal,' edited by Sir Joseph Hooker, London, 1896, pp. xxxviii-xlii, with poi-trait by John ZofFany. SoNNERAT, Pierre (1749-1814), celebrated traveller in Tropical Asia. Sparrman,Anders(1748-1820). Another of Linne's noted pupils. He travelled to China (Canton), and published his travels, first as a thesis, and afterwards in a volume. Whilst staying at the Cape he was induced to join the Eorsters in Cook's second voyage, on board the ' Kesolution ' in 1772, returning with them to the Cape in 1775 and coming home later. Numerous specimens in the herbarium, marked " Sp." Steller, Georg AV'ilhelm (1709-1746). Assistant to Gmelin in the Siberian investigations; travelled to Kamtschatka, and crossed to North America ; he died at Tinmen on his return homewards. His collections were bought by Demidoff and some were given to Linne ; about thirty of his plants are in the herbarium. SwARTZ, Olof (1760-1818). The specimens are chiefly lichens, ticketed with extreme care, nnd usually marked " Sz." or " O. S." ; probably incorporated by the younger Linne. TernstroM, Christopher (1703-1746). Travelled to India for natural history purposes, and died at Pulo-Condor. Thouin, Andre (1747-1824), a munificent donor of dried speci- mens, chiefly to the younger Linne when in Paris. Thunberg, Carl Peter (1743-1828). Traveller to the Cape„ Ceylon and Japan ; successor to the younger Linne in the Chair at Uppsala. His plants are marked " T " with a. number referring to some MS. catalogue. Torek, Olof (d. 1753). A ship's chaplain, and contemporary of Osbeck ; visited Surat and Malabar. Tulbagh, C. Rijk (d. 1771). Governor of the Cape possessions, who made Linne " a present of above 200 of the rarest plants that gro\A' there, all put up with great care, besides a number of roots and bulbs alive, for the purpose of being planted in the garden." Turra, Antonio (1730-1796), professor at Vicenza. Sent Italian plants. TuVEN, Eriic (fl. 1754). Sent Orchis samhucina to Lrnnc from near Stockholm, the first record in Sweden. Vandelli, Domingos (fi. 1768-1789), professor in Lisbon. Sent Portuguese plants, and some from the Colonies. Velez, Cristobal (d. 1753), a friend of Lofling. Sent Spanish plants to Linne ; his collection passed into the hands of Quer. b* 18 INDEX TO THE Wachendobf, EvERHARi) Jacob VAX (1702-1758), of Utrecht, where he was Professor. Waonek, Johannes Geuiiaiii) (1700-1759). His contributions are noted in the ' Hortus UpsaUensis.' Wanstuo.m (or Wenstho.nl), S. M. Named iu connection with two North African i)laiits. WiLCKE, Samuel Gustav [?| (11. 1760-17G5; d. 1791). ZiNN, JoiiANN Gottfuied (1727-1759). Named as a contributor of plants, in the preface to the second edition of the ' Species Plant arum.' ZoEGA, JoiiAN (1742-1797). A Danish pupil highly esteemed by Linne : " If Fabricius brings me an insect, or Zoega a moss, I take off my hat and say, ' Be ye my teachers,' " Fries, " Linne," ii. ii\\. xviii. 9. The citations in the foregoing are mainly from Linne's own autobiography in the 'Egenhiindigaanteckningar,' edited by Adam Afzelius in 1823; in the words of a translation from the manu- script printed in Maton's edition of Pulteney's ' Linnaeus ' in 1805, pp. 543-547, and condensed in Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887-88, pp. 20-22 ; see the Bibliography appended (p. 22). Linne as a Collector. 'Thus far we have considered the contributors to the herbarium ; the next question is, how far did Linne himself collect specimens ? His own statements are these : — " I have collected, from my infancy, all the plants of Sweden, together with those of the Swedish gardens "' (Maton's ed. of Pulteney's ' Linnaeus,' p. 574), 'but the following, copied from p. 515 of the same work, is some- what discrepant ; it describes him becoming acquainted with dried plants only, while living with Dr. K. Stobaeus at Lund in 1727. "" He was highly delighted with the mode of making a hortus siccus, and immediately began to collect all the plants that grew in the neighbourhood ot" Lund, and to glue them on paper." After deserting Lund for Uppsala, in the autumn of 1729, he told Prof. Olof Celsius that he " had above 000 indigenous plants preserved in his cabinet." From hints in his works, and from indications in his herbarium, he seems to have collected at various times, such as his Lapland journey: when at Tuggenforsen in Lycksele Lappmark he gathered and named for the first time the Linmea borealis, on 29th May, 1732, though the genus is stated to be of Gronovius upon a scrap which he gave his friend in 1735. His three journeys to Oland and Gotland, West Gotland, and Skane, produced additions ; but many plants are those gathered in the L'ppsala Garden, the produce of those innumerable packets of seeds, sent year after year to him, from a more genial climate, and now recognisable in the herbarium under the initials H. U., /. e. Hortus L'psaliensis. The younger llartman mentions with evident surprise that so many Swedish plants should be absent from the collection, and in I-IXXEAX HERBARIUM. 19 some cases, the native plant is represented only by a specimen from a foreign coiintry. It can never be too emphatically stated, that it would be unjust to judge Linne's methods by modern ones, to condemn the pioueer because he could not foresee the latest developments, and to liold his collections cheap because the specimens are small and too often imperfect. The difficulties of travelling and sending specimens in those daj's quite sufficiently account for these imperfections. Signs employed. The herbarium itself has been so often described in the memoia's mentioned in the bibliography, that a detailed account is not wanted here. Besides the small size, both of paper and tlie actual specimens, a modern observer is struck with the want of informa- tion as to the collector, place, and time of receipt. Linne, it is certain, trusted to his memory, using abbreviations and arbitrary signs to remind him, should occasion require, of the circumstances under which he acquired the specimens. Some of these signs offer no difficulty, such as K for Kalm ; others have been held as more doubtful, as Sp. for Sparrman, which is correct. The younger llartman was puzzled by the use of the sign \J, the Greek capital delta reversed, but Linne was accustomed to use many of these, which were usual among medical men of his time. This particular sign means aqua, easily guessed from Ar/i-ostis stolonifera \/ : tica (llartman, p. 28) or Veronica Anagall. V (Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 12), the latter when written out being Veronica AuagaUis-aqiiatica, this pre-Linnean name appearing in the synonymy. Scandiv Pecten 5 (Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 256) is now invariably written in full us Scandiv Pecten- Veneris, the 5 being the astronomical sign used for the planet Venus, as well as by the mineralogist for copper. A long catalogue might be compiled of Linne's signs in his various works, but as he used the same sign at times with different meanings, it need not be pursued further. But ever since the herbarium came into the possession of the Society, three signs stand out as especially enigmatic, they are numbers 1, 2 and 4 in the following : — J. 2. 'S. 4. 5. G. 7. 8. 9. 10. H. llartman iu his preface says : — " One of these signs very often occurs, either with a specific name or alone, what their meaning is, has not yet been made out ; by comparison they seem neither to indicate localities, person's names, the duration of the plants, annual, biennial, perennial or the like," but he also points out that No. 2 above is confined to Siberian plants. My own first reference to the herbarium, in August 1874, made me ask b*2 20 INDEX TO THE Mr. Kippist, tlie then Librarian, what the sign (Xo. 4) meant» and he owned that he did not know, nor did anyone else. The latest guess was that made a few years ago by Pastor Enander ; his view is: — that they are certainly Russian letters, and thus may be regarded as pointing to J. P. Palck, born in Westgotland in the year 17^52 or 1733, professor at the Medical College in St. Petersburg, with whom Linne stood in close relation (Salices, p. 11). Now although the sign No. 4 may be taken as the (xreek 9, it cannot stand for ^, and No. 1 resembles no current Russian letter whatever. Thisspeculation therefore does not help us. This tantalizing uncertainty therefore was a subsidiary point that 1 set myself on beginning my investigation of the herbarium to iind out, where possible, what these puzzling memoi*anda meant. I therefore copied them each time they occurred, and at the end, I had lists of plants bearing the cryptic signs. By comparison of the whole material thus obtained, I was able to set out the meaning of most of the signs occurring, thus : — No. 1. Collected by Gerber, principally in the district of the river Don or Astrachan. No. 2. Prom Siberia, communicated by Gmelin. No. 3. From Kamtschatka, collected by Steller. No. 4. Hasselquist's plants, as also No. G. No. 5. Almost certainly Osbeck ; see No. 9. No. 6. Hasselquist, the sign appears to be derived from " Habitat iu Oriente." I have tried to discover if there was any reason why two signs for one collector were employed, but so far fruitlessly. No. 7. Unknown ; applied to Bellis annua and an unnamed specimen of Conferva. No. 8 is used as meaning " aristate," and No. 9 for " muticous," but the terms seem sometimes loosely applied, and in one case misapplied ; the latter sign is also confused with Osbeck, and with © for annual. No. 10. May be a long S, and stand for "suecia"; a cross- stroke is sometimes present ; Linnc often used a small initial, as Stockholm. No. 11. Occurs in relation to Anthericum calyculatum, Ornitho- (jalum minimum, Salix rosmarinifoUa, and Sisi/mhrium altissiimim. With regard to the third, Enander prints the sign as ]) , which means silver to the mineralogist, and may refer to a silvery appearance of the specimen. Numbers employed. The system of numbering adopted by Linne must be mentioned. The numbers found in the herbarium, either alone, or in asso- ciation with a specific name, refer to the numbers given in the original edition of the ' Species Piantarum ' in 1 753 ; additional species were lettered in capitals and intercalated in their appropriate LIlSTNEAy HERBARIUM. 21 place: thus Hedysarum in the 10th edition of tlie ' Systema ' has no fewer than twelve, A to l inclusive. In the second edition of the 'Species' 1762-3, an entirely new numbering was carried through, and in the 12th edition of the ' fSystema ' 1767, additions were numbered in sequence with the ' Species' numbers, but put into their athnity, regardless of numerical order, but this emended set was not applied to the herbarium. After this date, such numbers were abandoned. Numbers are also found I'eferring to lists sent with plants. Damage to Herbarium before 1783. The herbarium suffered risks and actual damage before it came into the hands of Smith in 1784. We have an account by Beckmann, the author of the ' Century of Inventions,' that on 30th April, 1766, a fire broke out in Uppsala during a fierce gale and destroyed a large part of the town. Linne had his herbarium and library removed to a barn outside the town, but the risk to which it was exposed led him to build his little museum at Hammarby, some distance from the house, and Avithout a fireplace. This in its turn pi'oduced the opposite evils of damp and mould ; the younger Linne complained of the terrible damage done by mice, mould and insects, and at the first opportunit}^, he removed the collections once more into the town. Linne left a memorandum begging that the herbariiun should be kept from harm by mice or moths, that no naturalist should have a single specimen — valuable by itself, it would acquire added value by age, and he then gave the probable value of the various parts of his collections. But a loss had already taken place before the death of its possessor ; the son in a letter of 1779 to Archiater Back, says : — " My late father weeded out his herba- rium, while he was able to work, and seems to have burned all the duplicates, why, no one knows" (Fries, Linne, ii. p. 416, note). The terrible damage by mice is not now perceptible, for I only noticed tx^o sheets which had been gnawed ; the son must have withdrawn the damaged sheets, and amongst these may have been those I have had to note as missing, such as Cupania and Sarracen'ui. Collateral Type-collections. There are other collections which may be looked upon as containing types of Linne's species, especially when his own herbarium is wanting in them, or they were acquired after the descriptions were published. The Martin-Burser herbarium at Uppsala is a casein point ; in the Am. Acad. i.pp. 141-171 will be found descriptions of 250 plants, with Linnean names to fit those according to Caspar Bauhin's ' Pinax,' and several of them seem never to have been represented in Linne's herbarium at any time, such as Poa Eraijrostis, Antho,vanthum patiiculaium, Allium -- INDEX TO TlIK xpJicerocephaliim, Senecio ijicanus and (Fnanthe crocata. Clifford's herbarium i« now at the JJritish Museum, having been l)ought by Banks, and is valued, as showing the originals of Linne's descrip- tions in his ' Hortus Cliffortianus.' Then, too, it is certain that he described many species of Lichen in the broad sense, from the Dillenian herbarium at Oxford. In the preface to the 'Species Plantarum,' ed. 2, we find him specifying the gardens which he has gone through : Paris, Oxford, Chelsea, llartecamp, Leyden, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Upsala and others. From these he may have had a good sup])ly of specimens, but very few of the list of herbaria following could have afforded so liberal a sup|)ly : Burser, Herman, Clifford, Burman, Oldenland (in ]>urman's possession), Gronovius, Royen, Sloane, Sherard, Bobart, Miller, Tournefort, Vaillant, Jussieu, Surian (!St. Domingo plants in Jussieu's herbarium), Biick, and lirowne. Anything in these of special note must almost certainly have been described from those specimens. In the year 1760 the younger Burman visited Linne at Uppsala, bringing with him his father's large collection of Cape plants, in which department the Dutch were supreme ; many amongst these were new to science, and formed the types of such as were described by Linne on this occasion. BiBLlOGEAPHY. In the following bibliography I have given my authorities for the statements made above with regard to the Linnean herbarium ; its growth, and subsequent history. Although I have arranged the titles of the various theses according to the dates when they were sustained, yet for the sake of conAenience in citation I have confined my references to Schreber's edition of the 'Amocnitafes Academics;,' Erlanpae, 17^7-00, 10 vols. 8vo. I have not cited tlie ' Flora Suecica,' ed. 2, Stockholm 1755. throughout, for although I extracted nearly 30 additional names, I cannot assert that plants w'ere sent to Linne as vouchers, or to add to his collection. 1745. Plantae Martino-Burserianae ; res}^. R. Martin. (Am. Acad. i. 141-171.) Hortus Upsalieusis, resp. S. Naucler. (Am. Acad. i. 197, 198.) 1748. Hortus Upsaliensis, tom. i. (et nnic.) pra^f. p. [2]. 1750. Plants; Camtscl)atcensenses rariores, resp. J. P. Halenius. (Am. Acad. ii. 33(3-363.) 1751. Novfe Plantarum genera, resp. L. J. Chenon. (Am. Acad iii. 8-25.) 1753. Species Plantarum, prasf. p. 4 [-5]. 1755. Centuria prima plantarum, resp. A. J. Juslenius. (Am. Acad. iv. 263-296.) LIjSTNEAN UERBAEIUAf. 2S- 1756. Centuria secuuda plantarum, resp. E. Torner. (Am. Acad. iv. 298-332.) Flora palaestina, resj}' B. J. Strand. (Am. Acad. iv. 447- 467.) 1757. Buxbaiimia. Hesj). A. R. Martin. (Am. Acad. v. 79-84.) 1758 Systenia Naturae. Ed. X. Vol. i. praef. p. [2]. 1759. Flora capeusis. Jiesp. C. H. AViinnman. (Am. Acad, v^ 357, 358.) Flora jamaicensis. Resjy. C. G. landmark. (Am. Acad. v. 375-388.) — Pngillus jamaicensium plantarum. Resp. G. Elmgren.. (Am. Acad. v. 389-413.) 1702. Species Plantarum. Ed. 2, praef. f. 4 verso, 5. 1766. Necessitas historiae naturalis Jiossiae. Resp. A. de Kara- mjschew. (Am. Acad. vii. 445-460; Fl. sibirica, ib^ 460-465.) 1767. Systema Nature. Ed. XII. Vol. i. pnef. p. [2]. Mantissa plantarum .... 1-142 (2). 1768. Iter in Chinam. Resj). A. Sparrman. (Am. Acad. vii. 497-506.) 1771. Mantissa plantarum altera .... (4) 14.3-588. 1774. Planta Cimicifuga. Resj). J. llornborg. (Am. Acad. viii. 193-204.) 1775. Plantae surinamenses. Resp). J. Aim. (Am. Acad, viii 249-267.) 1781. Supplementum plantarum .... editum a C. a Linne. Bruusvigse. [The species of tlie elder Linne are now ascertainable, being marked in the following Index.] 1805. [Autobiography.] English version in E. Pulteney : A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus, second edition .... by W. G. Maton, to which is annexed the Diary of Linnaeus, written by himself, and now translated into English, from the Swedish manuscript in the possession of the editor. London, 18U5. 4to. Pp. 507-578, and genealogical table. [The Swedish original was printed in ' Egenhandiga afteckningar af Carl Linnaeus om sig sjelf,' printed by A. Afzelius at Stockholm, 1823. 4to.] 1821. A selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus, and other naturalists, from the original manuscripts. By Sir James Edwai'd Smith. London, 1821. 2 vols., 8vo. 1885. Ahrling, Ewald. On Kai4 von Linne, Linne d.y., Liunean Society of London, Linneska Institutet, Lin- ueska Samfundet, och Linneska Samlingarna. (Aftryck ur Nordisk Familjebok.) l^it.np.liholm, 1885. 13 pp. 8vo. 24 IN"DEX TO THE •[1903J. LiNNK. Lefnadsteckning af Tli. M. Pries. Stockliolm [1903]. 2 vols., Svo. The special portion referring to tlie Collections and their disposal will be found in Vol. ii. pp. 413-429. 1007. Bref oeh skrifvelseraf och till Carl von Linne ; med under- stcid af Svenska staten, utgifna af U]).sala universitet och med up])ly.sande noter forsedda af Th. M. Fries, ytockhohn, 1907 (-J 912). In progress ; six volumes have appeared to now. The letters are printed in the original language in which they were written ; the explanatory notes are invaluable. 1825. Fortsetzung des Ausziiges aus einem Schreiben .... von J. A. Schiiltes. Flora, viii. (1825), ler Beil. 3-8. Trausl. as ' Schultes's Botanical visit to England.' Hooker's Botanical Miscellany, i. (1830) [1829-30], 48-53 ; reprinted as * On the cultivation of Botany in England,' Phil. Mag. vi. (Xov. 1829), 351-355. [Contains an account of a visit to Sir J. E. Smith, and of the Linnean lierbarium in 1824.] 1832. Memoir and Correspondence of the late Sir James Edward Smith .... edited by [Pleasauce] Lady Smitli. Loudon, 1832. 2 vols., 8vo. [The letters which passed on the purchase of the Linnean herbarium in ] 783-4 will be found in Vol. i. pp. 91-134.] 1840. Gray, Asa. Notices of European Herbaria, particularly those most interesting to the JN^orth American botanist. Am. Journ. Sc. xl. (1840) 1-9. 1850-53. Hartman, Carl. Anteckningar vid de Skandinaxiska vjixterua i Linnes Herbarium. Handl. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Stockholm, 1849 (1850) 145-193; ih. 1851 (1853) 211-426. 1861. MuNRO, William. On the identification of the Grasses of Linnajus's Herbarium, now in possession of the Linnean Society of London. Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. vi. (1861) 33-55. 1863. Anderson, TnojsrAS. On the identification of the Acan- thacere of the Linnean Herbarium, in the possession of the Linnean Society of London. Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. vii. (1863) 111-118. 1869. ScHiMPER, WiLiiELM PiiiLiPP. Synouyuiia Muscorum Herbarii Linneani apud Societatem Liunneanam Londi- nensem asservati. Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. xi. (1869) 246-252. LINNEAN nERBARlUM. 25 1888. Jacksox, Bexjamin Daydon. History of the Linneau Collections, pi'epared for the Centenary Anniversary of the Linneau Society. (Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887-88. pp. 18-34.) 1903. On Linuean specimens presented to Sir Joseph Banks in 1785. (Proc. Linn. Soc. 1902-3, p. 10.) 1907. On a Manuscript list of the Linuean Herharium in the handwriting of Carl von Linne, presumably compiled in the year 1755 .... to which is appended a Catalogue of the Genera in the Herbarium, with the numbers of the sheets of specimens. Prepared for the Anniversary Meeting of the Liunean Society of London, 24th May, 1907, in celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Carl von Linnc. (Proc. Linn. Soc. 1906-7, 89-126.) 1888. Wainio, Eutard August. Eevisio lichenum in herbario Linnsei asservatorum. Medd. Soc. Fauna et Flora feunica, xiv. 1886 (1888) 1-10. 1894. Clarke, Charles Baron. On certain authentic Cyperacese of Linnaeus. Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. xxx. (1894) 299-315. 1907. Enaxdeu, Syek Johan. Studier ofver Salices i Linnes herbarium. {In: Inbjudning till Theologie Doktors Promotionen .... den 24 Maj, 1907.) L^^ppsala, 1907, 1-138, t. 2. 1907. LiNDMAX, C[arl] A[xel] M[agnus]. a Linna\an Her- barium in the jVatural History Museum in Stockholm. I. Arkiv for botanik, vii. 1908. No. 3, 57 pp. 1910. II. lb. ix. 1910. No. 6, 50 pp. Note the introductory portion, pp. 1-18, of the first part, where the respective herbaria of the younger Linne, Alstromer and Montiu are set forth. 1911. Beckmanx, Johannes. J, B.'s Schwedische Eeise in den Jahren 1765-1766. Tagebuch herausgegeben von Th. M. Fries. Upsala, 1911. 8vo. (Pp. 96-98.) 1912. Howe, Eeginald Hkber, Junior. The Lichens of the Linuean Herbarium \\ith remai'ks on Acharian material. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, xxxix. (1912) 199-203. Explanation of the Abbreyiations and Signs used in the following pages. tSpecific names printed in Roman type, as " fastuosa," show that a plant is so termed in the herbarium by Linne himself; if by an amanuensis and clearly ui:der Linne's direction, that is indicated by the addition in parentheses of the name of the 26 INDEX TO THE LINNEAN IIEEBAniUM. amanuensis, as, for instance, under Acalypha virgata (m. Sol.) = inaiiu Solandri, or the name on the sheet being in the hanilw ritinjj; of D. C. Solaiuler, or (m. L. f.) where the handw riting is that oL the younger Linnt-. Specific names in italic type show that there is no specimen so named by Liniie, but in cases where there can be no doubt as to the actual plant, I have added (pi.)- Thus Abrus j^recatoritis is the only species, and is represented by a specimen, but does not show the name as written by Linne ; sometimes the number from the 'Species Plantarum,' ed. I. is put, but although there can be, in monotypic genera especially, jio doubt as to the authenticity of such specimen, I have kept to my rule of not printing in lioman type, unless the name is written in full by Linne. The numbers following the genera refer to the running numbers of the Catalogue of the Herbarium, as printed in Proc. Linn. Soc 1906-7, pp. 90-112. The numbers (1, 2, or 3) following the species refer to the enumeration in wliich they first occur, thus : — In 1753 by the figure 1. „ 1755 „ „ 2. „ 1767 „ „ 3, These lists are fully explained on pp. 8-9. "Where no figure follows, tlie specimen was obtained after 1767, or Mas by some accident not recorded by Linne. The same specimen was frequently shifted by Linne, as his views of atlinity changed. I have tried to ]ioint out where a specimen may now be found, by adding the later name, as under AcHYRAXTHES vepcns = lllecebrum Achyrantha, which means that the specimen is now in Illecebrum. MS. names are shown by tliat abbreviation ; when they were published in the ' Supple- mentum ' which bears the name of the yoiuiger Linne as author, the abbreviation of " Suppl." has been aflixed; this has the further interest of pointing out which species in that work are really due to the father and not to the son. The types of the younger Linne in the herbarium are not as a rule indicated ; they are left for another ojiportunity, as are also the zoological lists which were brought to light during the pre- paration of this Index. The numbers following the generic name in Clarendon type, refer to the Catalogue drawn up by David Don and Richard Kip])ist, when the Linnean Collections were acquired in 1830, after the death of Sir James Edward Smith ; they are still used when consulting the Herbarium. INDEX LINNEAN HERBARIUM, INDICATION OF THE LINNEAN TYPES. Abeoma, Jacq. 935. fastuosa. Abuus. 885. precatorius (pL). I. ACAEXA. elongnta. ACALIPHA. 1139. australis. indiea. 1. virgata (in. Solandri) virginica. 1. Acaxthus. 816. capeusis, Suppl. Dioscoridis. 8. ilicifolius. 1. maderaspatensis. 3 mollis. 3. spinosus. 3. Acer. 1225. cam pest re. 1. creticum. monspessulanum. \ NegiiTido. 1. orientaJe. pensylvanicum. 1. platanoides. 1. 3. Acer : — Pseudo-platanus. rubrum. 1. saccharinum. 1, sempervirens. tataricum. 1. Achillea. 1017. ahrotani folia. aegyptiaca. 1, Ageratum. 1. alpina. 1. atntta. bipinnata. Clavennae. 1. cretica. f ale at a. impatiens. 1. inodofa. macrophylla. 1. magna. 3. Millefolium. 1. nana. 3. nobilis. 1. odorata. 3. jiallescens. Ptarraica. 1. 28 IXDEX TO THE ACU1LI.K\: — jnihescens. 8antoIina. 3. tomentosa. 1. Acuhas. 450. viammosa. saJicifoIia. fSapota. 3. Zajyota = praec. ACUTIIANTHES. 287. cd tern') folia. 3. aspera. ] . \ar. indica. 2. var. sicida. brachiafd = Illecebruni bracliiatiiin. corviubosa. 3. dic'hotoraa. 3. lappacea. 1 . Janata = lllecebrum lanatum. miiricata. 3. prostrata. 3. rejiens = lllecebrum Achyrantlia. sangidnolenta = lllece- briim sanguinolentuin. fticida. AciPUTLLA [Forst.]. 351 a. ACNIDA. 1176. cannabina. 1. AcoxiTUM. 695. Anthora. 1 . Cammarum. Lvcoctonuin. 1. Napellus. 1. pyreuaicuni, 1. squarrosuni MS. = pyrenaicum. unciiiatuin. 3. variegatuin. 1. AcoRUS. 447. Calamus. 3. var. veras. var. vtdf/aris. AcROSTicnuM. 1245. aculeatum. arcolutnni. ACROSTRHLM: — aureum. 3. barbatuin. (m. L. f.) calomelauos. 1. citrifolium. criniium. n'^iciatum. dichotomum. digitatum. 1. ebeiieuni. 1. ferrvfjineam. ferruf/inosum. furcatum. 3. Jietero/thijlhcm. ilvense. 1. laiiccolatuni. (m. L. f.) Marantae. 1. mavf/inatum. nodosum. pectinatuin. 1. 2dattjneur()n. polypodioides. 3. punctatum. rufuin. 3. sanctum. 3. septcntt'iunale. silifiuostim. sorbifoliiim. 3. thalictroides. Thehjpteris = Poly- podium Thelypteris, trifoliatum. 3. ACTAEA. 665. Cimicifwja = Cimi - cii'uga foetida. raceniosa. 3. spicata. 1. var. alha. var. nifjra. Adaxsoxia. 862. Bahohah =■ seq. digitata. 3. Adelia. 1201. Acidotou. 3. Bernardia. 3. ■ Kicinella. .3. Adexaxtiiera. 540. falcata. IiT^^fBAN HERBARIUM, 29 Abenan^thera : — Falcataria = praec. pavonina (pi.)- 3. Adiantum. 1252. aculeatum. 3. aethiopicum. 3. Capill us- Veneris. 3. caudatum. chusamim. clavatum. cristatum. 3. flabellulatuni. hastatum. Suppl. liexagonum. lancea. pedatum. 3. pliilij)pense. pteroides. 3. jndchi-um. jndvenilentum. radiatmn. 3. reniforme. serrulatum. trapeziforme. 1. trifoUatum. tr'dohum. truncatam. villosum. 3. Adonis. 714. aestivalis. 3. annua ^= autuinnalis. var. att'oruhens. var. jJ^ioenicea. apennina. 1. autumnalis. 3. capensis. 1. vernalis. 1. Adoxa. 516. Moschatellina. 1. Aegilops. 1218. caudata. 1. e.vaUata = Eottboellia corymbosa. incurvata. 3. ovata. 1. squarrosa. triuncialis. 3. Aeginetia. — Aeginetia : — indica = Orobanche Aeginetia. Aegiphila. — martinicensis. Aegopodium. 375. Podagraria. 2. AEGOPjacuM. 1091. novum (cf. Suppl.). AESCiixyoMENE. 922. auiericana. 3. (m. Sol.) arhorea. aspera. 1 . grandiflora. 1. indica. 3. pumila. Sesban. 1. Aesculus. 476. Hippocastanuin. 3. Pavia. 1. Aethtjlia, vide Etiiulia. Aethusa. 362. Bunius. Cynapium. 1. Meum. Agaricus. 1279. alneas. androsaceus. (m.Ehrh.) hetidinus. campanulatus. campestris. p Georgii, Cantlmrellus. cinnamorneus. Clavus. clypeatus. crinitus. deliciosus. dentatus. equestris. extinctorius. Jimetarius. fragilis. Georgii = camiyestris /? Georgii. integer. lactifluus. mammosus. 30 INDEX TO THE Agabicus : — mtiscarius. 2npei'ati(s. qu^rcinus, quiiiqitepartitus. se2^aratus. umbelUfenis. violaceiis. visctdus. Agave. 443. americana, 1. foetuht. virginiea. 1. vivipara. Ageratum. 979. aliisshniuii = Eupato - rium altissimum. cilia re. Conyzoides. 1. Agrimoxia. 628. Agrimonoides. 3. Eupatoria. 3. repens. 3. Agrostemma. 601. Coeli-rosa. 1. Coronaria. 1. Flos-Jovis. Githago. 1. Agrostis. 84. alba. 3. aquatica. MS. (c/. sto- lonit'era.) anindiuacea. 1. australis, 3. bromoides. 3. Calamagrostis. canina. 3. capillaris. 2. cruciata. 3. indica. (m. Sol.) interrxipta. maritiina. MS. Matrella. mexicana. 3. miliacea. 3. miuima. 2. pamdo.va = Milium paradoxum. Agrostis : — pumila. 3. radiata. 3. rubra. 3. sepiuin. sei'otiiia. 3. Spica-veiiti. 1. stolonit'era. 2. aquatica [vtica]. sylvaticd. tenaeissiiiia. Suppl. virginica. 2. Agixeia. 1145. impubes. pubera, AiRA. 85. alpina. aquatica. 1. arundinacea . caerulea. 1. caespitosa. i . canes ceus. 1. capensis. Suppl. caryophyllea. 1 . O'istata. Jlexilis = seq. flexuosa. 1. indica. 3. minuta, 1. montana. 1. priBCOx. 1. spicata. subspicata = praec. Aizoox. 650. cauariense. hispanicum. lanceolatum. panicidatuin. sarinentosum. Suppl. Ajuga. 721. alpiua. 2. genevensis. 1 . orieutalis. 1. pyramidalis. 1. reptans. 1. AL13UCA. 426. major. 3. minor. LIXKEAN HERBAKIUM. 31 Alcea. 869. Allium : — ficifolia. lineare. 1 . palmata, MS. magi cum. 1. rosea. 1. Moly. 1. Alchemilla. 166. moscliatum. alpiua. 1. nigrum. 3. /3 hybrida. nutans. 1. aphanoides. 8uppl. obliquum. 1. pentaphyllea. 1. odorum. vulgaris. 1. oleraceum. 1. Aldrovanda. 397. orieutale. MS. vesiculosa. 1. pallens. 3. A.LEXE1S. 440. paniculatum. 3. capensis. 3. parviflorum. 3. farinosa. 1. Forrum. frag ran s. (m. L. f.) ramosum. 1. hijacintlioides. roseum. 3. var. guineensis. rotitndum. yrt^jt ^/j/if/jy }}'}(*/'/ sativum. Schoenoprasum, 1. orchioides [Maut. 367J =: Jujacinthoides ? Scorodoprasum. 1. Uvaria. senescens. 1. Alisma. 473. sibiricum = Schoeno- cordif'olia. 3. (m. Sol.) prasum. Damasonium. 1. sphan-oceplicdon = des- Jfava. cendeus. natans. 1. subhirsutuin. 3. pariiassifolia. tenuissimum. 1. Plautago-aquatica. 1. triquetrum. 3. ranunculoides. 1. ursinum. 1. subidata. veronense = pallens. Allamanda. 298. Victorialis. 1. cathariica (pi.). vineale. Allionia. 122. Allophylus. — incamata. zeylaniciis. violacea. Alois . 442. Allium. 419. disticha. Ampeloj^rasum . TOM ■ nr\l-\i»rt-tn 7-i at V £lil • iJVV\/lAVtH/0» angulosum. 1. hyacintJioides = Aleiris arenarium. 1. ln/acinthoides. ascalonicum, 3. pert'oliata. 1. canadense. var. humilis. carinatum. ■ TTO 11 -Jl/J/liy-. Vtii . t/ty tt. Cepa. immila. Chamaemoly. ', var. ayadmoidea. descendeus. 1. var. margaritifera Jtstidosum. retusa. flavum. 3, spiralis. 32 INDEX TO THE AlOe : — t/vrtnrt = Aletri3 Uvaria. varie(/(Ua. * vera = perfoliata var. vera. viscosa, Alopecduus. 82. ai:;restis. 3. hultosus. geniculatus. 1. liordeii'orinis. 1. indiciis = Panicum alo- pecuroideum. monspeliensis. 1. paniceus. 3. pratensis. 1. Alpinia. — racemosa. Alsine. 388. media. 1. mucroiiata. 3. segetalis. 1. Alstonta, Miitis. 663. Alstroemeuia. 444. Lu/tK. Peleiji'ina. 3. SaJsilla. Althaea. 868. eannabina. 1. birsuta. 1. Ludwigii. officinalis. 1. Altssum. 828. al2Jestre. Alyssoidi'S. calycinum. 3. campestre. 3. clypeatum. 3. creticuin. 1. deltoideum. 3. gemonense. 3. hnliniifolium. hyperboreuui. 1. incanura. 2. minimum. 3. montanum. 1. saxatile. 1. serpyllifolium. MS. Alyssum : — sinuatum. 3. spinosuni. 2. utriculatum. 3. Vesicaria. Amaraxthus. 1117. albus. 3. Blitum. 2. caudatiis. 1. criieiitus. 3. dejlexus. flavus. 3. r/u)ir/eticus, graecizans, 1 . b3'bridiis. 1. hypocbondriacu,s. 1. lividns. mangostanus. 3. melancbolicus. 1. oleraceus. 3. paniculatus. 3. polygamiis. 3. polygonoides. 3. retroflexus. 1. sanguineus. 3. scandeus. Suppl. spinosus. 3. tricolor. 1. tristis. viridis. 3. Amaryllis. 416. Atamasca = seq. Atamasco. Belladonna. capensis. ciliaris. duhia. forraosissima. 1 . guttata. longifolia. lutea. 3. orientalis. regiiiae. 3. sarniensis. (in. L. f.) tenella. MS. undiilata. 3. zeijlanica = Crinum zey lanicum. LIXNEA.N HERBAniU^r. 33 Ambkosia. 1114. arfemisifolia. 1. elatior. 1. vian'thna. triHda. 1. Ambrosinia. 1078. Bassii (pi.). Amellus. 1023. fruticosus. MS. Lychnitis. 3. umbellatus. 3. Ametuysxea. 37. caerulea. 1. Ammannia. 156. baccifera. ] . lati folia. 1. octandra. Siippl. rainosior. 1. Ammi. 341. copticuni. 3. glaucifolium. majus. ]. Amomum. 3. Cardamomiuii. 1. Granwn-Paradin. Zerurabet. 1. Zingiber. 1. Amokpha. 894. iiutieosa. 1. Amygdalus. 639. c'omiminis. 2. jiana. 1. Persica. 1. puniila. 3. Amykis. 490. balsaniifera. 3. (in.Sol. Eleinifera. 3. (jileadensis. maritima. Ojtohalsamiim . I'rotium. sylvaticci. toxifera. Anabasis. 316. aphylla. 1, foliosa. 1. spinosissima. Sup])l. tainariscifolia. 3. AXACAUDIUM. 534. occideiitale. 3. AXACYCLUS. 1015 aureus. creticus. ] . nobilis. MS. ( = aureus, fide ,%,.) orientcdis. valentinus. 1 . A^'AGALLIS. 208. arvensis. 1. capensls. latifolia. 1. liiiifolia. 3. Monelli. 1. tenella. Anagyris. 523. foetida. 1. Anastatica. 821. heiroehmitica. 2. syriaoa. AxciiusA. 182. angustifolia. 1. lanata. 3. officinalis, 1. on'entalis = Lithosper- mum orientale. sempervirens. 1. tinctoria. undulata. 1. virginiana. virginica = praec. Andeachne. 1155. fruticosa. 1. Telepliioide.s. 1 . Andhomeda. 563. arhorea. anastoinosans. Siippl. hri/aiifJta. caerulea. 1 . calyeulata. 1. Daboecia. 3. droseroides. hypnoides. 1. niariaiia. 1. paiiiculat;i. 1, Polifolia. 1. racemosa. 1. 34 INDEX TO THE Andromeda : — tetragoDa. 1 . Andropooon. 1211. alopei'iiroitles. I. barbatuni. bicoriie. 1 . airicosKni. contortum. cym barium. (listacbyon. 1. (livaricatum. 1. t'asciculatuiii. 1. (Irvlliis. 13. hirtnni. 1. insiilare. '^. Ischaemum. 1. imiticum. Nardus. nutaus. 1. pertiisum = Holcus per- tusiis. polydactj'^lon. 3. prostratum. quath'i valve. liaveniiae. SchoenanUius. 1. squarrosiDii. virginicuiu. 1. Androsace. 197. carnea. iJ. elongata. 3. ILdleri = carnea. lactea. 3. maxima. 1. sepfcentrionalis. ] . villosa. ] . AXDRYALA. 956. conyzoidi's. MS. integrifol'u( . lanata. 3. ragusina. 3. simiata. 1. [= inte- gri folia.] AXEMONE. 710. apeuniua. 3. alpiua. 3. haldensis. canadensis. Anemone : — capensis = Atragene capensis. coroiiaria. 1. decapetala. 3. dicliotoniu. 1. fasciculald. JJepatica. 1. hortensis. malvifoUa = palmata. iiarcissillora. 1. iiemorosa. 1. palmata. 3. patens. 1. jtensi/lvanica. pliiladelpbus. MS. pratensis, 1. Pulsatilla. 1. qninqnefolia. raiiuuculoides. 1. sibiriea. 1. sulphurea . S3'lvestris. J . tlialictroides. ]. trifolia. 3. vernalis. 1. virgiiiiaua. 1. Anethum. 371. Foeniculuui. 1. graveolens. 1. pat ul urn. MS. sei/iiam. Angelica. 354. Arcliangelioa. 3. atropurpurea. 3. h(cida. sylvestris. 1. verlicillari-;. (m. Dalil). Anouria. 1092. lobata. pedata. irifoliata. trilohatd. A NONA. 708. africana. a.siatica. di.screta. glabra. LINNEAN HEBBAEIUM. 35 Ajs'ona : — liexapetala. Suppl. iimricata. ohsciifa. 2)(dustris. reticulata. squamosa. triloba. '6. Anthemis. 1016. afra. alpina. -'3. altissiuia. 1. ninericann. (m. L. f.) arabica. 1. arveusis. 1. BelVuUastrum = Osiuites Bellidiastrum. cilia. Cota. 1. Cotula. 1. cretica, fruiicosa. italica. leucantlia=.Os\mieii leu- cantha. niaritima. 1. miUefolia = Chrysanthe- inum millefoliatum. mxta. tnontana. nobilis. 1. peregriua. Pyrethruni. 1. repanda. tiiictoria. 1. var. Triumfetti. tomentosa. 3. valentina. 1. Anthericum. 432. alooides. annuum. asphodeloides. 3. calyculatum. 1. frutescens. graecum. 3. Jiispidum. Liliago. 3. Liliastrum. 3. Anthehicum : — ossifragum. 1. plauifoliuui. raiuosum. 1. revoIut^lm. serotimim. 3. spirale. undulatum [Jacq.'\. A>^TiiiSTiiiiA. 74. [= Pom- ]iiereulla,i/inH. /".] equitans. [ = P. C'ornu- coinae, Linn. f.fide/S in. '\ Ais'thoceros. 1272. laevis. multifidus. punctatus. Antholyza. 60. aetluopica. 3. cepacea. Cunouia. 3. maura. Meriana. 3. Merianella. Meriania = Meriana. ringens. Anthospermum. 1233. aethiopicum. ]. ciliare. 3. dioicum. (m. L. f.) = berbaceuin, Linn.f. Anthoxanxiium. 46. iihdicum. odoratuin. 1. panicidatum. Anthtllis. 897. aspalatlioides. Barba-Jovis. 1. capensis. MS. cornicina. 1. cytisoides. 2. Erinacea. 1. Gcrardi. JJerma}mia = seq. Herinanniae. 1 . Iieterophylla. 3. involucrata. VinlfoJia. lotoides. 1. d* 36 INDEX TO THE Anthyllis : — montana. ;5. quinqueflom. Suppl. tetraphylla. 1 . visciHora. Suppl, Vulneraria. 1 . AxTicnoRUs. 487. depressiis (pi.). Antidesma. 1173. alexiteri;i. 1. AyTiRRiiiNUM. 767. aegyptiacuin. alpiuuin. 3. arvense. 1. Asarina. 1 . bellidifoliuiu. 1 bicorne. bipunctatum. 1. canadense. 1. chalepense. 1. cij'rhosum. Cymbalaria. 1. dalmaticuni. 1. Elatine. ]. genistaetolium. 1. glastifoliiim. MS. glaucum. 3. hastatiim. MS. hirtum. 2. iunceuin. 3. Linaria. 1 . var. Peloria. linarioides. linifolium. 3. maju8. ]. minus. 1. molle. 1. = glaucum. inonspessiilanuin. 1. multicaule. 1. origan itoli 11 ni. 1. Orontium. 1. papUionnceum . pedunculatuiii. 3. Pelisserianuiii. 1. pilosum. pinnatuin. Suppl. purpureuui. 1. reflexum. 3. Antiruiiinum : — repens. 3. sahuJosum. MS. [cf. Heniinieris sabulosa, Suppl.] saxatile. 3. spai'teuiu. 1. = jun- ceum. spuriuin. 1. supinum. 3. ti'iornithopIioiMiin. 1. tripbyllum. 1. tri.ste. 3. viUosum. viscosuin. 3. Aphanes. 167. arvensis. 1. Aphyllanthes. 418. monspeliensis. 1. Apium. 374. graveoleus. 1. Petroselinum. 3. Apluda. 1213. aristata. 3. mtitica. 1. Zeugites. 3. Apocynum. 309. androsaemit'oliuin. 1. cannabinum. 1. frutescens. 3. niinutum. Suppl. reticulatum. veuetum. 3. APO[SiO]GETON. 479. distachyon. (m. L. f.) monostacbyou. (m. L. f.) Aquartia [Jaeq.]. — acuhata [Jacq.]. Aquilegia. 699. alpina. canadensis. 1. viscosa. vulgaris. 1. Aquilicia. 279. samhicina (pi.). Arams. 842. ali)i!)a. 1. LINNEAK HERBARIUM. 37 Aeabis : — bellidifolia [Jacq.'\. canadensis. 1. cajicnsis = Heliopbila integrifolia. grandiHora. 1. HaJley'i. hispida, lyrata. 3. peuduhi. 1. Thaliaiia. 1. Tarritii. 1. Arachis. 909. hypogaea. 2. Aralia. 394. arborea. 3. chineusis. 1. nudicaulis. 1. raceinosa. 1. spinosa. 1. Arbutus. 566. acadiensis. alpina. 1. Andrachne. TJiiedo. 1. Uva-ursi. 1 . Arctium. 964. Carduelis. 3. Lappa. 1. Personata. (m. L. f.) Arctopus. 1235. ecldnntui< (pi.). Arctotis. 1036. accudis. aiigiisti folia. autheuioides. 3. aspera. 3. Calendula = seq. calendulacea. 3. var. coriiscans. var. ^lypo- chondrlaca. var. superha = A. superba. var. iristis = A. tristis. deiitata. 3. paleacea. 3. Arctotis : — parado-Va. 3. 2>lanta(jinea. radicans. superba. tenuifolia. tristis. Arduina. 265. bispinosa. 3. Areca. — Catliecu. oleracea, Arexaria. 585. balearica. bavarica. 3. biHora. 3. ciliata. 3. fasciculata. granditiora. 3. gypsophiloides. 3. hispida. 2. jimiperina. 3. laricifolia. 1. lateriflora. 1. liniflora. lucida. MS. media. 3. moiitana. 3. muc7-onata. mnlticaidis. peploides. 1. rubra. 1. var. caiiipestris. var. niarina. saxatilis. 1. serpyllifolia. 1. striata. 3. teuui folia. 1. teretifolia. MS. tetraquetra. 2. triflora. trinervia. 1. verua. 3. Arethusa. 1059. bulbosa. 1. Burinanni. MS. [=cili- aris.] cajyensis. d*2 ;38 INDEX TO XUE Aeethusa : — eiliaris. Sup pi. (livaricalu. 1. ophioglo.s.soides. 2. Aketia, 196. alpina. 3. JJaUeri ■=■ Androsace carnea. helvetica. Vitaliana. Argemone. 670. anneniaca. mexicana. 1. pijreniuca. Aristida. 98. Adscensiouis. 1 . americana. 3. (m. Sol.) aruudinacea. capensis. MS. plumom. 3. Aristolochia. 1071. anf/uicida. arhorescens. baetica. 3, hilahiata. hilooata. caudata. Cleraatitis. 1. erecta. hirsuta = seq. hirta. iiidiea. 1. (m. Sol.) longa. 1. maurorum. maxima. odoratissima. jieltata. pentandra. Pistolochia. 1. rotunda. ] . sempervirens. 1. Sprpentaria. 1. trilobata. 3. Arnica. 1001. caffra. coronopifolia. crocea. 3. Gerbera. 3. \ Arnica : — maritnud. montana. 3. var. cdpinn. piloselloides. (m. L. 1.) scorpioides. 3. Artedia. 339. mur'uatu = Daucus muri- catus. squainata. '2. Artemisia. 988. Abrotanum. 3. Absinthium. 1. aethiopica. 1. ambigua. annua. 1. arborescens. .3. caei'idescens. campestris. 1. chinensis. 2. Contra. crithniifolia. 2. Dracunculus. 2. dubia. MS. glacialis. .3. integrifolia. ] . judaica. 3. maderaspataiia, 2. maritima. 1. minima. 2. nilotica = Cotula anthe- moides. palsaetiua. palustris. 1. pontica. 1. rupestris. 1. Santonicum. 1. tanacetifolia. 1. vermiculata. vulgaris. 1. Artocarpus. 1087. lobatu8. (m. L. f.) Arum. 1079. arborescens. Arisarum. 1 . auritum. 3. (m. Sol.) can ui folium. Colocasia. 1. LIiNNEAN^ UEllBAKlUM. 3i) A KIM : — divaricatum. 3. Draeontiuni. 3. DracwH-ulus. esculentuni. hederaeeuni. 3. lingulatum. 3. oncierorr/iizo)). maculatuui. 1. novum [ = cannifoliiim]. ovatiini. 1. jyentaphijUum. 2^erer/ri)iinn. prohoscideiun. sarjittae folium. Segiiinii))!. tenuijolmm. trilohatum. triphyllum. 1. viiyhiicjon. Arunuo. 97. avenaria. 1. Bam bos. 1. Calamagrostis. 1. Donax. 1. epigeios. 1. Phragmites. 1. scrijHoria = A. Donax. ASARUM. 608. canadense. 1. europaeum. 1. Hiipocistis = Cytiniis Hypocistis. virginicioji. ASC'LKPIAS. 310. amoena. arhorescens. barbata. MS. {cf. un- dulata). carnosa. Suppl. crispa. curassavica. 4. decumbens. dilatata. MS. exaltata-=s>yr\&cdL. fruticosa. 1. gigantea. 1. Gutta. ASCLEPIAS : — incaruata. 1. lactifera. nigra. 1. nivea. 1. pubescens. purpurascens. 3. sibirica. 1. syriaca. 1. (in. L. f.) A'ar. e.valttita. tuberosa. 1. undulata. varie(/ata. A-ertieillata. 1. villosa, sphalm. = pub- escens. Vincetoxicuni. 1. AscTiiUM. 944. Crux-Andreae. Hypericoides ["angusti- folium "], villosum. ASPALATUUS. 893. albeus. anthylloides. 3. araneosa. 3. argentea. asparagoides. Suppl. astroites. callosa. canescens. capitata. carnosa, Berg. = thyini- folia. carnesa. chenopoda. 3. ciliaris. cretica. Ebenus. ericit'olia. 3. galioides, Berg. = levi- gata. galioides. genistoides. indica. ■ laxata. laevigata. MS. 40 INDEX TO THE ASPALATIILS : — lotojdes. M.S. mucronata. Suppl. nigra. oriental is. jnlosa. pinna ta. quinquefoUa. retrojlexa. spinosa. 3. thymifolia. tridentaia. iiniflora. verrucosa. 3. Asparagus. 434. acutifolius. 1. aethiopicus. albus. 1. aphyllus. 1. osiaticus. capeusis. 3. declinatus. Draco = Dracaena Dmco. falcatus. 3, graminifolius = Dra- caena graminifolia. horridus. officinalis. 1. var. altilis. var. maritimtis. retrofractus. 1. sarmentosus. tenuissiimts. terminalis. vertieillatus. ASPEEITGO. 189. aegyptiaca. 3. prociinibens. ASPEIIULA. 127. arvensis. 1. crassifolia. 3. cynanchica. 1. laevigata. 3. odorata. 1. pyrenaiea. 3. roiundi folia . tauriiia. 1. tinctoria. 1. AspnonELU.3. 431. capensiK. fistulosus. 1. (pi.) luteus. 3. ramosus. 1 . ASPLKNIUM. 1250. Adiantuni-nigrum. 3. bifolium. capense. Ceterach. 3. culirifoliu7n. dentatum ^= A. Tricho- nianes-deiitatuni. erosum. 3. Hemionitis. 1. niarginatuni. marinum. 3. nionantliemum. 3. taonantJies ^ praee. Nidus. 1. 7iodostiiii. obiiisifoliuiii. Onopieris = A. Adian- tum-nigrum. filaniai/iiieum. 3. 2>l(intaginifoUu)n = 'pixc. pygmaeum. 3. radicans. rhizophorum. .3. rhizophylluui. 2. Rliiizopliiilla ^ prjec. Euta-mnraria. 1. salicifoliuui. 1. Scolopeudrium. 1. serratuin. 3. squaniosura. striatum. 3. Triehomanes. 1. Trichomanes-dentatum. Trichomanes-ramosmn. tricho)uaiwidc's=A. Tri- ehomanes. Aster. 997. acris. 3. alpinus. 3. Amellus. 1. annuus. 1. aurantias. chinensis. ]. LIX>'EAN HBRBARlUAr. 41 ASTEB : — eoucolor. 1. cordifolius, I. crinitus. 3. divaricatus. 1. dumosus. 1. ericoides. 3. fruticosus. 1. fruticidosus = praec. ? grandirioriLs. 3. hyssopifoiius. 3. iudicLis. 3. laevis. 3. linariifolius. 1. linifolius. 1. macrophyllus. 3. miser. viutabilis. 1. Novae-Angliae. 1. Novi-Belgii. 1. odoratus. MS. oppositifolius. polifolius. 3. puniceus. 1. reflexus. 3. rigidus. sedifolms = acris. sibiricus. 1. tardiflorus. 3. tataricus. Suppl. taxifolius. teiiellus. 3. teuuifolius. 1. Tradescanti. 1. Tripolium. 1. undulatus. 1. vernus. zejiliyrhius = poli - folius. Astragalus. 926. alopecux'oides. 1. alpinus. 1. arenarius. ] . austriacus. 3. baeticus. 1. hijiovus = Crotalaria biflora. campestns. 1. canadensis. 1. Astragalus : — capitatus. mprinus. carolinianus. C'liinensis. 3. Christianas. 1. Cicer. 1. contortuplicatus. 1. depressus. 3. epiglottis. 1. e.vsccqnis. galegifurmis. 2. Glaux. 1. glycyphyllos. 1. fjrandijlorus = Hedy- sariini argenteum. hamosus. 1. liedysaroides = Hedy- sarum obscuruiu. hlipoylottis. incauus. 3. melilotoides. MS. microphylius. 1. monspessLilanus. 1. moatanus. Onobrycbis. 1. peniaglottis. jihysodes. pilosus. 1. sesameus. J . siuicus. 3. Stella = seq. stellatus [Goucm']. sulcatus. 1. syriacus. 1. tenuifolius. 3. Tragacantha. 1. tragacautboides. 1. tniyoides. triiiiestris. 1. uliginosus. 1. uncatus. 3. uralensis. 1. verticillaris. (m. L. f.) vesuarias. ASTRANTIA. 334. ciUaris. Suppl. major. 2. minor. 42 INDEX TO THK AsTRONlUM [Jacq.]. (jraveoJens [Jacq.]. Athamama. 345. annim. Cervaria. 3. chinensis. 1. conden.sata. 3. creteiisis. .'5. Libanolis. 1 . Jl/<;«in=Aethusa Meiim. Oreoselinuni. 1. sibirica. 1 . sicula. 3. Athanasia. 986. annua. 3. canescens = pubescens. capitata. crenata. crithmifolia. dentata. genistifolia. 3. laevujata = dentata. niaritinia. 3. parviflora. pubescens. 3. squarrosa. 3. triiui'cata. 3. AXEACTYLIS. 971. cancellata. 1. ciliaris. fruticosu. gumniifera. 1. humilis. 1. opjjositi folia. spinosissiina. MS. Atragene. 711. alpina. 1. capensis. 3. sibirica cf. alpina. zeyJanica. Atraphaxis. 462. Polygonum. MS. spinosa. 1. undulata. 1. Atriplex. 1221. fflauca. Halimus. 1. hastata. 1. Atrip r.EX : — hortensis. 1. laciniata. 1. littoral is. 1. marimt. patula. 1. peduncuiata. 2, portulacoides. J. rosea. sibirica. 3. tatarica. 1. Atropa. 246. ai'horesceiis. Belladonna. 1- frutescens. 1. guineense. MS. Mandragora. 3. physalodes. 1. soJaiiacea = guineense. Ay EN A. 95. broinoides. 3. elatior. 1. f atua. 1 . flavescens. 3. fragilis. 1. liispida. Suppl. Loetiingiana. 1. nitens. MS. (an m. Sol. ?) nodosa. nuda. 2. pennsylvaniea. 1. ponderosa. MS. pratensis. 1. pubescens. 3. sativa. ] . sesrjvitertiei. 3. sibirica. 1. spicata. 1. sterilis. 3. stipiformis. Aterrhoa. 592. acida. Bilimhi. 3. Ceramhola. AVICENNIA. 813. nitida [J«<'f/.]. officinalis (pi.). LIXNKAN HEBBAKIUM. 43 AviCEXXiA : — tomentosa [Jacq.] = offi- cinalis. AXYRIS. 1101. Ainaranthoides. 1. Ceratoide.s. 1. Iiybrida. 1. prostrata. 1. Atenia, 1069. magna. 3. pusilla. 3. tomentosa. Azalea. 215. indica. 8. lapponica. 1. lutea = nuditlora. nudiflora. 3. pon tica = Rhododendron ponticum. procumbens. 1. viscosa. 1. Baccharis. 992. arborea. hyasUlana. Dioscoridis. 3. foctida. halirni folia. ]. indica. 1. ivaefolia. 1. ueriifolia. 1. tenuifolia = Chiysocoma scabra. Baeckea. 505. t'rutescens. 1. Ballota. 737. alba. 3. disticba. 3. lanata. 1. nigra. 1 . suaveolens. 3. Baltimoea. — recta. Banisteria. 589. am/ulosa. benghalensis. 3. hrachiata. Banisteria : — dichotoma. fiilgens. 3. (ni. Sol.) laurifolia. liqndoides = Gouania domingensis. jyiirjnn-ea. Barleria. 805. huxifolia . coccinea. cristata. 1 . Hystrix. 3. longifolia. 3. (m.L.f.) Prionitis. 1. sericea. MS. solanifolia. Barnabesia [Mutis, 1778]. 972. spinosa, Linn, f. Barringtonia [Forst.]. 864. speciosa [Foi-st.J. Barreria. — capensis = Diosma capensis. Bartramia. — i7idica = Trmmietta Bar- tramia. Bartsia. 756. alpina. 1. coccinea. 1. pallida. 3. Trixago = Ehiuauthus Trixago. viscosa. Baseila. 390. cdha. lucida. ridn'a. Bassia. 610. lUipe. MS. longifolia. Batis. — americana, sphalni. = Trophis americana. maritima. Batthinia. 525. aculeata. 1. acuminata. 1. 44 IXDEX TO THE Bauhinia : — d'lvarlcatit. purpurea, 3. SCdiidens. loinentosa. iiiH/uIata. variegata. 1. JiEFAHIA. 613. aestuans (pi.). Begonia. 1125. cctj/oisis Suppl. ferruginea. Suppl. oblUjHd. 3. Bellis. 1006. annua. 1. pereunis. 1. var. hortensis. Bellium. 1007. bellidioides. niinutum = Pedis minuta. Bellonia. — aspera. Bekueris. 453. cretica. 3. vulgaris. 2. J3KRGERA. 548. A'oenif/ii (pi.). Bergia. 597. capensis. Berlinia [Sol.]. 530 a. guiueensis. Besleria. 771. cristata = Drupina cris- tata. httea. melittifolia. (ni. L. f.) Beta. 314. Cicht. uiaritiina. I'ulf/aris. var. Cida. var. perennis. var. rubra. Betomca. 735. Alopecuros. 1. annua. ]. var. f/lahra = Stacbys annua. Bbtoxica : — annua var. lursuta = praee. heraclea. 3. hirsata. liirta. officinalis. 3. orientalis. Betdla. 1109. alba. 3. Alnus. 3. var. f/lutinosa. var. incana. excelsa. (m.Dahl) MS. leuta. 1. nana. 1. nigra. 1. pumila. 3. pvrit'olia. (m. Dahl) MS. BiDENS. 975. apilfolia = Autbemis ainericaua. atri/jlicifulia = Spilan- thes atriplicifolius. bipinnata. 3. bullata. 1. cernua. 1. frondosa. 1. fruticosa. minima. uivea. 1. noditlora. 3. pilosa. 1. var. chinensis. scandens. tenella. 3. tripartita. 1. verticdlata. BiGNONIA. 776. aequinoctiaJis. caeruka. capreolata. 1. Catalpa. 3. crucigcra. duhia. indica. 3. Leucoxylou. 1. 2iaiiiculata. LINNBAN HERBARIUM. 45 BiGXOXIA : — pentaphijlla. peruviana. pubescens. radiata. radicaus. 1. sempervirens. stalls. triph)/Ua. Uiir/tiis-cati. BiSCDTBLIiA. 831. aptda = didyma,. aui'iculata. 1. coronopitolia. didyma. 1. laevigata. lyrata. sempervirens. BiSERRULA. 927. Peleeinus. 1. BixA. 674. OreUana (pi.). Blaeeia. 141. articulata. ciliaris. Suppl. ericoides. pusilla. 3. Blakea. 612. trinervia. 3. triplinervia. Blasia. 1270. pusilla. 1. Blechnum. 1247. australe. 3. occidentale. 3. or'ientale. radicaus. vir'jinicum. Blitum. 14. capitatum. 1. chenopodioides. tataricuni. MS. virgatum. 1. BOBAETIA. indica. BoccoxiA. 609. frutescens. 1. BOERHAVIA. 9. augustifolia. 3. BOERHAVIA : diandra. 3. diffusa. 1, erecta. hirsuta, pubescens = diffusa. repens. 3. scandeiis. 3. Boletus. 1280. bovinus. Favus. fometitarius. gramdatus. igniaruts. luteus. perennis. (m. Ehrli.) sanguineus, suaveolens. suberosus. subsquamosus. suhtomentosus. versicolor, viscidus. BOMBAX. aculeatum = B. Ceiba. Ceiba. gossypinum. hepta2>liyllum. inerine:= seq^. pentandrum. religiosurn=gossypinum. BONTIA. 812. daphnoides. 2. germinans = Avicennia officinalis. BORAGO. 188. at'ricana. 3. indica. 1. officinalis. 1. orientalis. 3. zeglanica. BORASSUS. Jiabellifer. BORBONIA. 890. cordata. 3. crenata. ericifolia. laevigata. 3. lanceolata. (m. L. f.) 46 INDEX TO THE JJORBONIA : — tomentosa. 3. trinervia. BORRAGO V. BORAGO. BosEA. 320. Yervamoni. .3. Brabejum. 1223. stelhitifoJiniii (pi.). stdlulifolium = praec. Brajjtl.v. — capensis = Brabejum stellatifolium. Brassica. 844. alpina. 3. arvensis. 3. canipestris. 3. chiuensis. 3. Eruca. 1. Erucastrum. 1. Napus. 3. olerefcea. var. botri/tis. var. ccqntata. vav. r/onr/i/lodes. var. Jaciniata. var. Napohrassica . var. rubra. A ar. sdhauda. var. sahellica, var. selenisict. var. si/lveflex. squaiTOSum. (m. Ij. f. & Ehrh.) striatum. subulatum. (in. L. f.) tortuosum. (ap. Hyp- uum.) trichodes. truncatulum. 1. .uudulatum. (m. Ehrh.) uiiguicidatam. verticillatum. viridulum. 2. BuBON. 357. Galbanum, 3. (jummiferum. macedonicum. 1. rigidivs. BuCEPIIA],OIf. racemosum = Tropins americana. BUCHNERA, 790. aethiopica.(cf . Manulea.) africana = Khiuanthus capensis. americana. 1. nsiatica. 1. canadensis. 3. capensis. 3. cernua. divaricata. (m. L. f.) lacin/ata. linifolia. MS. BuciDA. 556. Bueeras. 3. BUDDLEJA. 142. americana. 3. occidentalis. virgata. Suppl. BUEONIA. 168. tenuit'olia. 1. BULBOCODIUM. 417. serotiiwm. 48 INDEX TO THE UULBOCODIUM : — vernuni. 1. BuNiAS, 847. aep;yptiaoa. baleai-ica. '3. Cakile. 1. cornuta. 1. Erucago. 1 . niyagroides. orieiitalis. 1. sibirica. spiiiosa, Bdnium. 342. aroinaticum. Bulbocastaninn. 1. BcjpnTUALMUir. 1022. aqiiaticum. 1. arborescens. .i. capense = Oedera pro- life ra. durum. frutesceiis. 1. grandiflorimi. 1. helianthoides. 1. mariiimiim. 1. salicifolium. speeiosissiimini. 3. spinosum. 1. BUPLEURUM, 335. angulosum. 1 dift'orme. 3. faleatuni. 3. fruticescens. 2. fruticosum. 1. junceum. 3. longifolium. 1. Odontites. 1. petraemn. ramincidoides. 3. rigidum. 1. rot u 1 id i folium. 1. seniidecomposituin. 2. stellatum. 1. tenuissiimini. 1. viUosurn, BunMA^^'IA, 404. hiflorct. disticha. 1. BuRSEEA [Jacq.]. BunSEKA : — gumnufera. 3. BUTOML'S. 521. umhellattts. 1. (j)!.). BUTTXERIA, vide HyTTNEUIA. BuxiiAUMiA. 1259. apliylla. 3. Buxus. 1110. sempervirens, 1. var. arborescens. var. siiff'ruiieosu. Byssus. 1278. antiquitutii,. aurea. (ni. L. f.) botryoides. (m. Ehrh.) canceUata. caudelaris. (m. L. f.) cryptarum. Elos-aquae. incaiia. (in. Ehrh.) loUthus. lactea. (m. L. f.) phosphorea. 1. (m.L.f.?) saxatilis. 2. sepiica. velutina. Bittneria. 266. mu-ropluiUa. (m. Jacq.) scabra. Cacalia. 976. adsceudeiis. MS. alpiua. (ill. L. f.) AnteiipJtoruittm. atriplicifolia. 1. ciincifolia. Ficoides. fruticosa. MS. [v. infra.] hastata. 1. iiicana. Kleinia. 1. lyrata. MS. papiUaris. pinnata [ = piuuatiKda]. Porophylluiii. 1. repeus. sarraceiiica. 3. sonchifolia. 1. suaveolens. 1. LINNEAN HEEBAEIUM. 49 Cacalia : — suffruticosa. 3. [fruti- cosa.] Cache Ys. 349. Liho.notis. sicula. o. Cactus. 633. coclieniUifer. curassavicus. Eindendrum, Ficus-indica. flagelliforniis. 1. grandifloriis. 1. lieptagonus. Jiexagonns. laniKjinosus. inammilhiris. MelocacUis. moniUforinls. tiohUis. Opuntia. 3. parasiticus. 3. 2yentacionus. Peres kia. peruvianus, Phjllanthus. 3. Pitaiaija. portidacifolius. repandus. Royeni. tetragomis. trianc/ularis. Tuna. Caesalpinia. 530. brasiliensis. Crista. Saj'ipan. vesicaria. 2. Calamus. — Eotan/j. Calceolaria. 32. integrifoUa. pinnatd, Calea. 984. Amellus. 3. (m. Sol.) jaiuaicensis. 3. (m. Sol.) oppositit'olia. 3. (ra.Sol.) Scoparia. (lu. Sol.) Calendula. 1035. Calendula : — • arvensis. 3. fruticosa. 3. graminifolia. 1. hybrida. 1. nudicaulis. oflicinalis. 1. pluvialis. 1. sancta. 3. Calla. 1081. aetliiopica. 3. orientalis. palustris. 3. Callicarpa. 136. aniericana. 1. cana. integri folia. lanata. tomentosa. Calligonum. — Polggonoides . Callisia. 66. repeals (pi.). Callitriche. 13. androgyna=^\evn?i. autumnalis. liermaphroditka = autumnali.s. palustris. i. var. bifida = autumnalis. — var. minima - verna. var. natans = verna. verna. Calophillum. 676. Calaba. 3. Inophyllum. 1. Caltha. 719. palustris. 2. Calycanthus. 660. Jloridus. 3. praecox. Cambogia. 671. Gutta = Asclepias Gutta. Camellia. 878. japouica. 1. 50 IXBEX TO THE Cami:kauia. 303. (tlKJUst'lfolhl. liitifolia. 3. Campanl'la. 221. alpiiia. I}. Alpiui. uiiiei'icaiia. 13. barbata. 3. bononiensif. canarieasis = Cauari Campanula, capensis. carpatica {Jacj.^. cenisia. 3. Cervicaria. 1. ciiievea. Suppl. decio'rens = ])atula. clichotoina. 3. Elatines. 3. erinoides. 3. Erin us. 1. fruticosa. glomerata. ] . gramiiiifolia. 3. liederacea. 1. hcterophylla. lii.. tomentosus. tricolor. 1 . trldentatus. Tiirpethum. umhellatus. verticillatus. 3. vitifoliifS. CONTZA. 993. antbelmiutica. 3. arborescens. 3. Asteroides. 3. aiirita. Suppl. bal8amifera. hifollata. bih'ons. \ar. JJoscidosa. A'ar. radiata. Candida. 1. cbinensis. 1. cinerea. 1. 62 INDEX TO THE CONYZA : — decurreiis. .'}. frutUvsd. hirsuta. 1. linifolia. lohuta. odorata. 3. pubigera. rupesti'is. 3. saxatilis. 3. scabra, sordida. equarrosa. 1. torhiosu. virgata. 3. COPAIFEEA. 557. ollicinalis. (m. L. f.) CORALLINA. 1293. coriiiculata. fragilissiina. inediterranea. officinalis. Opuutia. Peiiicillns. rubens. CORCHOJIUS. 691. aestuaus. 3. ca])sularis. 3. {Of. trilocularis in hb.) caryophiflloides ^ sili- quosus ? Coreta = siliquosus. Tiirsutus. hirtus. olitorius. 1. siliquosus. 1. (m. Sol.) tridens. trilocularis. 3, COEDIA. 253 Boil ireria. Callococca. 3. CoUocecca = praec. Gerascantlms. 3. glabra. 1 . inacTophylla. 3. Myxa. 1 , Sebesteua. 3. CoBDiv : — spinescens. Cohkoi'sis. 1026. alha. alternifolia. 1. anfjuxti folia, anriculata. baccata. Bidens. 1. chrysaatlia. coronata. 3. lanceolata. lexicantlut = seq. leucanthema. 3, pliiladelpbica. MS. reptans. 3. (lu, Sol.) tripteris. 1. verticil lata. 1. CORIANDRUM. 363. sativum. 1. testiculatuin. 3. COKIARIA. 1192. myrtifolia. 1. rvscifolia. Corns. 241. monspeliensis. ]. CORISPEIIMIM. 12. hyssopitoliuin. 1. squarrosum. 1. CORNUCOPIAE. 76. alopecuroides. cucuUatuui. 1. CORNUS. 151. alba. 3. alternifolia. Suppl. canadensis. 2. florida. 1 . Mas. 1. mascula = praec. sanguinea. 1 . sericea. suecica. 1. CoRNniA. 784. pyraniidata. 1. CORONILLA. 917. ai'i/entea. coronata. 3, cretica. 1. LINNEAK HEEBARICM. 63 COEONILLA : — COTULA : — Emei'us. I. tanacetifolia. 3. glauea. 2. turbinata. 3. juncea. 1. Verbesina. 3. uiininia. viscosa. monilis. COXTLEBON. 594. sca)idenx. Jiemisphaerica. Securiclaea. 1. hispanica. 3. valeiitina. 1. laciniata. 1 . varia. 1. orbiculata. 1. CORRIGIOLA. 386. serratd. litoralis. 1. sjnnosa = Crassula CORTUSA. 199. spinosa. Ginelhii. 1. spuria. Matthioli. 1. ITiubilicus. 1 . CORYLUS. 1132. \ ai . i cjjctis. Avellaiia. 1. Colunia. ;j. > On. . ttlUtt Ootl . Cracca. — CORYMBIUM. maxima = Galega afrkanum. maxima. glabrurii. purimrea — Galega pur scahrum. ^ purea. CORTPHA. s69i»-os;rrtfrt = Eclipta pro- Crassula. 400. strata. aUemifolia. jyyretlu-aria. barbata. Suppl. quinqueloba. Suppl. caffra = fruiiculosa. radiata. centauroides. sericea. Suppl. ciliata. Sjtilanthus = Spilanthes coccinea. 1. urens. cordata. MS. strict a. cultrata. (ni. L. f.) suffruticosa. MS. cymosa. o4 INDEX TO THE Ceassula : — Crepis : — (licliotoma. biennis. 1. Jlava. barsifolia. fruticulosa. Dioscoridis. 3. Glaux. MS. foetida. 3. gloinerata. 3. hirta. 1. iiKicropetala. MS. neglecta. 3. inuscosa. nHdicaulis^Ijeontodon nudicaulis. hirtuni. obvullata. pulclira. 3. orbicularis, (m. L. f.) pygiuaea. 1. pellucida. (in, L. f.) rhagadiolokles. perfoliata. rubra. 1. Portalacarla = Clay tonia sibirica. 3. Portulacana. tectoruin. 1. pruinosa. 3. vesicaria. 3. 2niactata. virens. 3. rubens. 3. CfiESCEXTIA. 779. scabra. cucurbitbid. spinosa. Cujete. 3. strigosa. Cressa. 317. subulata. cretica. 1. tetragona. 3. Crinum. 415. vertic'dlaris. africanum. 1. Crataegus. 643. americanum. Aria. 1. asiaticuin. 3. VO f T /*17 >7 7 i*ff barbafcum. MS. latifolium. 1. var. suecica. Azarolus. 1. zeylanicuni. 3. var. Aronia. Crithmum. 347. coccinea. 1. maritimum. 3. Criis-galli. 1. pyrenaicuiu. 3. hi/bridus. Crocus! 56. indica. 1. Balbocodium. Oxyacautha. 1. sativus. 1. lomentosa. 1. • ^{//*'(-'''''*t to. torminalis. 1. 1 f rt »» ,.,,«..,.- viridis. 1. Crotalaria. 895. Ceataeva. 619. alba. gynandra. ainplexicaulis. 3. inennis = C. Tapia. biflora. Marmelos. chinensis. 3. spinosa. (m. Sol.) cordit'olia. Tapia. 1. heterophylla. Suppl. CnEi'is. 955. Imbricata. aipina. 1. incana. 1. aspera. 3. incaiiescens. Suppl. barbata. 1 . juncea. 1. LINNEAN HEBBAEITJM. 65 Crotalaria : — laburnifolia. 3. latifolia. lunaris. perfoliata. perforata. quinquefolia. 3, retusa. 1. sas;ittalis. 1. sessUiftora. sessilifolia, sphalm. := pi'aec. trirtora. verrucosa. villosa. CROTOIf. 1140. argenteum. 1. aroinatieum. 3. balsamiferum. 3. Botzoe ^ seq. Bentzoe. Cascarilla. 3, castaneifolium. flavens. 3. (m. Sol.) glabellum. 3. glauclulosuni. 3. Imstatam. huniile. 3. (m. Sol.) laccit'erum. 3. lohatum. lucidiim. 3. luoluccanum. 3. palustre. 1. ricinocarjjos . sebiferum. 1. spinosum. sabtomeniosum. Tiglium. 3. tiuctorium. 3. urens = Tragia iuvolu- crata. variegcttum. Ceucianella. 130, aegyptiaca. angustifolia. 1. latifolia. 3. maritima. 3. monspeliaca. 1. CRUCIA]!fELLA : patula. 2. Crucita. — hispanica. CUCUBALUS. 582. acaulis = Silene acaulis. aegi/ptiacus. baccifer. 1. Beheii. 1. var. feminea. Catbolicus. 1. fabarius. giganteus=:Si\ene gigan- teus. italicus. 3. mollissimus. Otites. 1. pumilio. 3. quadrifidiis = Silene qiiadrilida. reflexus. 1. saxifragus. sibiricus. 3. stellatus. 1. tataricus. viscosLis. 1. CucuMis. 1152. acutangulus. 1. angidnus. Angaria. 1. Chate. 3. Colocynthis. 1. Dudaim. 1. Jlexnosiis. maderaspatanus. Melo. 1. pedatus = Anguria pedata. prophetarum. sativus. trifoliatus = Anguria trifoliata. trilobatus = Anguria trilobata. CUCTJRBITA. 1151. CitruUus, Lagenaria. 2. 66 INDKX TO THE CUCURBITA : — Melopepo. novel. ovifera. .'?. Pepo. 2. verrucosa. CUMINUM. 358. Cyiiiiiiini). 1. CUNILA. 38. niariaiia. '.i. pulegioides. 3. thyiiioides. 3. CUNONIA. 571. capensis. 3. CuPANiA. — (genus deest jam anno 1767?). ainericati'i. CurBEssis. 1137. disticha. 1 . juniperoides. senipervirens. 1. thyoides. 1. CURATELLA. americana. CUHCCMA. 7. longa. 3. nova. rotunda. CUSCUTA. 170. americana. 1. Epitlujmum. 2. europaea. 1. var. Epithymum. filiformis. MS. CussoNiA. 376. thyrsiflora. CrANELLA. 430. capensis. 3. Ctcas. 1292. circinalia (pi.). Cyclamex. 202. puropaeuni. 1. indicum. Cymbaria. 768. daurica (pi.). Cynanchum. 308. acutum. 1. apJiyllum. capense. Siippl. Cynanchum : — erect uni. 1. hirUtiu. maritiiiium. iiionspeliacuin. 1. planiflovuui = seq. ■phruifoliuni. race)iioSH)ii . suberosuin. 1. undulatum. viminale. CSNAKA. 969. acaidis. Carduncxdus (pi.). hiiinilis. 1. Scolymus. 3. Cyxoglossum. 183. apeninnuin. 1. cheirit'oliiun. 1. laeviyatum. linifoiiuin. 1. lusitanicum. 3. montanum. officinale = vulgare. Oniphalodes. 1. omphaluides = praec. virginianum. 1. virginicuin = praec. vulgare. MS. Cynometra. 533. caulitlora. 3. ramijlora. Cynomorium. 1084. coccineum. Cynosurus. 91. aegyptius. 1 . aureus. 1. caeruleus. 1. coi'acanus. 3. cristatus. 1. creticus. MS. (=pro- cumbeus.) durus. 1. echinatus. 1. indicus. 1. (in. Sol.) Lima. 1. jyaniceus. procumbens. MS. virgatus. 3. LINXEAN HEKBAIHUM. 67 CypERus. 70. alternifoliiis, 3. aunuus. MS. articulatus. 3. arundinaceus ^=. spatha- ceus. compressus. 1. difformis. 3. distaus. Suppl. elatus. 3. elegaus. 3. csculeiitus. f(e>'/-H^ineMS=spathaceus. riavescens. 1. fiiscus. f/laher. glomeratus. 3. Haspan. 1. hexastacliyos. Iria. (of. C Haspan in hb.) ' laevigatus. ligularis. 3. longus. 1. minimus. inonostachj'os. viucronatus. odoratus. 3. Papyrus. 3. pumilus. 3. rotundas. 3. spatJiaceus. squarrosus. 3. strigosus. 1. tenellus. Suppl. triflorus. vaginatus. MS. Cypeipedium. 1061. bulbosum. 1. Calceolus. 1. Cyrilla. 272. racemi flora. 3. Cytixus. 1075. Hypocistis. 3. Cyxisus! 912. aethiopicus. argenleus. 1. austriacus. 3. (m. Jacq. et L. f.) Cytisus : — Cajaii. 1. graecus. hirsutus. 1. (in.L. f.?) Laburnum. 3. monspessulanus. nigricans. 1. patens. innnatus = Robinia mitis. jisoral aides = Indigofera psoraloides. sessilifolius, 1. supiuus. 1. (m. L. f.) Dactylis. 90. ciliaris. cynosuroides. 1. glomerata. 1. lagopodoides. 1. paleacea. Dais. 554. cotinifolia. 3. octandra. 3. Dalbergia. 886. (Suppl.) Amerimnon. MS. Dalechampia. 1138. scandens. Dalibarda. — repens = Rubus Dali- barda. Daphxe. 500. alpina. 3. Cneorum. 1. Gnidium. 1. indica. 2. Laureola. 3. Mezereum. 1. oleoides. pontica. pubescens. 3. Tarton-raira. 1. Thymelaea. 1. villosa. 3. Datisca. 1196. Cannabina. 1. hirta. 1. Datura. 243. arborea. /* 68 I>'DEX TO TUE Datuka — fastuosa. ^1 t'eroa-. Metel. 2. Stramoiiiuii). 1, Tatula. :3. Daucus. 340. Carota. 1. Giugidiuin. 1. mauritauicus. 3. muric-atus. 3. var. mantimifs. Visnaga. 1 . Decumaria. 617. barbara. Delima. 683. sarmentosa (pi.). Delphinium. 694. Aconiti. 3. Ajacis. 1. ambigiuiin. 3. Consolida. 1. elatuin. 1. grandirioruui. 1. hybridum. 7nonsfruosuin. peregrin am. 1. Staphisagria. 1. Dentaria. 834. bulbit'era. 2. enueaphyllos. 1. pentapliyllos. 2. DiALIUM. 23. indum (pL). DiAXinERA. 29. americana. 1 . comata. 3. (m. L. f.) DiANTHUS. 581. alpiuus. arboreus. areuarius. 1. Ariiiena. 1. barbatus. 1. carthusianorum. 1. Caryopbyllus. 1. var. coronarius. var. imhricatus. var. ino(lon(s. chinensis. 1. DiANTHUS: — deltoides. 1. ifimimitns. ferriigineus. ffUticOSKS. glaucus. 1. Ju/ssoplfolius^ euperbus. monsj)eliaci(s= seq. moiispeliensis. p]uniariii,s. 1. ponieridiaiius. 3. prolifer. 1 . pungens. saxifragns. superbus. 3. virgineus. 3. Diapensia. 195. helvetica. lapponica. 1 . DiASPERUS = Phyllanthus. Diastema. Linn. f. MS. = Dalbergia. Dicta Mxus. 536. alhvs (pi.). Digitalis. 775. ambhjua. canariensis. 1. ferruginea. 1. {cf. lutea.) Intea. 1 . minor. obscura. ochroleuca [an ni. L. f . ? = ambigua'^?] purpurea. 1. Thapsi. DiLAXEIS. 63. corvmbosa. (m. L. f.) vis30sa. (m. L. f.) DiLLENIA. indica. DiODiA — (deest). virrjhiiana. virginlca ^= praec. DioxAEA. 555. Muscipula. ('■ Miisci- capa.") DioscoREA. 1184. acideata. LINXEAN HERBAKIUM. 69 DiOSCOREA : — alata. 1 . biilbifora. 1. oppositifolia. ■pentaphylJa. sativa. 1 . trip7i)/lla. villosa. DiosMA. 270. barbigera. Suppl. capeusis. capitata. (m. L. f.) ciliata. 1. crenata, 3. crenulata = praec. cupressina. ericoides. 3. hirsLita. 1, imhrlcata. lanceolata. latifolia. Suppl. marginata. Suppl. oppositifolia. 1. pulcliella. rubra. 1. uniflora. 1. DiosPYROs. 1231. australis. MS. Lotus. 1. virginiana. 1 . DiPSAcus. 119. fullonum. 1. laciniatus. 1. pilosus. 1. DiRCA. 501. palustris. 1. DisA. 1060. uniflora (pi.). DiSANDRA. 475. prostrata (pi.). DODAKTIA. 860. indica. 1. orientalis. 1. DoDECAS. 623. Suppl. surinamensis (pi.). DODECATHEOX. 201. Meadia. 2. DODONAEA. 495. viscosa (pi.). DoLiciios. 900. altissimus. an'status. hijlorus. bulbosus. 3. capeusis. Catiang. ensifonnis. erosus = bulbosus. filif oralis. 3. (in. Sol.) Lablab. 1. lir/nosus. miuinius. 3. polj^stachios. 3. pruriens. 3. pubescens. 3. purpureus. 3. regularis. repens, (m. Sol.) = uncinatus. scarabaeoides. 1. sesqiiipedalis. sinensis. Soja. 3. tetragouolobus. 3. trilohatus = Glyciue triloba, trilobus. 1. uuciuatus. unguiculahtfi. urens. DORONICUM. 1002. Bellidiastrum. 1. incanum. pardalianclies. 1. (m. L. f.) plautagiueum. 1. DORSTENIA. alexiteria. caulescens. Gontrajerva. var. IJoHStoni = Iloustoni. Dralcena. Houstoni. Draba. 823. aizoides. .3. alpiua. 1. ciliaris, 3. /*2 ro INDEX TO THE Dbaba : — hirta. 3. incana. 1 . murali-s. 1. uemorosa. 1. pyrenaica. 1 . verna. 1. Dracaexa, 435. Draco. ensifolia. 3. ferrea. 3. graniinifolia. 3. terminalis. volubilis. JSuppl. Dkacocepiialum. 746. altajfnse. austriacum. 1. canariense. 1. canescens. 1. grandifloriiiri. 1. Moldavica. 1. uutaus. 1. peltatum. 1. peregriuum. 3. pinuatum. 1. Ruyschiana. 1, sibii'icum. 3. thymifloi'um. 1. virginiauuin.' 1. Deacontium. 1080. camtscJiatcense. foetidum. 1. pertusiim. polyphyllura. (m. L. f.) sphiosum. Drimys [Forst.] 696. "AVintera" Sm. MS. axillaris [Forst.]. granadensis [Forst.]. Winterana (m. L. £.):= Winteri [Forsl.]. Deosera. 398. capensis. 3, cisti flora. 3. cuneifolia. MS. indica. longifolia. 1. lusitanica. 3. rotundifolia. 1. Deosera : — verticillata. Drdpina, — cristata. Dryas. 658. octopetala. 1. pentapetala. 1. Deypis. 389. spinosa. 3. DUEANTA. 806. Ellisia. 3. (m. Sol.) erecta. Plumieri. 3. repens. Durio. 940. zihethinus. Ebenus. 929. capensis. cretica. 1 . ECHINOPHORA. 336. spinosa. 1. tenuifolia. 3. EcHiNOPs. 1045. coryn^hosus. fruticosus. Eitro. 1. sphaerocephalus. 1. spinosus. 3. strigosus. 1. ECHITES. 302. ayr/lutinata. annularis. hiflora. caudata. 3. corijmhosa. •nova = syphilitica. quinquangidaris. scholaris. 3. spticata. suherecta. syphilitica. Suppl. torulosa. trifida. umhellata. ECHIUM. 191. argeuteum. capitatum. 3. LIXXEAX HEEBAEItrM. 71 EcHiUM : — creticum. 1. fruticosum. 1. f/lahrum. italicum. 1. laevigatum. 3. lusitanicum. 3. (m.L, f.) onentale. plantagineum. pyrenaicum. spicatum, MS. violaceum. 3. vulgare. 1. ECLIPTA. 1020. alba. MS. [= seq.?] ereeta. latifolia. Siippl. prostrata. (m, Sol.) punctata = ereeta ? Eheetia. 254. Bourreria. 3. (m. Sol.) exsucca. spinosa [Jacq.]. tinifolia. 3. Elaeagnus. 160. angustifolia. 1. latifolia. 1. orientalis. 3. 3. 681. serrata (pi.). Elais. — guineensis. Elate. — sylvestris. Elaterium. — carthnr/inevse. trifoliatum. Elatine. 517. Alsinastrum. 1. Hydropij^er (pL). Elegia. 1164 a. juncea. (m. Dahl) Elepiiantopus. 1043. scaber. 1. tomentoaus. 1. Ellisia. 206. acuta. Nyctelea. spmosa. Elaeocarpus Elymis. 100. arenarius. 3. canadensis. cauinus. 3. Caput-Medusiie. 3. europaeus. 3. Hystrix. 3. monococcos. pbiladelphiciis, 3. sibiricus. 3, virgiuicus. 3. EMPETRUil. 1160. album. 1. nigrum. 1. Ephedra. 1200. distacbya. 1. monostacliya. Epidendrum. 1062. nloifolium. amabile. 1. carinatum. caudatum. ciliare. coccineum. cochleatum. 3. cucullatum. domesticum. ensifolium. 3. Flos-aeris. 3. furvum. graminifolium. guttatuvi. jancifolium. lineare. [Jacq.] moniliforme. nocturnum. nodosum. opliiog lossoides . ovation. pxinctatum. pusillum. 3. retusum. ruscifolium. scriptum. secundum. spatulatum . tenuifolium. terrestre. tuherosum. 72 INDEX TO TUE EriDEXDRUM : — Vanilla. 3. Epigaea. 564. re pens. 1. Epilobium. 486. alpinum. 'A. angustifoliuju. 1. hirsutuin. 1. latiColiiun. J. montanuiii. 1. palustre. 1. tetragonuni. J. Epimkdium. 150. alpinuui. 1. Equisetum. 1241. arvense. '3. fluviatile. 1. (/i(janteiim. hyeraale. 3. Kmosum. palustre. 1. sylvaticum. 1. Erantiikmum. 24. angustatmn. angustifolium = praec. capense. parvifolinm. Erkja. 498. abietina. 3. absinthoides. albens. urborea. 3. articularis. 3. (m. L.f.) australis. baccans. Bergiana. himniades = capitata. caffra. calycina. capitata. carnea. caudata. MS. cerinthoides. ciliaris, 3. cinerea. 1. cocci nea. comosa. corifolia cubica. Erica : — cuhilalis = viscaria ? curviflora. 3. Duhoi'cii ^ Andromeda Dabocciu. denticnlata. depressa. empetrit'olia. 3. fastigiata. 3. giutpltahdes. granulata. balicacaba. 3. herbacea. 2. hispidula. .3. imbricata. 3. lutea. mamiuosa. mauritanica. mediterranea. melaiitliera. mucosa, multiflora. 3. nigrita. 3. nudiflora. jialUde-imrpurea. paniculata. 3. parviflora. 3. Passeriuae. Suppl. pentapbylla. persoluta. Petiveri. 2:)h>/sodes. pilulifera. 3. planifolia. 3. Plukenetii. 3. pubesceus. 3. pulcberrima. MS. piirjnirasce'ns. raceniosa. MS. rainentacea. regerminans. retorta. Suppl. scoparia. 1. spicata. MS. spumosa. 3. tenuifolia. 3. Tetralix. 1. triflora. 3. tubiflora 3. umbellata. 1, LINNEAN nERBARIUM. 73 Erica : — vagaus. vegetula. MS. viride-purpurea. 3. viscaria. vulgaris. 1. Erigerox. 994. acre. 1. aegyptiacum. 3. alpinum. 3. bonariense. 1. camphot'atum. canadense. 3. carol'uilanum. foetidum. glutinosum. 3. Grouani. gramineum. I. graveolens. 3. jamaiceiise. 3. (m. Sol.) obliquuin. philadelphicum. 1. ])iniiatum. Suppl. siculum. 3. tricuiieatum. 3. Suppl. tuberosum. 3. unifiorum. 1. viscosum. 1. Erinus. 789. africanus. 1. alpiuus. 1. americanus. MS. capensis. (m. L. f.) laciniatus. peruvianiis. 3. EriocauI;0>'. 105. decangulare. 1. (juinquangulare. setaceum. sexangulare. 1. triangulare. Eriocephalds. 1040. africanus. 1. pectinifollus = Hippia frutescens. racemosus. Eeiophorum. 72. alpinum. 1. cyperiaum. Eriopiioruai : — polystachion. 1 . vaginatum. 1. virgiuicuiii. 1. Erithaeis. — ■ fruticosa. Ervum. 907. Ervilia. ] . hirsutuni. 1. liOUS. 1. monanthos. 1. soloni(!nse. tetraspermum, i. Ertngium. 331. alpinum. amethystinum. 1. aquatic urn. 1. campestre. 1. foetidum. 1. maritiuium. 1. planum. 1. ■pusdlum. tricuspidatum. 2. trifidum. Erysimum. 837. AUiaria. 1. Barbarea. 2. cheiranthoides. 1 . hieracifolium. 2. incanum. MS. officinale. 1. repandum. 3. Erythrixa. 888. Corallodendrum. 3. var. occidentalis. var. orienicdis. Crista-galli. herbacea. 3. 2^icta. Pisciptda. plaiiisiliqua. varief/aia. ERYTHuoxiuir. 424. Dens-cauis. 1. Erythroxylox,. 591. areolatum. 3. Jiavanense. Escallonia. 275. myrtilloides. (m. L. f.) 74 INDEX TO TUB Ethulia. 977. Bidentis. conyzoides. 3. divaricata. Jl sparrfanophora. tomentosa. 3. ErcLEA. 1194. racemoxd (])!.)• Ettgbnia. 636. acxitan. zonale, 1. Geraedia. 764. delphinifolia. flava. 1. glutiuosa. 1, pedicularia. 1. purpurea. 1. tuherosa. Gebopogon. 945. calyculatum. glabrum. 3. Jiirsutum. Gesnehia. 766. acaulis. Jiumilis. nigrina. MS. tomentosa. (m. Sol.). Gbthyllis. 445. afra. 2. Geum. 657. raqntanum. 3. rejjtans. rivale. 1. urbanum. 1. virginianum. 1. GiNGKO. — hUoha (pi.). GiNOIlA. — amerkana. GisEKiA. 399. ■pluirnacioides (pL). Glabbaria. 938. Glabraria ; — tersa (pi.). Gladiolus. 59. (datus = labialis. alopecuroides. 3. augiistus. 1. capital K'i. carneus [Burm. f.]. communis. 1. decurrens, MS. imbricatus. 1. involutus [Burm. £.]. labialis. MS. moutanus. Suppl. palmaris. MS. permeahilis [Burm. £,]. phalangioides, MS. = moutanus. plicatus. 3. ramosus. recurvus, cP. trigyna. scorpius, MS. = mon- tanus. spieatus. 1. trigyna. MS. tristis. 3. uudulatus. 3. Glaux. 291. mai'itima. 1. Gleohoma. 732. arvensis. 1. ( = StachYs arveusis). helgica = praec. hederacea. 1 . Gleditsia. 1229. inermis. triacanthos. 1 . Glinus. 631. dictamnoides. lotoides, 1. Globba. 45. marantina. nutans. uviformis. Globclaria. 117. Alj'pum. ]. bisno(/arica. cordit'olia. 1, nudicaulis. 3. LIXXEAX HEBBAEIUM. 81 Globulaeia : — oriental is. 1. spinosa. vulgaris. 1. Gloeiosa. 423. sintjdex. superba. 1. Glut a, 1068. Benghas (pi.). Glycine. 901. Abnts = Abrus precato- rius. Apios. 1. bituuiinosa. 3. hracteata = monoica. comosa. 3. frutescens. Gcdactia. javauica. 1. labiata. (m. Dahl ?) monoica. ,'3. monopliylla. 3. numinularia. subterranea. 3. tomentosa. 1. triloba. Glycyerhiza. 916. echinata. 1. glabra. 1 . Iiirsuta. Gmelina. 780. asiatica. 3. Gnaphalium. 989. alpinura. 2. arhorescens. arboreum = praec. areiiarium. 2. arvense = V}lago arvensis. coronatum. 3. crassifoliutn. 3. C7-ispi(m. cylindricum. ciflindrijlorum = praec. cymosimi. declinatum. Suppl. decurrens. dentahim. dioicum. 1 . var. mas. Gnaphalium : — dioimm var. femina. discoloi'uni. ericoides. exiiniuiu. foetid uni. 3. fruticans. gallu-um = Yi\t\,go gallica. r/ermaniciim := Pilago germanica. glomeratum. (m. L. f.) graudifloruni. 3. helianthemifolium. 3. ignesceus. 2. imbricatum = panicu- latum. indicum. 3. laiifoUum. Leontopodmm = Filago Leontopodiuin. luteo-albuui. 3. margaritaceum. 2. maritimuiH. montamim = Eilajro o montana. mucronatum. muricatum. 2. niveiim. nudiflorum. obtusifolium. 2. Oculus-cati. Suppl. odoratissimuin. 3. orientale. 2. patulum. 2. paniculatum, MS. [an Berg. ?] pedunculare. petiolatum. pilosellum. Suppl. plantaginev.m = seq. plantaginifolium. procuinbens. MS. purpureum. 2. repeus. rutilans. 2. sanguineuni. 3. saxatile = Couj-za saxa- tile. scabrum = squarrosum. 82 INUEX TO THE Gnaphalium : — serratum. sordidum = Conyza sordida. squarrosum. stellatiDii. Stoechas. 2. stuposum. suplnum. sylvaticum. 2. teretifolium. uliginoyum. 2. undulatura. '6. vei-ticillatum. Suppl. virf/atum. Gnetum. 1148. Gnemon (pi.). Gnidia. 502. oppositifolia. pinifolia. (m. L. f.) radiata. 3. sericea. 3. simplex. 3, tomentosa. 3. GoMOziA. 172. r/ramidensis (pL). Suppl. GCMPHEENA. 319. hmsiliana. hrasilie)isis = praec. ficoklea = Illecebruiu ficoideum. Jlava. fruticosa. MS. globosa. 1. Mspida. interriijita. ■perennis. poly(jonoides = Illece- brum polygonoides. serrata. sessllis = Illecebruin sessile. verniicularis = lUece- brum vermiculatum. GORDONIA. 877. Lasianthus. Gouteuia. 1027. asteroidea, MS. = seq. GOETEIIIA : — asteroides. Suppl. barbata. Suppl. ciliaris. 3. fruticosa. 3. [cf. bar- bata.] herbacea. Suppl. persoiiata. 3. rigens. 3. setosa. squarrosa. GossYPiuM. 874. arboreuui. 1. barbadeiise. 1. herbaceum. 1. birsutum. 3. praestantissiinum. MS. religiosura. 3. GouANiA. 1226. domingensis (pi.). Gratiola. 30. c?(t6m=Lindernia Pyxi- daria. liyssopioides. (in. Sparrm.) Mounieri. 3. (m. Sol.) officinalis. 1. peruviana. rotundifolia. virginiana. 1. Grewia. 1076. asiatica (pi.) 3. Microcos. 3. occidentalis. 1. orientalis. Grias. — caulijlora. Grielum. 599. temufolium (pi.). Grislea. — secundd. Gronovia. — scandens. GuAiACUM. 532. afrum. 1. officinale. 1. sanctum. 3. Guarea. 489. tricliUloides (pi.). LliVNEAN lIEnBAllirM. 83 GuEUiA, splialni. = QuEiiiA. GUETTARDA. 1121. speeiosa. _?. GUILAXDIXA. 531. Bouduc. 1. Bondiicellu. dioica. Moringa. 1. GUNDELIA. . Tournefortil. GuKIfERA. 1063. perpensa. GUSTAYIA. 863. Augusta. Gypsophila. 579. agfjn'iiata =^ Areiiaria tetraqiietra. altissiivia. 1. fastigiata. 1. luuralis. 1. paniculata. 1. pertoliata. 1. prosti'ata. 2. repeus. 1. rigid a. 1 . Saxit'raga. 3. 8truthiuni. tomeulosa. 3. Haemats'thus. 408. earinaias. ciliaris. 3. coccineus. puniceus. 1. Haematoxylum. 538. cainpechiamuii. 1 . Halesia, 616. Carolina = tetraptera. diptera. 3. tetraptera. 3. Hallekia. 778. lucida. 1. Hamamelts. 169. virgiuiaiui. 1. var. Carolina = Fothergilla Gardeni. virf/iuica = praec. Hamellia. 234. paiens. Haetogia. — caj^ensis = Diosma capensis. ciliaris = Diosuia ciliata. imhricata = Diosma iiubricata. Ic'.nceolata = Diosma lanceolata. pulchelJa = Diosma puk-heila. Hasselc^uistja. 348. aegyptiaca. 3. cordata [^>Jacq,'\. orieiitalis splialm. ^ aegyptiaca. Hebewstretia. 788. capitata. M8. ciliata [iJ^jv/.]. cordata. 3. deutata. 3. intrjjri folia. Hedera. * 280. Helix. 1. quiuquefolia. Hediosma. MS. Xepeta.] Hedyotis. 123. Auricularia. fruticosa. 1. gramiiiifolia. Suppl. lierhacea. mai'itima. Suppl. IIedysarum. 921. Albagi. 1. alpinum. 1. argeiiteum. (m. L. i.) barbatura. 3. (m.Sol.) biarticulatum. 3. bupleurit'oliuiii. cauadense. 1 . canescens. 1. (m. Sol.) Ca])ut-galli. 1. cornutum. coroiiarium. 1. crinitiim. 3. Crista-galli. 1. 728. 3. 84 INDEX TO THE Hedysabum : — ! Hedysauum : — dipliylluin. 1. viridifloriim. Ecastaphyllu'.u. '4. viscidum. flexuosum. 1. voJahile. frntescens. Hbisteuia. — gaugeticum. i . coccinea. grandiflorum, MS. = Helexium. 1005. argentatuin. autuiuiiule. 1. liaiuatum. 3, (in. Sol.) IIelianthus. 1024. heterocarpoii. 1. altissimus. 3. hirtiiin. 1. angustifolius. 1. huiuile. annuus. 1. iinbricatum. Suppl. atrondiens. iunceum. decapetalus. 1. lagopodioides. 3. divaricatus. 1 . latebrosuin. frondosus. i'. lineatum. 3. giganteus. "l. linifolium. Suppl. indicus. maciilatuin. 1. laevis. 3. marilandicum. 1. multiflorus. 1. moiiiUferum. strumosus. 1. nndijioram. tuberosus. 1. nummularifoUum. Helicoxia. 286. obscurum. 3. Bihai. Onobrycbis. 1. nova [ = H. psittacorum, paniculatum. 3. 2/i/i/t. /.]. prostrainm. pumila = praec. palclielliini. 1. Helicteres. 1074. pumilum. angustitolia. renifoJium — seq. apetala. reniforme. 3. haruensis. repens. 2. carth(t(ji/ie)isis. retroflexum. 3. Isora. 1. retrofractum, sphalin. = pentandr((. praec. Heliocabpus. 627. saxatile. 3. amerimna. sororiurn. Heliophila. 840. Spartium. corouopi folia. spinosisiinium. 1. flava. Suppl. spinosnm = cornutiim. integrifolia. 3. strobiliferura. 3. pinnata. Su])pl. stvracifolium. 3. (in. Heliotkopium. 179. ■l. f.) arhorescens. trilloruin. 1. barbadense. MS. tri(iuefrum. 1. curassavicuLu. 1. (m. umbellatum. 1. Sol.) vaginale. 3. europaeuin. 1. viminaceum. MS. fruticosum. 3. violaceum. 1. gnapbalodes. 3. (ra. virginicum. Sol.) LINNEAN IIERBAHIUM. 85 HiiLIOTltOPlLM : — ■ indicuni. 1. (ni. Sol.) orientale. 1. purviflorum. penivianuin. 3. supinum. 1. Hej.leborus. 718. foetidus. ]. hyemalis. 1. niger. 1. trifolius. 1. viritlls. 1. Heloxias. 471. aspliodeloides. 3. bullata. 1. minuta. Helvella. 1284. 3Iitra. (m. Ehrh.) pineti. Hemehocallis. 446. Hava. 3. fulva. 3. Liliastrnm = Antheri- cum Liliastrum. Lllioaspliodelus ^ fulva. var.Jlavas. var. fulvus. Hemimebis. 772. diffusa. Suppl. montaua. Suppl. sabulosa. Suppl. Hbmioxitis. 1248. lanceolata. ;>. (m. Sol.) palmata. 3. parasitica. 3. (m. Sol.) Heeacleum. 352. alpinum. angustifolium. austriacuiu. eleijans. longij'olium. Panaces. 1. sibiricLim. 1. Sphondyliuni. 3. HEinrANXiA. 854. alnit'olia. 1. althaeif olia. 1 . denudata. Suppl. srrossularifolia. ]Ibrmannia : — liyssopifolia. 1. luvanduUfolia. linifoUa [Burm. f.]. pinnata = Maheraia pinnata. trit'oliata. triphylla. trit'urcata. 3. Hekmas. 1227. capitata. Suppl. depauperata. (in. L. f.) gigautea. Suppl. Heenaxdia. 1104. ovigera. Sonera. 1. Herniahia. 312. fruticosa. 2. glabra. 1. hirsuta. 1. lenticulata. 3. ParoaycMa = Illecebrum Paronychia. Hesperis. 841. africana. 1, dentata ^ Sisymbrium bursifolium. inodora. 3. Jacera. (cf. Cheiranthus lacerus.) jiiatromdis. var. sUdi'lca = sibirica. provincialis. sibirica. 1. tristis. 1. verna. 1. Heucheea. 325. americana. 1. (pi.) Hibiscus. 875. AbelmoscJias. aethiopicus. hrasiliensis. cancellatus. Cf. Suppl. cannabinus. elypcatus. erecra. MS. esculentus. 2. ficulneus. 1. 0*2 86 INDKX TO Tllli HiHiscus : — iruternus. hirsutissimiis. M8. [ = UIt'llS. A/»H./,] hirtiis. 1. Malvavisfiis. 1. Maniliot. 1 . Moscbeutos. 1. ]iiifi\intliu.s. Sup|)l, mutabilis. pahistfis. lientacarpos. populiieiis. l.' Rosa-jiineiisi.s. 1 . 8abclariffa. 1. salicifoliiis. simplex'. soror'iHS. spiiiitex. surattensis. I. syriacii!-. 1 . tiliacpiis. 1 . Trioimui. 1. virginicus. vitit'oliiis. (in. L. f.) zejlaniciis. (in. L. f.) HlEBAClUM. 954. alpimim. 1. aniplexioaule. aurantiat'inn. 1. Aui'iculn. 1. blattarioicU's. cape use. cerinllioides. 1. chondr ill 0 ides. ci/mos((iu. dubiuiu. 3. gluliiiosiim. Gnielini. I. Gronovii. I. liedijpuoules. hybrid um. iiicauuhi. Kabnii. h Leontodontis. lyratum. 1. nuiroriun. 1. vai". miiopliorurn. var. jiilusissinunn. HiERACIlM : — muroniin \ai'. sj/lvoli- vinn. paluclosuin. 1. panieulatuni. 1. rilosella. 1. porrit'oiiuin. y>. pracinorsuin. 1. puniiliini. j)t/i'e)tnicitm. var. ((usiiiamm. var. bl(i/t(irii)id<'s. var. Judreticuii). var. i>ilt>sum. sabauduni. .'>. sanctum. .3. JSprengerianuM". 1. Taraxaci. '.'>. tomentosiim ^= Andnala lanata. iinibellatiini. 3. venosioii. villosuin. lIlLLIA. 'parasitica [Jaoc].]. HiPPiA. 1039. absintlioicles. 318. anierk-ana. M8. frutescens. pectinit'oliu*- 3IS. HiPPOCHATICA. volid)ilis. HiPPOciJEPis. 919. comosii. 1. nuiltisiliquusa. 1. unisiliquosa. HiPPOMAXK. 1146. bii/landuloS((. fjlandidosa. Z\lancinella. '.'y. spinosa. Zeocca. 31 S. HiPPOPHAi:. 1168. canadensis. J. Khanmoides. ]. Hippunis. 11. vulf/aris. 1. (pi.) lllRAEA. — reclinata [Jacq.J. LINXEAX HBUBARIUM, ]Tirtj:ll.v. atiicrli'diia. HoLCLs. 1212. fitcolor. luilepensis. 1. lauatus. 1. lappaeeus. MS. Jatifolii's. laxus. 1. mollis. -i. iiiger. MS. odoratus. 1. ])ertusus. S(tcch((r(itas. serratiis. Siippl. Sorghum. 3. spicatus. .'3. .striatus. 1. H(JLOSTEUM. 109. cordatum. 1. hirsittiii)!. succiileatiiin. umbel latum. 1, HoPEA. 942. tinctoria. IIORDEUM. 103. bulbosum. 3. distichon. Jw.vasticJioii. jubatiim. 1. murinum. 1. nodosum. 3. vulgare. 1. Zeocriton. 1. H(JRMINUM. 747. pyrenaiciim. 3. vii-ijiiiicutn. (ef. Salvia purpurea.) IIOTTOXIA. 204. iudica. 3. 2>((li(stris (pi.). HOUSTONIA. 128. caerulea. 3. purpurea. 3. IIUDSONIA. 622. ericoidcs (pi.). HuGoxiA. 857. Mi/stax (pi.). HuMULi's. 1178. Lupulus. 1. HuitA. 1144. crepitau.s. 3. IIyacinthus. 438. ametliystinus. -. botryoides. 1. cernuus. J. comosus. J. C'orymbosus. (m. L. f.) lanatus. monstruosu^. 1. Muscari. 1. uon-scriptus. 1. orcliioides. orientalis. 3. pnsillus. MS. racemosus. 3. romauus. serotinus. 1. viridis. 3. HiDXUM. 1281. aurisealpium. (m. Ehrli.) imhricattnu. parasiticuin. rcpandum. tomeiitostniK Hydrangea. 573. arborescens. Hydrastis. 720. cauadeusis. •>. Hydrociiaris. 1189. Morsus-ranae. 1. IIydrocotyle. 332. americaua. 1 . asiatica. 1. ehinensis. 1. cordifolia. MS. ei'ecta. Sup])l. ranuuculoides. Suppl. tlielygoiioides. MS. uinbellata. 1. villosa. Suppl. vulgnris. 1. Hydrolea. — sjnnosa. Hydrophyllum. 205. cauadense. 3. virginianum =■ seq. virgiuicum. 3. Hymenaea. 526. Courbaril. 3. 88 lM)i;X TO TUK llYOBAJfCHE. 799. sf(}i. montanum. 3. mutihihi. nuriiiindarivm. olympicum. 1. orieutale. 3. perfoliatum. perforatum. 1. petiulatitm. prolifiouin. 3. pidchrvhi. quadranguluni. I. repen.s. 3. sanguineuiii. M8. scabrum. 3. setos\i)rt. tomentosum. 3. virginicum. J). IItpxum. 1266. abietinum. 1. acacioiden. adiantoides. 1. aduncum. alopeamim. br>/oidcs. clavatum. MS. (■laveUatum. complanatum. 1. compressum. crispum. 1. cupressiforme. Crista-castrensis. curtipcnduluni. 1. cuspidatum. 1. deUcafidiiiii. deudroides. denticulatuni. JUicifoUum = fili Folium, filiciiium. filifolium. fluitans. (m. I^. f.) fp'acih'. illecehriim. jidaceuin . lorevrn. lucens. niyosuroides. XINNEAN HERBAKIUM. 89 HiPNUM : — ornitJiojood hides. 2>(dustre. parietinum. 1. plumosum . praeionguni. proliferuni. puruni. (m. ISol.) ripariuin. mgosnm. ruscifolium. MS. rvtahuhim. sciuroides. scorpioides. 1 . sericeum, 2. serpens. spinifonne. squaiTosum. 1. siilvaticum. taxii'olium. 1, triqiaetrum. undulatuiii. 1. velutinum. 1. viticulosuin. Hypochaeris. 959. Aclnirophorvs ^ Seriola aetlinensis. glabra. 1. maculata. 1. jjontana. radicata. 1. urens. Htpoxis. 427. alba. kSuppl. decumbens. 3. erecta. 3. fascicularls. miuiita. Suppl. plicatilis. Suppl. (plicata). serrata. Suppl. sessilis. striata. MS. Htssopus. 725. Lophantbus. 1 . nepetoides. 1. officinalis. 1. Iberis. 827. Iberis : — arabica. 3. cretiva. (jibraltaricK . liuifolia. 3. nudicaulis. 1. odorata. pinriata. 3. rotundifolia. 1. saxatilis. 3. semperfloreiis. 3. sempervirens. unibellata. 1. Ignatia. 251. >io*'rt = aiiiara, Linn, f. Ilex. 173. Aqui folium. 1. asiatica. Cassine. 1. cnneifolia. Dodonaeu. Illecebrum. 290. Achyrantba. 3. arabicuin. 3. alsinefoliiiin. 3. bengbalense. bracbiatum. capitatura. 1. cymosum. 1. ficoideuui. (ni. Sol.) javauicuin. lanatuui. Monsouiae. Suppl. Paronycbia. 1. polygonoides. sanguinolentum. sessile. 3. suffruticosum. 1. vermicnlatuiii. 3. vertieillatum. 1. Illicium. 704. aeudentata. MS. anisatinn. JJoridammi. Impatiens. 1053. Balsamina. 1. chinensis. 1. cornuta. lati folia. 3. Noli-tangoi'e. 1. 90 IMiK.V TO THK Impatikns: — Opjxisitif'jlid. trijloiii. Impkratouia. 366. Ostnitliiimi. 2. Jndjgofkka. 923. angiistifolia. Anil. lia = Convol- vulus quinquetolius. repaada. rubra. serpens. MS. solanifoUa. tamnifolia. triloba. 1. tuberosa. 1. untheUata. verticiUata. violacea. Ibesine. 1175. Celosia = seq. celosioides. Iris. 61. (tjihi/lla. bi flora. 1. jlorcntina. foetidissiina. 1. ^ermanica. (tu. L. f.) graniinea. 3. niartmicensis. LIXXEAN HE KHAR I I'M. 91 ]urs : — ocliroleuca. (m. L. f.) persica. 3. Tseud-acorus. 1. pumila. 1. 2>i/re)iaica. sfimbucina. sibirica. 1. iSisi/rincJihun. spuria. 3. si^tudeiis. susiana. 3. tenuifolia \_Pall.]. tuherosa. variegata. (in. L. f.) verna. 3. versicolor. -virginica. 3. Xiphium. IsATis. 848. nrmeaa. lusitanica. 1. tinctoria. 1 . IsciiAEMUxr. 1214. aristatuui. 1. muriiiuin \^Foyst.']. inuticuiii. 1. ISNARDIA. 157. palustris. 1. rauiosior. M8. IsoiiTES. 1256. lacustris. 1. ISOPYRU.M. 717. nithi/nicas:=\\c\a bithy- triloba. 1. niea. tnmestris. 1. Cicera. 1 . Lawsonia. 496. Clymenum. 1. inermis. 3. lieterophyllus. ]. spiiiosa. 1. liirsutus. 1. Lechia. 115. incoiispicuiis. 1. major. 1. LINNEAN HEBBARIUM. 1)5 Lechia : — minor. 1 . Lectthis, 682. ininor. OUar'ta. Ledum. 561. palustre. ] . Leea. 1118. aequata. 3. crispa. 3, Lemxa. 1093. arrliiza. f/ibba. minor. 1. pohirliiza. trisulca. \ . Leontice. 433. CJu'l/sor/ornnji. Leo)itopetaIoir« Art ^ Cochleaii;! Draba. eTamiui folia. 3. Lepidiim : — Iberis. ] . latifolium. 1. li/rati(iii. Nasturtium. MS. nudicaule. 1. perfoliatuni. 1. petnieum. 1. procuuibt'iis. '2. ruderale. 1. sativum. 1. spinosum. subulatum. 1. siiffriitieostuii. vesicaritnn. virgiuicuiu. 1, Leechea, 851 a. longicavJa. Leucabexdeon. — acavlon. cnncellaiion. Conocarpodcndron. cucidlatum =^ Protea cu- cuUatum. cyanoides = Protea cya- noides. cynaroides = Protea cynaroides. (jlomeratum = Protea glomerata. Jiirtum ^= Protea birla. HypojilniUoca r podcnd run = Protea liypophyl- locarpodeudron. Lejndoca rjHiilcnd ron = Protea Lepidocarpo- dendrum. jyinifoJium ^Vrotra piiii- folia. 2)roteoides=Vvo\:eii pur- purea. r«c6?»ost«» = Protea raie- mosum. r(?2)<'Hi-= Protea repeus. ScoIymoce/tJuditm. Sei^rai'ia = Protea Ser- raria. sjieciosKin = Protea spe- ciosa. 96 INDEX TO THE Leucojuxi. 410. aestivmu. :>. autuninalc. 1. vermiin. 1. Leysera. 1008. Callicornia. gnaphalodes. 3, paleacea.. 3. Lichen. 1273. ampullaccHS. aphthosus. 1. aquatilis. ai'Cticus. 1. articidatus. atro-alhus. atro-vlrens. btirbatus. 3. Hurgessii. (in. L. f.) byssoides. (in. Elirh.) calcarens. calicaris. 1. candelarius. caninus. 1. cape rat us. carpiiieus. ] . centrifugus. 1. chalybeiForniis. 1. chry sophthal m us. ciliaris. linereus. cocci ferns. 1. coralJinux. cornucopioides. coruutus. 1. iM'ispns. o'istatus. crocatus. croceus. 1. ci/lindricus. deformis. 3. ih'iisius, sphalni.^seq, . lot)i/ifoUi(s. LirnosrEUMiM. 181. aegyptiacuiu. (in. L. f. ? = tenuifl()ruiii. Siippl.) arvense. 1 . i dispernuini. 3. fruticosuin. 1. officinale, 1. orientale. 3. purpurocaerulcuin, 1. [purpureuin.] tincfor i urn = Av.vhu^ii tinctoria. virgiiiiamiMi. 1. ?•//•(/*/(/(•!')/* = ])raec. LlTTOEELLA. 1107. I lacvslris. | uuiHora. MS. LoASA. 688. j hispicla. Lobelia. 1051. assurgeiis. 3. bellidifolia, IMS. [=bel- ' lidiflora, Siippl.] \ ludhosa. 3. C'ardiiialis. 1. Cheiraiithns = Manidea Cheiraiitliiis. Clift'ortiana. ]. comosa = triquet la. cornuta. ooronopifolia. debilis. Sup|)l. LoliKLIA :— Uortiiianiia. 1. elongata. MS. eriiioide.s. 3. Eriiius. 3. hirsutd. hirt((. iuflata. 1. Kahnii. 1. Laiirt'iitia. 3. longiilora. 3. (m. Sol.) liitea. 3. iniiiiiiia. MS. mimita. ohscHVd. Oederia. ^IS. paniculata. Phyteuina. pinifolia. 3. Fhnnieri = Scaevola Lobelia, simplex. surinuiiiensls. sypbilitica. 1. tenella. 3. Trapa =Jj. Tupa. tritpietra. 3. 2\(pa. urens. 3. zeylanica. 3. LOEFLINGIA. 54. bispanica. L LOESELIA. — ciliata. LoLiuM. 99. distachyon. perenne. 1. temulentiini. I. teiiiie. .3. Lo>-cniTis. 1249. aurita. Jiir.s^dd. pedata. 3. (ni. Sol.) rej^ens. LoxiCERA. 235. rt?6rt=C'liiococca race- mosa. alpigena. L caeruiea, 1. LIXXEAN HERBAEIU.M. 99 LONICERA : Caprifoliuni. 1. corymhosa. Diervilla. 1. dioica. Jl marUandica =: Spigelia niarilandica, nigra. parasitica. Periclymenum. 1. pyreuaiea. 1. sempervirens. 1. Symphoi'icarpos. 1. tatarica. 2. Xylosteuin. LOEANTHUS. 455. amencauiis. europaeus. 3. lonicerioides. occidentalis. pentandrus. 3. Scurrula. 3. spicatns [Jacq.]. Stelis. niiifloriis [Jacq.]. Lotus. 931. aiigustissimus. 1. arabicus. 3. conjugatus. 1. corniculatus. 1. var. tenuifoliiis. creticiis. 1 . cytisoides. 1. Dorycnium. 1, edulis. 3. grgcto=siliquosus. fruticosus = Boi'bonia tomeutosa. graecus. 3. hirsutus. 1. Jacobaeus. 1. maritimus. 1. mauritanicas. 3. ornithopodioides. ]. peregriiius. prostratus. 3. rectus. 1. siliquosMs. Tetragoaolobus. 1. Lotus : — fetrapJiT/lIas. LUDWIGIA. 154. alternifolia. 1. erigata. op])ositifolia. perennis. LuxARiA. 832. annua. 3. rediviva. 1. LupiNus. 898. albus. 1. angustifolius. 1. hirsutus. 1. intc'grifoJius. luteus. 1. perennis. ]. pilosiis. sfohmlferus=h\vsutiis. varius. 1. Lychms. 602. alpestria, (m. L. f.) alpina. 1 apetala. I. clialcedonica. 1. dioioa. 1 . Flos-cucidi. inaperta. quadridentdta = Silene quadrifida. sibirica. 1. Viscaria. 1. Lycium. 259. at'rum. 1. album. barbaruiii. 1. capsulare. 3. europaeum. 3. Lycoperdon. 1287. awantium. Bovista. cancelJatum. carcinomatis. Suppl. Carpoholus. cervinum. Epidendrum. epiphyllum. parasiticum. MIS. peduncidatum . 100 INDEX TO THE Lycoperdox : — pisifornn'. pistillare. radiatiDn. stellatuin. (in. Ehrh.) truncattmi. Tuber. variolosum, LycoponiuM. 1257. iilopecurioides. 1. alpinum. 1. annotinum. apodum. 1. Brt/opteris. canaliculatum . caroUnianunt. cernuum. 1. circinale. clavatum. 3. complaiiatum. 1. denticulatum. 1. flabellatura. 1. helveticum. inundatum. 1. linifolium. nudum. 1. obscurum. 1. ornitliopodioides. 3. Plilegmaria. plumosum. 3. rupestre. 3. sanguinolentum. 1. selaginoides. 1. Selago. 1 . var. minor. Ltcopsis. 190. aegyptiaca = Asperugo aegyptiaca. arvensis. 1. Echioides. onentalis. puUa. 3. variegata. 1 . vesicaria. 1. virginica. Lycopus. 36. europaeus. 1. exaltatus. Suppl. italicus. MS. Lycopus : — virginicns. Lygeum. 75. Spartuin. 2. Lysimachia. 207. atropurpurea. 1. ciliata. ] . Epheinerum. 1. Linum-stellatuiu. 1. nemorum. 1. Nummularia. 1- punctata. 3. quadrifolia. 1. tenella = Anagallis tenella. thyrsi flora. 1. vulgaris. 1. Lythrum. 626. carcbagineiise [JVec^.]. Cuphea. Suppl. fruticosum. 3. Hyssopit'olia. 1. lineare. 2. Melanium. Parsonsia. 3. jjeiiolatum. Salicaria. 1. Thymifolia. 1. verticillatum. 1. virgatuni. 1. Macrocnemum. 227. jaraaicense. 3. (m. Sol.) Madrepora. — Acetabulum, [= Ace- tabularia mediter- ranea, Lamour.~\ Magnolia. 706. acuniitiata. glauca. 3. grandijiora. tripetala. virginiana. var. acuminata = acuminata. var. fcetida = graudiflora. var. glauca =: glauca. LIX>fEAN HERBARIUM. 101 Magnolia virguiiaiin var. grisea-= c!:lauca ? var. tripetahi = tripetala. Mahernia. — jihinata. verticiUata. Malachra. 867. capitata. 3. radiata. Mallococca [Forst.]. crenata [Forst.'] = Gre- Avia jMallococca. Malope. 872. Malacoides. 1. Malpiqhia. 588. aiigustifolia. 3. aquifolia. 3. banisteroides. (Occigera. crassifolia. 1. glabra. 1. iiitida. 3. ohscura. punicifolia. iirens. 1. verbascifolia. 1. Malya. 870. abutiloides. aegyptia. 1. Alcea. 1. amerienaa. bryonifolia. 1. capeiisis. 1. var. scabrosa. caroliniana. 1. coromaudeliana. 1. crispa. gangetica. hispanica. 1. liuiensis. 3. mauritiana. 1. moschata. 3. parviflora. 2. peruviana. 1. rotuudifolia. 1. scabrosa = capensis. scariosa. MS. Malya : — Sherardiaua. 3. spicata. 3. (in. L. f.) sylvestris. 1. tomentosa. 1. Tournefortiana. 3. verticiUata. 1. var. c/'is2:)rt = erispa. Mammba. 675. americaua. 1 . asiatica. 3. Maxdr agora. — officinarum. Manettia. — recllnata. Mangifera. 276. iudica. 1. Manisuris. 1215. myui'us. Manulea. 787. Cheiranthus. 3. tomentosa. Maranta. 6. arundinacea. 1. Galanga. Marcgrayia. 661. ttmbeUata (pL). Marchantia. 1269. androgyua. 1. chenopoda. (ni. Sol.) conica. (m. L. f.) cruciata. (an m. Suartz ?) hemisphaerica. 1. polymorplia. 1. ["polv- phylla."] tenella. Margaritaria. 1187. alternifolia. MS. oppositifolia. MS. Marrubium. 738. aeetabulosum. 3. africanum. 2. Alysson. 1. candidissimuin. 1. crispum. 3. hiypaniciim. 1. peregrinum. 1. Pseudo-dictamnus. 1. h* 2 102 IXDEX TO TUE JMAltRUHIl'M : supiiium. 3. vuJgare. 1 . Mabsilea. 1254. miniita. nataiis. 3. quadrifolia. 1. qvacb-ifo/iata = praec. Waktyma. 769. annua. 3. longijlora. pereunis. 1 JM.vssoxiA. 414. latifolia. (iioiii. sp. m. L. f.) Siippl. Matricakia. 1013. arf/eniea. asteroides. 3. capensis. 3. Chamomilla. 3. inodora. maritima. 1. Parthenium. 1. reaitita. suaveoleus. 3. Mattiiiola. — scahra. Maubitia. 1290. flexuosa. (^m.L.f.) 8uppl. Medeola. 468. oculeata. aspararjoides. virgiuiana. 1. Medicago. 933. arborea. 1 . circinuata. 1 . I'alcata. 1. lupulina. 1. marina. ]. polynioi'pha. var. arabica. 2. var. ciluiris. var. coroiiata. 2. var. hirsuta. 2. var. intertexta. 2. var. vtiniina. var. niuricala. 2. var. ni(/y((. var. orbicularis. 2. Medicauo : — polyinorpba. var. rigidula. 2. var. scutella^a. 2. var. tornata. 2. var. turhinata. radiata. 1. sativa. 1. vircpnlca. Melaleuca. 941. Lnicadendroa (pi.). Melampodium. 1034. americanum. australe. (m.L. f.) MELAiirTBUM. 760. arvenst'. 1 . ci'istatum. 1. nemorosuni. 1. pratense. 1. sylvaticum. 1. Melanthium. 467. capense. 3. (ni. L. f.) ciliatuiii. MJS. indicum. malabai'ieum. MS. sibiricum. 1. virgiuicuin. 1. viride. Siippl. Melastoma, 559. Acinodendrum. aspera. 3. crispata. discolor. 3. fjrossularioides. grossa. Suppl. hirta. 3. bolosericea. 3. laevigata. 3. incdxdxithrica. nova [ = fragilis, Siippl.]. octandra. 1. scabrosa. 3. strigosa. Suppl. sessilifolia. 3. M-ELiA. 543. Azadiiavhta. Azedaracb. 1. var. semper- LINNEAN IIEEBAEIUM, 103 Meliajjxhus. 818. major. 1 . minor. 1. (m. L. f.) Mblica. 86. altissima. 1. ciliaris = seq. ciKata. 1. caendea = Aira caerulea. falx. Suppl. miuuta. 3. nutans. 1. papilionacea. 3. spectahilis. Melicocca. 488. bijuga. 3. Melissa. 745. Calamintha. 1 . cretica. 3. fruticosa. 1. graudiflora. 1. jN'epeta. 1 . officinalis. 1. pulegioides = Cunila pulegioides. Melittis. 748. MeUssophijUnm (pi.). Melochia. 855. concatenata. corchorifolia. 1. (m. Sol.) depressa. 3, (m. Sol.) pyramidata. 1. supina. tomentosa. 3. Irigyna. MS. MEI.OTnBIA. 51. pendula. 1. Memecylon. 493. capitellatum (pi.). Menais. — topiaria. Mbnispermum. 1195. canadense. 1. carolinum. Coccidus. crispum, Jlavum. Idrsutum. Myosotis=8e(\. Menispebmum : — iiiyosotoldes. orbicidatiim. virginicuni. 1. Mentha. 730. aquatica. 1 . arvensis. ]. Atirictdaru! . canadensis. ]. canariensis. I. cervina. 1 . crispa. 1. exigua. 3. frutescens. MS. gentilis. 1 . hirsuta. 3. perilloides = Perilla ocymoides. piperita. 3. Pulegium. 3. rotuudifolia. 3. sativa. 3. spicata. var. longifolla = sylvestris. var. rotund if olia-. rotundifolia. — var, sijlvestrls = sylvestris. var. viridis = viridis. sylvestris. 3. verticdlata. viridis. 3. Mentzelia. 687. aspera. 3. (n-,. Sol.) Menyanthes. 203. indica. 3. Nymphoides. 1. trit'oliata. 2. Meroukialis. 1188. afra. ambigua. 3. annua. 1. perennis. 1. procu7nhens. tomentosa. i. MeSBMDRY ANTHEM CJM. 649. acaxde. acinariforme. 104 INDEX TO Tin; ^Iksemuuyam'iilmlm : — MESKMnYAXTlIEMUM : — acinaciforme. tuberosum. umbellatum. uncinatmn. veritctdafum. albidum. aureum. villosum. barhatitin. Mespilus. 646. heUidiJloru))!. Amelanc'liier. 1. heUidae folium := praec. ? arbuti folia. 1. bicolomm. canadensis. 1 . calamifonne. Chamaemespihis. copticum. 3. Cotoneaster. 1. C07'»knlatu)ii. germanica. 1. crassifoliniii. Pvracantha. 1. cn/stallimun. MESSERSMiniA. 192. deltoides. j'lr^»r-1.0. ucraiiica. 1. violacea. 1. aquatica. 1, virginica. 3. Nephelium. 1112 a. Jappaanim [Linn. t".]. Obolaria. — NEEiuii. 300. vhyinica. antidysentericum. 1. OCHKA. clivaricatu)ii. Jahuiapita. Oleander (pi.). squarrosa. zeylanicum. 3. OCYMUM. 749. Neurada. 606. album. 3. prociinihens (pL). americanum. 2, NiCOTIANA. 245. Basilica ni. 1. fruticosa. 3. frutesceyis = Perilla glutinosa. 1. frutesceus. onilitaris. gratissiniuni. 3. paiiiculata. 1. menthoides. pusilla. minimum. 1. (minus.) rustica. 1. monachorum. Tabacum. 1, polystacbyon. (m. L.f.) tirens. prostratum. NiGELLA. 700. purpurascens. MS. arvensis. 3. sanctum. 3. damascena. J . scutellarioides. 3. LIXNEA>' HEEBAEir.M. 109 OCYMUM : Onoclea : — tenuiflorum. 1. sensifii'(( = ])YS(ic. thyrsi tlonini. '3. trilocularis. MS. Oedera. 1047. Ononis. 896. capense [=seq.]. alopecui'oides. 1 . £)roUfem. antiquorum. 3. Oenanthe. 359. arvensis. 3. crocaUi. caj)ensis. fistulosa. 1. ceuisia. globulosa. 3. cernua. pimpinelloicles. 3. Cherleri. 3. prolifera. 1. crispa. 3. OE^OTHERA. 484. filiformis. biennis. 1. fruticosa. I. fruticosa. 1. mauritauica (m. L. f.). hirta. Cf. Lotus mauritaui- longiflora. cus. mollissima. 1. niicrophylla. Suppl. muricata. 3. minutissima. 1. octovalvis. mitissima. 1. Ona(jra = bienu is . natrix. 1. parviflora. 3. ornitliopodioides, 1. perennis. pinguis. 3. pumila. 3. prostrata. {Cf. Lotus sinuata. 3. prostratus.) Olax. — pvhescew>. zeylanica. pusilla. Oldestlandia. 155. redinata. biflora. 3. repens. 3. capense. Suppl. rotundifolia. 3. corymbosa. 3. spinosa. pauiculata. 3. ' . " Vtll . nl'lZtS repens. 3. =arvensis. stricta. iridentata. umbellata. 1. trifoliata. uniflora. 1. umbellata. verticillata. variegatn . 3. Olea. 20. villosa. americana. viscosa. 1. capensis. 1 . Onopoedum. 968. europaea. 1. Acanthium. 3. Olyea. 1099. acaidon. latifolia. 3. arabicum. Omphalea. 1102. iUijrintm . dianilra. OnosmaI! 187. triandra. 3. Ecbioides. 3. Onoclea. 1242. oriental is. 2>ol)/podioides. simplicissima. 3. sensibilis. 1. Ophioqlossum. 1243. 110 INDEX TO THE OpniOGLOSSUM : — flexuosuin. ;5. li'sitanicnui. midicaule. Suppl. pahnatum. pendulum. rctlculatum. scandens. 1. vulgatum. 3. Ophiorriiiza. 211. M'ttreola. Mungos. Ophioxylox. 1208. colubriuuin. MS. serpeatinnra. Ophira. 499. stncta (pi.). Ophrys. 1056. alaris, 8uppl. alpiua. 1. aiithropophora. 1. atrata. 'A. bivalvata. Suppl. bracteata. Suppl. caffra. caratscbatea. 1. catholica. cernua. 1. circumflexa. Corallorbiza. 1. cordata. 1. insectifera. var. arachnites. var. niyodes. hit i folia. lilifolia. 1. Loeselii. 1. monopbyllo>;. 1. Mouorchis. 3. Nidus-avis. 3. ovata. 1. paludosa. 1. patens. Suppl. spiralis. 3. volucris. Suppl. Orchis. 1054. abortiva. 3. barbata. Suppl. bicornis. Orchis : — hiffora. bit'olia. 3. Burrnanniand. ciliaris. 1. conopsea. 1. coriophora. 3. cornuta. cubitalis. cucuVata. Draconis. Suppl. filicornis. Suppl. flava. 1. flexuosa. fuscescens. globosa. 3. llabenaria. 3. hispidula. Suppl. byperborea. 3. ineai-nata. 3. latifolia. 1. inaculata. 1. mascula. 3. niilitaris. 1. Morio. 1. var. anrjustifoUus. var. masculus = mascula. odoratissima. 3. jtalJens. papiliouacea. 3, psychodes. 1. pyramidalis. 3. sagittalis. Suppl. sambucina. 3. sancta. 3. satyrioides. spathulata. Suppl. spectabilis. 1. strateumatica. Susannae. tenella. Suppl. tipuloides. Suppl. tripetaloides. Suppl. ustulata. 1. Origanum. 743. aefjiiptiacum. creticuni. 1. Dictamnus. 1. LIXXEAX HERBAKIUM. ]11 Origanum : — heracleoticvm . Majorana. 1. Maru. 3. Onites. 1. sipyleuin. 1. smtjrnaeum. si/riacum. vulgare. 1 . Obnithogalum. 428. arabicum. 3. bivalve. bulbiferum. MS. (m. L. f.). canad ense = Alhuca major. capense. comosum. Jiirsiitum=:lLy ^oxis erecta. latifolium. 1. luteum. minus, sphaltii=seq. minimum. 1. narbouense. 3. nutans. 1. piiramidcde. pyrenaicuni. 1. umbellatum, 3. uniflorum. 3. Oenithopus. 918. compressus. 1. perpusillus. 1. scorpioides. 1. tetraphyllus. (m. Sol.) Oeobanche. 798. Aeginetia. americana. 3. capensis. MS. cernua. 3. laevis. 1. major. 1. ramosa. 1. unijlora. virgin! an a. 1. Obobus. 904. angustifolius. 1 . liirsidus, Lathyroides. 1. Orobtjs : — luteus. 1. iiiger. 1. pijrenaicus. si/lvaticns. tuberosus. 1 . vernus. 3. Oroxtium. 448. aquaticum. 1. Ortega. 53. dicJiotoma. hispanica. 2. Orvala. 733 a. gargauica = Lamiuin Orvala. Ortza. 460. sativa. 1. Osbeckia. 482. chinensis. 1. OSMITES. 1029. astericoides. Bellidiastrum. 3. calycina. Suppl. camphorina. leucantha. MS. OSMUNDA. 1244. adiantifoJia. bipiunata. 1. capensis. cervina. cinnamomea. 1. Clayton iana. 1. crispa. filiculifolia. 1. hirsuta. hirta. Luuaria. ■ var. Baeckeaua. Ph)/IJitidis. regalis. 3. Spicant. 1. Striithiopteris. 1. verticillata. virginiana. 1, zeylanica. OSTEOSPERMUM. 1037. ciliatum. corymbosum. ilicifolium. 3. 112 INDEX ro TUB OSTEOSPKRMUM : — OXALIS. 600. imbricatum. Acetosella. 1. junceuin. Banrlien. iiioniliferiim. corniculata. 1. pisiferiiin. 3, (" pisi- flava. foruie.'') frnUscens. polygaloides. liirta. spiiiosum. 3. incarnata. 3. triquetrum. Suppl. lanata. Suppl. Uvedalia ^Pohimua longiflora. 1. (" longi Uvediilia. folia.'") OSYRIS. 1161. monophylla. alba. 2. uatans. Suppl. Othonna. 1038. Pes-caprae. abrotani folia. 3. punctata. Suppl. arhorescens. purpurea. hulbosn. sensitiva. 3. capilhiris. Siippl. sessilifolia. cheirifolia. 1. stricta. ciliata. Suppl. tomentosa. Suppl. Cinera ria = Cineraria versicolor. caiiadeusis. violacea. 1. corono])ifolia. 3. crassifolia. (Au cheiri- folia?) Paedeuia. 294. dentati ( = c\\inta. foetida. 3. ericoides. Suppl. Paederota. 27. frutescens. (Of. Sene- Af/eria. cio rigens). Bonae-Spei. f/eifoUa. Bonarota. Jielenitis=CmevaY\a Paeoxia. 692. alpina. anomala. inte[/rifolia = Ciu. alpiua. oflicinalis. 3. maritima = C\n. mari- tiina. 2>ahistris=C'm. palus- -v-diV. feminea. tenui folia. 3. tris. PA^-Ax. 1237. par vi flora. fruticosum. 3. pectinata. quinquefolium. 1. sibirica=Cineraria sibi- trifolinm (pi.). rica. Pancratium. 413. sonchifolia. amboinense. Tagetes. 3. carolinianum. tenuissima. caribaeuni. 1. trifida. Suppl. illyricum. 3. virginea. Suppl, maritimum. OVIEDA. 807. mexlcanum. mitis. 3. zeylanicum. 3. sjnnosa. Panicum. 80. LIXNEAN HERBARIUM. 113 Paxicum : — adhaerens. alopecuroides. 1. Alopecuriis. MS. alopecuroideum. americanum = Holcus spicatus. arboresceus. ]. brevifolium. 1. hrizoides. capillare. 1 . clandestiuum. 1. colonum. 3. coloratum. compositum. conglomeratam. Crus-corvi. 8. Crus-galli. 1. curvatum. fynosuroides. Dactylon. 1. dicliotomuiii. 1. dimidiatum. 1 dissectum = Paspalum dissectum. distachyon. divaricatum. 3. filiforme. 1. germanicum. glaucum. 1. grossariuin. 3. hirtelluni. 3. incur vuni. MS. indicum. italicum. 1, latifolium. 1. linear e. miliaceum. 1. ort/zoides, Ard. patens. 1. polystachyon. 3. ramosum. 3. repens. 3. reptans = praec. sanguinale. 1. verticil latum. 3. virgatuni. 1. viride. 3. (ni. Sol.) Papavee. 669. alpiuum. 3. Argemone. 1. cambricum. 1. dubium. 3. Iiybriduiu. 1. nudicaule. 1. orientale. 1. Khoeas. 3. somniferuni. 1, Parietaeia. 1220. ci'etica. 3. iadica. 3. judaica. 3. lusitanica. 3. microphylla. 3. officinalis. 3. zeylanica. Paris. 515. quadrifolia. 1. Parkixsoxia. 527. aculeata. 1. (in. Sol.) Paexassia. 392. palustris. 1. Parthenium. 1115. Hysterophorus. 1. integrifolium. 1. Paspalum. 79. dimidiatura. dissectum. 3, distichum. 3. paniculatum. 3. scrobiculatum. 3. virgatum. 3. Passerixa. 504. capitata, 3. ciliata. dodecandra. ericoides. filiforiiiis. 1. hirsuta. 3. laevigata, (ef. Gnidia oppositifolia.) sericea. (<•/. Gn. sericea.) uniflora. 3. Passiflora. 1070. caerulea. 1, cajisiddris. 114 IXDEX TO TUB Passiflora : — cupiaea. 3. dujitata. divaricata. duhia. foetidii. 1 . hirsiita. holosericea. 3. (iii.L.f.) in earn at a. 1. laurifoVia. lutoa. 1. maliformis. minima. 3. multijlora. Murucuja. 3. normalis. 8. (in. Sol.) pallida. 3. 2yedata. perfoliata. 3. polyniorpha. MS. (m.L.f.?) punctata. 3. quadrangularis. 3. rotunditolia. 3. rubra. 3. (m. Sol.) serrata. serratifolia. serrato-dAgitata. suberosa. 1. tUiaefoJia. vespertilio. 1. Pastinaca. 369. costina = P. Opopanax. lucida. 3. Opopanax. sativa. Patagonula. — americana. Paullinia. 512. asiatica. 1. hnrhadensis. carihaea. cartliaginensis. curassavica. 1. CtirxirK. diversifolia. mexicana. 1. nodosa. pinnata. 3. (in. Sol.) Paullixia : — ])olypliylla. 3. Scriana. tomentosa. Pat ETTA. 133. indica. 1 . Pectis. 1011. ciliari.H. 3. linit'olia. minuta = Belliura miuutum. 2:>unctata. Pedalium. 817. Murex. 3. Pediculahis. 763. canadensis. comosa. 1. tlammea. 1. foliosa. hirsuta. 1. incarnata. 1 . Inpponica. 1. palustris. 1. recutita. 3. resupinata. 2. rostrata. 3. Sceptrum-Carolinum. 1. sylvatica. 3. tristis. 1. tuberosa. 1. verticillata. 1. Peganum. 621. danricinn. Harmala. 1. Peltaria. 829. alliacea [Jacq.]. Penaea. 140. fruticulosa. Suppl. fucata. fnrcata, sphalin. = praec. lateriflora. Suppl. mai'ginata. mucronata. myrtoidos. Suppl. SarcocoUa. 3. squamosa. 3. Pknstemon. 313 a. chelonoides. Pentapetes. 860. KcerifoUa, plioenicea. 1, suherifoUa. Pextiioritm. 596. sedoides. 1. Peplis. 458. PortuJa. 1. tetrandra. 3. Pebdicium. 1003. brasiliense. 3. radiale. 3. seiiiiiiosculare. i (m.L.f.) -fERGULAEIA. 306. glabra. 3. romeiitosa. 3. Pjekilla. 731. fruteseens. MS. ocjnioides. 3. Periploca. 307. africana. 1. graeca. 1. ^Qf. Cero pegia temiifoiia) uidica. Secamone. temdfoUa = Ceropegia tenuifolia. P-ETESIA. 134, Lygistum. 3. •stipularis. 3. tomentosa. Petiveria. 472, alliacea. 1. octaudra. 3. Petrea. 781. volubilis. 1. Peucebaj^um. 346. alpestre. 3. alsaticLun. 3. minus = PinipiuelJa piimila. nodosum. officinale. 1. Silaus. 3. Peziza. 1285. Acetahuhim. Auricula. (m Ehrh.) EINNEAN HERBARIUM. 115 (m. Ehrh.) '5. (in. L. f.) 1. 1. Peziza : — coclileata. conwcopioldes, cupidaris. cyathoides. ^entifera. punctata. scutellata. Phaca. 925. alpiua. 1. ausfralis. haetica. ffigida. sibirica. (m. L. f.) sidcata. trifoliata. vesicaria. 3. PUALARIS. 78. aquatica. 3. ariindinacea. 1. bulbosa. 3. canariensis. erueaeformis. nodosa, orijzoides. paradoxa. plileoides. tuberosa. utnculaia. zizanioides. Phallus. 1282. esculentus. im^mdicns. Pharnaceum. 387. Cerviana. 2. cordifoliuiii. depress urn. disHcJiinn. incanuin. Mollugo. 3. pennatuin. MS. Spercnda = p. MoUugo? Pharis. 1120. latifolius. 3. Phascu:.!. 1260. ncaidon, cmdescens. (ni. Moiitiu ?) IJedancidatum. (m. Montin ?) 1. 3. 1. (m. Ehrh.) 3. IIG INDEX TO TllJi Phascum : — re pens. subulaluin. '^. Pii.vsEOLUS. 899. (flatus. Caracal! a. coccinens = vulgaris var. coccineus. fariiiosKs. helvolus. inamoemif. luthyroides. hinatus. Max. ] . MunrjO. nanus. radiatus. 1. semi-erectus. 3. sj^liaeros^^ermxs. trilobatus. U6. = Gly- cine triloba. vexillatus. vulgaris. 1. var. coccineus. Phella>drium. 360. aquaticuni. 1. Mutellina. 1. Philadelphus. 634. coronai'ius. 1. inodorus. Phillykea. 19. angustifolia. 1. cliinensis. MS. latifolia. 3. media. 3. Phleum. 81. alpinuni. 1. arenarium. 1. nodosum. 3. pnitense. 1. schoenoides. 1. Phlomis. 740. fruticosa. 1. Herba-venti. indica. 1. italica. laciniata. Leonotis. Leonurus. 1. 1. I PULOMIS: — lyclinitis. nepeti folia. 2. Nissolii. purpurea. 1. suiida. tuberosa. 1 . zeylauica. Phlox. 217. Carolina. 3. divaricata. 1 . glaberrima. 1. inaculata. 1. ovata. 1. paniculata. 3. inlosa. setacta. sibirica. 3. subulata. 1 . Phoenix. 1291. dactijlifera (pi.). Phobmium [Forst.j. 439. orcludioides. Phryma. 755. hians. MS. Leptostachya. 1 . Phylica. 263. bicolor. busifolia. 3. dioioa. 3. ericoides. 1. imherhls. parviflora. plumosa. 1. racemosa. radiata = Brunia radiata. stipularis. viscosa. Phyllachxe. 1089. idiginosa [Porst.]. Phyllanthus. 1105. bacciformis. Emhlka. epipbyllanthu?. 1. (m. Sol.) (/rand i folia. iiiadoraspatensis. (m. L. f.) LINNEAN HERBARIUM. 117 Phtllanthus : — Niruri. 1. Urinaria. 1. Phyllis. 330. indica. Nobla. 1 . Physalis. 247. Alkekengi. 1. angiilata. 2. arboresceiis. campechiana. curassaviea. flexuosa. 1. ininima. peusylvauica. 3. pei'uviann. pruinosa. pubescens. 2. somnifera. 1. viscosa. 3. Phyteuma. 223. comosa. 3. hemisphaericn. 3. orbicularis. 1. pauci flora. 3. j)inn((ta. spicata. 3. Phytolacca. 607. americana := de- candra. (matica. decandra. 3. dioica, 3. icosaiidra. 3, octaiidra. 3. PiCRis. 948. asphnioides. Echioides. 1. Hieracioides. 1. 2^1/renaica. Piltjlauia. 1255. globulifera. 1 . Pimpisella. 373. Anisuni. 1. dicliotoma. dioica. glauca. 1. magna. major. MS. peregrina. 1. PlMPI]!fELLA : jnimila [Jacq.]. Saxit'raga. 3. var. hircina. var. major. PiNGUICULA. 33. alpina. 1. lusiianica. villosa. 1. vulgaris. 1. Pixus. 1135. Ahies. balsaiiiea. 3. canadensis. Cedrus. Cembra. 1. Larix. 2. orientalis. Picea. Pinea. 1. Strobus. 1. sylvestris. 1. Taeda. 1. Piper. 47. acuminatum. adunruim. 3. Amalago. 3. Beth. decumanum. distachyon. longum. . macidosum. Malamh-is. obtusi folium. 1. nigrum. 1. pellucidum. peltatum. quadrifolium. reticulatum. rotuudifolium. 3. Sinl)oa. trifolium. umbellatum. verticillat.uui. 3. PisciDiA. 889. carthagineMsis. Erythrina. PisoNiA, 1236. aculeata. 1. mills. 118 INDEX TO THi; PiSTACIA. 1170. Lentiscus. 1 . iiarboncnsis. 3. Shnaruhd = Bursera gmninil'era. Terebinthus. 3. irifolin. vera (pi.). PiSTIA. 1072. Stratiotes. 1. PisuM. 903. arvense. maritimum. 1 . Ochrus. 1. sativum. 1. var. (juadratum. var. umhellatum. Plagianthus [Forst.]. 861. cUvaricatus [Forst.]. Plantago. 144. afra. 3. albicans. 1. alpina. 3. altissima. 3. asiatica. 1. coronop'ifolia = seq. Coronopus. 3. cretica. 1. Cynops. 1. duhia. indica. 3. Lagopus. 1 . lanceolata. Loeflingii. 1. lusitanica. major. 1. maritima. 1. media. 1. Psyllium. 1. recnrvata. Serraria. 3. subulata. 3. unijlora = Littorella iiniflora. virginica. 1. Platanus. 1133. occidentalis. 1 . orientalis. 1. Plectro'ia. 277. Plectroxia : — ventosa. (m. L. f.) Plinia. 642. crocea. pentapetala. petiolata. jtinnata. rubra. tetrapetala. Plukenetia. — vohibilia. Plumbago. 216. europaea. 1 . rosea. 3. scan' fens, zevlauica. 1. Plumeuia. 301. alba. oJ)iiisa. pudica. rubra. 3. PoA. 87. alpina. 1. amabilis. amboinehsls = seq . amboiiiica. angustifolia. 1. annua. 1. aquatica. 1. bulbosa. 1. capillaris, 1. cliinensis, 1. ciliaris. 3. compressa. 1. cristata. distans. Eragrostis. 3. flava. malabarica. 1. maritima = Triticiim maritimum. nemoralis. 1. palustris. 3. jjilosa. pratensis. 1. rigida. 3. S2ncata. teuella. 1. trivialis. 1. LIXNEAN HERBARIUM. 119 Podophyllum. 667. POLYGALA : — diphylluni. 1. Senej^a. ] . peltatum. 1. sibirica. 1. POINCIANA, 529. spinosa. bijuga. sqiiarrosa. Suppl. elata. 3. stipulacea. (m. L. f.) pulcherrima. 1. theezans. POLEMOXIUM. 220. trichosperma. caeriileuin. 1. triflora. dubium. 2. umbellata. Nyctelea = EUisia verticillata. 1. Nyctelea. vii'idescens. 1. reptaiis. y. vulgaris. 1. n(bn(7n. Polygonum. 510. POLIANTHES. 437. amphibiuin. 1. tuberosa. 3. arifolium. 1. PoLTCARPA = seq. articulatura. 1. PoLrCARPOX. 111. aviculare. 1. tetrapbyllum. 3. barbatum. 1. POLYCNEMUM. 55. Bistorta. 1. arvense. 1. chiuense. 1. POLTGALA. 882. Convolvulus. 1. acuiifoUa. divaricatum. 1. aestuans. Siippl. dumetoruni. 3. alopecuroides. erectum. amara [in. ?] Fagopyrum. 1. aspalatlia. 3. frutescens. 1. bicornis. MS. Ilydropiper. 1. bracteolata. 1. lapatbifolium. 3. brasiliensis. 3. hntictdatum. Chamaebiixus. 1. maritimum. 3. chiiiensis. 1. ocreatum. 1. ciliata. 1. orientale. 1. cordifolia. MS. pensylvanicum. 1. cruciata. perfoliatum. 3. diversifolia. 3. Persicaria. 1. (jlaucoides. sagittatum. 1. Heisteria. 1. scandeijs. 1. incarnata. 1. serration. lutea. 1. tataricum. 1. luicrophylla. 3. Uvifera = Coccoloba mixta. Siippl. IJvifera. monspeliaca. 1. virginiannm. 1. my rti folia. 1. vivipanim. 1. oppositifolia. POLYMXIA. 1083. paniculata. 3. (m. Sol.) bidentis. MS. Penaea. canadensis. 1. saiiguiuea. 1. Tetragonotlieca. 3, scabra. 1 Uvedalia. 1. 120 INDEX TO THE POIAMMA. : Weilelia. POLYPODllM. 1251. aculeiituiu. 1. alatuni. arhoreiun. asperum. asplenifoUum. aureuiu. 1. auriculaluni. 3, Barometz. bulbiferum. 1. caff roru til. cauibricum. 1. capense. Suppl. cicutarium. eomosum. conlifolmm. crassifoliian. crispatum. cristatum. 1. decussatum. dissimile. 3. Dryoj)teris. exaltatum. 3. Filix-t'emina. 1. Filix-fnujiU = fragile, niix-mas. 1. fontauum. 1. fragile. 2. fragrans. 1. heterophyllum. 3. horriduin. 3. laiiceolatuiu. (ni. L. f.) leptophj/llum (pi.)- Lonchitis. 1. loriceum. lusifanimm. lycopodioides. 1. margiuale. 1. inuncatnin. noveboraceuse. Otites. parasiticum. pectinatuni. Phegopleiis Phyllitidis. pliyinatodes piloselloides pubescens. 1. 3. 1. 3. 3. 3. POLYPODIUM : — pijramidale. quercifolium. 3. regium. 2. reticulatuin. 3. retrojfexinn. rhaeticum. 1. scolopendrioides. 3. simile. 3. speluncae. spinosuin. 3. squamatum. Strulhionis. suspea^um, laxifolhim. Thelypteris. tornatile. MS, irianffidum, trifolialum. 3. trifarattwn. unitum. 3. vcnnum. villosum. virginianum. indtjare. POLTPltEMUM. 139. procumbens. 1. POLYTIUCIIUM. 1263. alpinum. commune. 2. urnifienim. POMMEBEULLA [Linii. f.]. 74. Cornucojuae [Linn. f.]. PONTEDERIA. 407. ceruua. MS. cordata. 1. hastata. 1. ovata. 3. rotundifolia. rayinuJis. PopuLUs. 1185. alba. 1. balsainitera. 1. heteropliylla. 1. nigra. 1. tremula. 1 . POIIA-NA. — volubilis. POEELLA. — jyinnaia. LINNBAlSr HERBARIUM. 121 POBOPHYLLUM = PODO- PHYLLUM. PORTLANDIA. 228. f/randifora (pL). hexandra [Jacq.]. POBTULACA. 625, Anacampseros. fniticosa. hidimoidi's. oleracea. 3. paniculata. patens. pilosa. 3. Portidacastrum. quadrlfula. racemosa. tria,u/idaris. POTAMOGETON. 175. compressum. 1. crispum. 1. densiim. 3. gramineiiin. 3. lucens. 1. marinum. 1. natans. 1. pectinatum. perfoliatuin. 1. pusillum. 1. serratuni. 3. setaceum. POTENTILLA . 655. acmdis = subacaulis. alba. 1. Anserina. 1. argentea. 1. auvea. 3. bit'urca. 1. canadensis. 1. caiilescens. 3. fragarioides. 1. fruticosa. 1. granditiora. ]. heptaphifUa = opaca. hirta. 'l. intermedia. 3. monspeliensis. ]. multitida, 1. nitida. 3. nivea. 1 . norvegica. 1. POTBXTILLA : — opaca. pensylvanica. 3. pimpinelloides. 1. recta. 1. reptans. 1, rupestris. 1. sericea. 1. stipularis. 1. subacaulis. 3. snpina. 1 . valderia. 3. verna. 1. POTERIUM. 1127. hybridura. 1. Sanguisorba. 1. spinosum. 1. POTHOS. 1082. acaulis [Jacq.']. 3. cordata. crenata. lanceolata. latifolia. palmata. pinnata. scondens. Peasium. 754. majus. 1. minus. Pkemna. 782. acutif olia, MS. = i utegri- folia ■? cordi folia, MS. = integri- folia. integrifolia. pinnati folia, MS. = ser- ratifolia ? serratifolia. Peexawthes. 952. alba. 3. altissima. [" o "j 1. altissima ["7"J = repens. cliondrilloides. 3. japonica. 3. niuralis. 3. purpurea. 1. repens. 2. tenuifolia. viminea. 1. 122 INDKX TO THE Primula. 198. Auricula. J. cortusoides. 1. tarinosa. 1. glutinosa [ Wulp], MS. intef;i'it"olia. 1. niiniina. veris. 1. var. acaulis. var. clatior. var. officinalis. Yitaliana. Prinos. 452. glaber. 1. verticil latus. 1. Prockia. 690. crucis. 3. Pkoseepinaca. 107. palustris. 1. Pbosopis. — sincigera. Protea. 116. argeutea. 1. bruniades. JSuppl. conifera. 3. cuciillata. cyanoides. cvnaroides. divaricata. fusca. gloraerata. Tiirta. HypophylJocarpoden- drum. imbricata. MS. Lepidocarpodendron. Levisanus. {m. L f.) pallens. parviflora. phylicoides. MS. pinifolia. pubera (" pubigera "). purpurea, (m. L. f .) racemosji. repens. rosacea. saligna = conifera. Serraria. S2>eciosa. splia^rocepliala. ProIKA : — spicata. strobilina. totta. Prunella. 752. hyssopit'olia. 1. laciiiiata. 3. lusitanica = Cleonia lusitanica. vulgaris. 1. var. r/vandi- fiora. var. laciniata. . Prunus. 640. Armeniaca. 1. avium. 1. var. Bigarella. var. Diiracinu. canadensis. 3. Cerasus. var. aetiana. var. austera. var. avium = P. avium. var. Biijarella. var. Capronxana. ^ ar. dulcist. var. JJuracina. var. Jxdiana. var. pletia. var. punula. var. rosea. domestica. var. acinaria. \ar. amifffdaUna. \ar. Au(/usf((iia, var. Brifjnohi. var. cerea. var. cereohi. var. damascena, var. (lulatensis. var. htiiK/iirica. var. Juliana. var. malifonnis. \ar. Myrohalana. var. Pernir/ona. var. praeco.T. insititia. Laurocerasus. 1. lusitanica. 1. LINNEAN HEEBAEIUM. 123 Pbunus : — Mahaleb. 1. Padus. 1. pensylvauica. Suppl. puinila. o. sibirica. 1, sj:>inosa. Virginian a. 1. PsiniuM. 635. Cujavus. Guaja va = pra^c. pomiferum. 3. pyriferum. 3. PSOEALEA. 928. acLileata. 2. americana. 3. aphylla. bituininosa. 1. braeteata. capitata. Suppl. coiylifolia. 1. cytisoldes = Indigofera cytisoides, Dalea. 1. enneaj>hylJa = Indigo- fera enneaphyila. glandulosa. 3. hirta. 3. palaestina. 'pentajjliylla. pinnata. 1. prostratd. re pens. spicata. tenuit'olia. 2. tetragon oloba. 3. PSYCHOTEIA. 231. asiatica. 3. lierbacea. 3. serpens. Ptelea. 153. trit'oliata. 1. viscosa = Dodona)a viscosa. Pteeis. 1246. aquilina. arf>07'ea. atropurpurea. 1. biaurita. 3. Pteeis : — caudata. 1 . cretica. 3. dicJiotoma. furcata. grandifolia. 3. heterophylla. 3. lanceolata. lineata. longifolia. 3. mntilata. pedata. 1 . 2)iloseUoides. quadnfoliata. rufa. semipinnata. 1. stipiilaris. 3. trichomauoides. 3. tricuspidata. vittata. 1. Pterocarpus. 887. Draco. Ecastaphylliim. lunatus. oralis. PiERoyiA. 980. caniphorata. 3. pallens. Suppl. oppositifolia. 3. spinosa. Suppl. Pqlmoxaria. 184. angustifolia. 1. Idrta = llyoscyamus physalodes. maritinia. ] . oHicinalis. 1. sibirica. 1. siiffrutic'osa. A'irginica. 1. PuNiCA. 638. Granatnm. 1. nana. Pyeola. 568. niaculata. 1. minor. I . rotundifolia. 1. secunda. 1. unibellata. 1. unitlora. 1. 124 INDEX TO TIIR Pyrus. 647. baccata. li. coramunis. 1. var. falerna. \a.i'. favou la. var. pompcjana. var. 1'ifra.ster. var. Volema. coroiiaria. 1 . Cydoiiia. 1. Malus. 1. var. Cavillea. • var. Cestiana. • var. epirotica. var. j)aradisiaca. var. Fnisomila. var. rubelliana. var. si/lvestris. Follveria. Quassia. 545. aniara. 3, Simarouba. Suppl. QrERCis. 1128. Aegilops. 3. alba. 1. Cerris. 3. coccifera. 3. dub id. Esculus. 1. grainuntia. 1. Ilex. 1. molucca. nigra. 1. Phellos. 1. Prinus. 3. Robur. 1. rubra. 1. Smilax = Q. Ilex. Suber. 1. QUERIA. 114. canadensi 1. hispanica. 3. QUISQUA LIS. 553 iiidica. 3. Rajauia. 1183. cordata. Kajaxia : — hastata. 1. rjuinfjiiefolici. Eandia. 214. aculeata. 3. m itix. Ranunculus. 715. abortivus. 1. aconitifolius, 1. acris. 1 . alpestris. 3. amplexicaulis, 1. aquatilis. 3. arveiisis. 1. asiaticus. 1. auriconuis. 1. bulbosus. 1. bullatus. cassubicus. 1. chaeropbyllos. 3. creticus. 1. falcatus. 1. Ficaria. 1. Flammula. 1. glacialis. 1. graniineus. 3. fjrandiflorvs. liederaceus. 3. illyricus. 1 . lanuginosus. 3. lapponicus. 1. Lingua. 1. monspeVuicus. iiiuricatus. 3. nivalis, 1. nodiflorus. 1. orientalis. 3. palustris, MS. [cf. Sm. in Kees, Cycl.J. parnassifolius. 3. parviflorus. 3. parvidns. platanitolius. 3. polyantheinos. 1. pyrenaeus. repens. 1. reptans. 1 . rutaefolius. 3. sceleratus. 1. LIXNEAN HERBAEIUM. 125 Eanunculus : — Thora. 1. Eaphaxus. 846. caudatus. '3. erucoides. Suppl. Kaphauistriiin. 1. sativus. 1, sibiricus. 1. Eautolfia. 293. canescens. ;3. nitida. 3. siihpuhescens = canes- cens. tetrajjJii/lIa = nitida. tomentosa [Jaeq.]. Eeaumukia. 701. venuiculata. 3. Eenealmia. 2. disiicha. monostachi/a = Tillandsia monostachya. panictdata = Ti\\.])anicvi- lata. 2:>olijstacJu/a =: Till, poly- stacliyia. recurvata = Till, recur- vata. usneoldes = Till, usne- oides. Eeseda. 629. alba. 1. cariescens. 1. fruticulosa. 3. glauca. 1. lutea. 1. Luteola. 1. mediterranea. odorata. Phyteuma. 3. purpiirascens. 1, Sesamoides. 1, siiffnitic'itlosa. undata. 3. Eestio. 1164. dichotoiiiiis. Eler/ia = Elegia juncea. paniculatus. simplex. triflorxis. Eestio : — viiuineiis. Eetzia [Tliunb.]. (m. L. patr.) 209. cajjensis. Ehacoma. 146. Crossopetaliun. 3. Ehamnus. 262. Alaternus. 1. alpinus. 1. catharticus. 1. circiimseissus. Suppl. colubrinus. 3. c'ubensis. 3. euinajiCHsis. Fran gala. var. laevifolius. iguaneus. 3. infectorius. Jujuba. 1. lineatus. Lotus. 1. lycioides. 3. micrauthus. 3. Napeca. 1. Oenoplia. 1. oleoides. 3. Paliurus. 1. pentaphyllus. 2)timihis. Sarcomplialus. 3. saxatilis. 3. siculns. ISpina-Christi. 1. theezans. volubilis. Suppl. Zizyphus. 1 . Eheedia. — lateriflora. Eheum. 520. compactum. 3. palmatum. 3. llhabarb;u'um. 1, Ehaponticuin. 1, Ilihes. lindulatum. Ehbxia. 483. Acisanthera. 3. (m- Sol.) 126 IKDEX TO THE lillEXIA : — glutinosa. Siippl. mai'inna. virgin ioa. L. EuiNANTJirs. 758. capensis. o. Crista-galli. 1. Eleplias. 3. indica. orifntalis. Trixago. 3. virgiuica. (m. L. f.) Ehizopiiora. 611. Candel. caseolaris. conjugata. 1 . corniciilatn. cylindrica. gt/mnorhiza. Mangle. 3. Ehodioj>a. 1186. rosea. 1. Rhododendron. 562. Chamaeeistus. 1. dauricmii. 1. fernigiiieiun. 1. Jiirsutum (pi.). maximum. 1. ponticum. Khodora. — canadensis. Rhus. 378. angiistifolia. 1. Co/>he. Cominia. 3. Copalliiium. 1. Coriaria. 1. Cotinus. 1. glabra. 1. javaiiica. 1. laevigata. 3. lucida. 1. Metopiiun. 3. radicans. 1. succedanca. tomeiitosa. 1. Toxicodeiidriini. I. typliiiia. 3. vernix. 1. RiBEs. 278. alpimini. 1. Cynosbati. 1. Grossuiaria. nigrum. 1. o.v>/acanthoides. recli Datum. 1. rubrum. 1. sibiricum, MS. Uva-crispa. Ricoia. 1271. crystallina. fhiitans. glauca. minima. natarts. RiOHARDIA. 451. scabra. 1. RiciNLs. 1142. communis. 3. Majyj^a. Tanarius. RicoTiA. 833. aegyptiaca. RiviNA. 163. canesceiis , MS . = humilis var. humilis. var. canescens. var._r/?rt6j'rt=laevis. var. scandens = octandra. laevis. 3. octandra. 3. paniculata. Cf. Salva- dora persiea. ROBINIA. 913. Acacia. Caragana. 1. frutescens. 3. frutecc = praec. r/rand!flora ■= Aeseli yno- mene graudittora. liispida. 3. mitis. 3. Pseud-acacia. 1. pygmaea. 1. spinosa. violacea [Jacq.]. LlJ<. tfifoliata [Jacq. " tri- "folia "]. EORIDULA. 284. dentata (pi.). PtOSA, 652. alba. 1. alpiiia. 3. arvensis [Huds.]. caniiia. 3. Carolina. 3. centifolia. 1. cumaiuoDiea. 1. Eglanteria. 1. gallica. 3. vai\ versicolor. indica. 3. pendulina. 3. pimpinellifolia. 3. prolificata. MS. riibiginosa. sempervireiis. 3. sinica. spinosissima. villosa. 3. EOSMARINUS. 41. officinalis. 1. EOTALA 52. verticillaris. EOTTBOELLIA. 101. eorymhosa [L. f.]. dimidiata [L. f.] = Pani- cuin diinidiatuni. exaltata [L. f.J. incurvata[^L. f.] = Aegi- lops incurvata. EOUSSBA, MS. — capeusis, MS.=Eusselia capensis, Suppl. EOYENA. 570. glabra. 1. EOYENA : — hirsuta. 1. lucida. ] . villosa. 3. EUBIA. 131. awjusti folia. oordi folia. lucida. peregrina. 1. tinctoruin. 1. EuBus. 653. arcticus. 1. caesius. 1. canadensis. 1. Cbamaemorus. 1. Dalibarda. 3. fruticosus. 1. hispidus. 1. idaeus. 1. jamaicensis. 3. japonicus. moluccanus. 1. occideutalis. 1. odoratus. 1. parvifolius. 1. saxatilis. ] . Etjdbeckia. 1025. angiistifolia. 3. hirta. 1. laciniata. 1. ojjposrtifolia. purpurea, 1. triloba. 1. EUELLIA. 804. antipoda. 1. biflora. 3. (m. Sol.) Blechum. 3. clandestina. 1. ciliaris. crispa. 1. paniculata. 3. repanda. 3. repens. .3. ringens. 1. strepens. 1. tentaculata. 3. tuberosa. 1. EuMBX. 464. Acetosa. 128 1M>EX rO THE KuMEX :— EUTA : — Acotojiella. 1. graveolens var. montana aculeatus. 3. = iuontana. acutiis. 1. linit'olia. 3. aegy])tiacus. montana [iUt^/.J ae(j;ii>tins = praec. patavina. alpimis. 1. tenuifolia [Gouan ?]. aquaticus. 3. Britaniiica. Saccharum. 77. bucephalophorus. 1. officinaruin. 1. capensis, MS. Eaveniiae. crispus. 1. spieatuni. 1. dentatus. spontaneum. digyuus. 1. Sagixa. 177. divaricatus = pulcher. cqutcda. Lunaria. 1. erecta. 1 . luxiirians. procunibens. 1. maritiiims. 1. virgiiiica. 1. nmUiJidus. Cf. li. Aceto- Sagittakia. 1124. seila, etc. lancilolia. 3, obtusifolius. 3. obtusifolia. 1. Patientia. pugionil'oruiis. persicarioides. J. sagittifolia. 1. pulcher. 1. roseus. 1. trtfoha. Salacia. 1066. sanguineus. 1. chinensis (pl.). scutatus. i. Salicobsia. 10. spinosus. 1. arabica. 2. caspica. 1. tingitanus. 3. tuberosus. 3. eiirojyaeri . verticillatus. 3. »•.»!* -f ,.1f/-»/*/^C»/1f — vesicarius. ] . fruticosa. EUMPHIA. — amhoinensis. herbacea. EuppiA. 176. foliata. MS. maritinia. 1. fruticosa. 3. spiralis. MS. Euscrs. 1205. herbacea. 3. aculeatus. 1. strobilacea IFaU. ?]. androrjijnus. 1 . (Pl.) viniinica. Hypoglosstim. 1 Salix. 1158. Hvpophylluin. 1 aegyptiaca. 2. racemosiis. o. alba. EUSSEA, MS. = KOUSSEA, ami/f/dalina. i.e. Kusselia, Suppl. nou arbuscula. 1. al. arenaria. 1. EuxA. 537. aiirita. chalepensis. 3. babylonica. 1. graveolens. 1. caprea. 1. LIXNEAX HEEBAKIUM. 129 Salix : — cinerea. depressa. fragilis. 3. fusca. glaucu. ] . hastata. 1. BelLv. hermaphroditica. 1. herbacea. ] . incubacea. ]aiiata. 1. lapponum. 1. Myrsinites. 1. myrtilloides. 1. pentandra. 1. phyJici folia. 1. purpurea. 3. repens. J. reticulata. 1. retusa. 3. rosmarini Folia. 1. triandra. 1. viniinalis. 1. vitellina. 3. Salsola. 315. altissima. 3. aphylloides, MS. := aphylla, Suppl. arborescens. Suppl, baccata. fruticosa. 3, hirsuta. 3 hyssopifolia [PaZ?.]. Kali. 1. muricata. 3. oppositifolia. MS. polyclonos. 3. prostrata. 1. rosacea. 1. salsa. 3. satira. 3. Soda. 3. 6'ouda = praec. Tragus. 3. vermiculata. ] . Salvador A. 164. persica. 1, Salvia. 42. Salvia :— acetabulosa. 3. aegyptiaca [No. 1]. 3. ae[/;fptiaca [No. 36] =: spinosa. Aethiopis. 1. africana. 3. var. caendea. var. lutea. agrestis. argeutea. 3. aurea. 3. canariensis. 1. ceratophylla. 1. ceratopbylloides. clandestina. 3. colorata. 3. cretica. diserraas. 3. dominica. 1. Torskohlei. 3. glutinosa. 1. graveolens. MS. haematodes. hispanica. 1. Horininuni. 1. indica. 3. lyrata. 1. mexicana. 1. napifolia \_Jacq.']. nemorosa. 3. nutans. 1. officinalis. 1. pauiculata. 3. parvitlora. MS. pinnata. 3. pomifera. 3. pratensis. 1. pyrenaica. Sclarea. 3. serotina. 3. spinosa. sylvestris. 2. syriaca. 3. urticifolia. 1. Verbenaca. i. verticillata. virginica. MS. viridis. 1. 130 IN'DEX TO TUB Sa^iara. 137. lactu (pi.). Sambuccs. 381. canadensis. 2. Ebulus. 2. nigra. 2. var. laciniata. racemosa. 1. 8AMOLUS. 225. Valerandi. 1. • var. (ifricanus. Samtda. 558. Guidonia. uitida. ;^. parviflora. 3. puhescens. serriilata. sjtlnosa. Sanguinaria. 666. canadensis. 1. SA^^GUISORBA. 148. canadensis. 1. media. officinalis. 1. Saxicula. 333. canadensis. 1. europaea. 1 . marilandica. Santalum. 161. album. 3. Santoli>a. 985. alpina. 3. Amelias, cf. Galea Amel- lus. annua = Athanasia an- nua. anthemoides. 3. Chauiaecyparissus. 1. crenata = Athanasia crenata. crilJuiiifolia = Atli. crithmifolia. dentata = Alh. den- tata. jauiaicensis, cf. Galea jamaicensis. oppositifolia, cf. Galea oppositifolia. pidjcscens ^= Ath. pubes- cens. Santolina :- - rosmarinifolia. .3. squavrosd = Athanasia squarrosa. trifurcata = Ath. tri- furcata. Sapindus. 514. cliinensis. Saponaria. 1. spinosus. trifoliatu!^. Saponaria. 580. cretiea. .3. illyrica. 3. liybrida. MS. lutea. ocymoides. 1. ofticinalis. 1. var. Ivjhrida = bybrida. orientalis. 1. porrecta. MS.=seq. ? porrigens. Stnitlmun = Gypsopbila Struthium. Vaccaria. 1. Saeaca. 880. indica (pi.). Saecophyte [Sparru).?]. 1112 6. sccmjuinea (pL). Sarothra. 391. gentianoides. 1. Sarracema. 672 a. (plagulae desuut). /lava. purpurea. Satukzja. 723. capitata. 1. (jrcaea. hortensis. 1. Juliana. 1. Mastichina = Thymus Mastichina. montaua. 1. ori. SiLPHIUM. 1032. Asteriscus. 3. connatnin. helianthoides. laciiiiatum. I. perfoliatum. 3. solidaginoides. 1. trifoliatum. I. trilobatum. 3). Sin APIS. 845. alba. ] . arvensis. 1. hrassicdta = iuncea. chineiisis. 3. erucoides. 3. hispanica. 3. SiXAPis :— ' incana. 3. juncea. 1 . laevigata. 3. nigra. orientalis. 3. pubescens. 3. pyrenaica. 3. violacea. MS. SiPHONAXTIIUS. — indici-t. SlRIUM. 138. rinjrti folium (pi.). Sisox. '356. Annni. 1. Ammoides = Sesell Ammoides. Amomum. 1. cauadense. ]. inundatum. 1. ser/etum. verticillatum. Sisymbrium. 836. altissimum. 1. amphibium. 3. var. aqaaticum. var. pahi.stre. var. terrestre. arenosum. 1. asperaii). (an in. L. f.?) Barbareae. 3. Barrelieri. 3. bursit'oliiim. 5. catholicLim. indicum. 3, integrit'olium. 1, Irio. 1. Loeselii. 3. monense. 2. murale. 1. ^Nasturtium -aquaticiim. 1. orientale. 3. Parra. polyceratiiim. 3 Sopliia. 1, strietissimum. 1. supinuiu. 1, sylvestre. 1. 138 INDEX TO THE iSlSYMBKlUM : — tanaeetit'oliuin. '.i. iennifolhiui, valeiitimnu. li. vimineum. 1. SiSYiiixciiiuM. 1064. Beniiiuli;i!i:i. 'J. paliiiit'oliiiiii. o. SiUM. 355. angustifolium. o. Falcaria. 2. f/roeciim. latit'oliuiii. J. Ninsi. noditloi'uin. 1. rigidius. 1. si'ciilnm. Sisarum. 1. Sloanea. — clentata. emarffiiutta. 8MJLAX. 1182. annua. M8. aspera. ] . Bona-nox. caduca. 1 . China. 1. excelsa. 1. herbacen. 1. lanceoldta. laurit'olia. ] . Pseudo-China. 1. rotundifolia. I . Sars:i])ariUa. i. taumoides. 1. zeylanicd. Smyrnium. 370. aegyptiacuni. :}. auredin. 1. integerriinuni. 1. Olusatrum. 1 . perfoliatum. 1. SOLANDBA. 332 (I. caponeis. 3. septenidentata. MS. tridftjitata. MS. Solan UM. 248. aethiopieuin. 3. balianiense. 1 . SoLANUM : — bonariense. 1 . carapechiense. 3. capeiise. carolinense. 1. dii)hylliun. ]. Dulcamara. J . ferox. fuscatiini. guineensc = Atropa guineense. luivanense [Jacq.]. igueum. 3. incamthi = sanctum, indicum. 1. insanum. 3. lycioides. Lycopersicum. 1. macrocarpon. niammosum. 1. Melongena. 1 . montaiunn. nigrum. 1. var. f/uineense. \ar. Judaicum. var. prt/H/H)». var. viUoswn. var. vir(/inicvm. var. I'uhjare. var. vuliiaUim = praec. novum, ohscurum. ■paniculahun . peruvianum. 1. pimpinellifolium. 2. Pseudocapsicum. 1. pulveridentHm := tonien- tosum. quercit'olium. 1. racemosavi. radicans. 3. ruhrum. sanctum. 1. scandens. sodomaeutn. 1. suhinerme [Jacq.]. tomentosum. 2. trilobatum. 1. LINNEAN HEBBAEIUM. 139 80LANUM : — tuberosum. 1. verbascifolium. 1. virginianuii). vircfiiiicum = praee. SOLDANELLA. 200. alpina. .'5. Solid AGO. 998. aljpina = Cineraria alpina. allissima. 1. bicolor. 3. caesia. canadensis. 1. discolor, MS. [an l)i- color ?] Doronictim. flexicaulia. 2. lanceolata. 3. lateriflora. 1. latifolia. linifolia = tSeuecio lini- folius. mexicaua. 1. niinuta. 3. montana = Cacalia sarracenica. noveboracensis. 1. rigida. 1. senipervirens. serotina, MS. Virgaurea. 1 . SoNCHus. 949. alpinus. 3. arveusis. 1. canadensis. 1. floridauus. ]. maritimus. 3. oleraeeus. 3. var. as per. var. Invis. palustris. 1. Plumieri. 3. sibiricus. 1. tataricus. tenerrimus. 3. tuheroimis. Sophia. — Carolina. SOPHORA. 522. alba. alo2)ecuroides. anstralis. 3. biflora. 3. capensis. 3. genistoides. 1. he/>taj)hjilla. japonica. 3. lupinoides. I . occidentalis. 3. tinctoria. 1 . toinentosa. I . Sorb us. 644. ambigua. MS. Aucuparia. 1. domestica. hybrida. 3. sativa. MS. Sparganium. 1095. erectuni. 1. natans. 1. Sparrmania, MS. — capensis = Melanthium niouopetiilum. Sparrma:s^nia [Linn.f.]. 677. afrkuna [Linn. f.]. Spartium. 891. angidatum. capense. 3. complicatuni. 1. contaminatum. junceum. 1. monospernunn. 1. jxitens = Cyt\sv\ii patens. purgans = Genista purgans. radiatum. 2. scoparium. 1. Scorplas. sepiariuiu. sphaeroca rpum . spinosum. 1. Spathelia. — simplex. Spergula. 604. arvensis. 1. laricina. 1. ("laric-i- folia.") 140 INDEX TO TUE SpEBGIjLA : nodosa. 1. peiitamlra. 1 . sagiuoides. 2. Sperm ACocE. 125. articidaris. Siippl. t-apitellala. MN. corijmJiona = Jiro- cumbeiis. liirta. hispida. 1. prociuubens. 3. S])ino.sa. 3. stricta. Suppl. strigosa. suffiuticosa [Loefl.]. teiiuior. 1. (m. 8ol.) verticillata. Sphaeiia>'tiius. 1044. africaims. 3. (" afer.") chinensis. 3, iudiciis. 3. Spuaeria [AV'eigel]. 1288. anastoniosaus, bvssea, gregaria, laevigata, lichenoides, Moi'i, mucosa, pertusa, rugosa, tremelloides, variolosa. (11 species ad ean- dem plagulam gluti- natae.) .Sphagnum. 1258. aljntmm. (irboreum. paliistre. 3. Spigelia. 210. Anthelmia. 3. marilundica, SpiLANTJiES [Jacq.]. 974. Acniella. atriplicif'olins. insipida [Jacq.]. oleracea. Fseudo-Acmella = S. Aciiiella. urens [Jacq.]. SPINACIA. 1174. fera. 3. Spinacia : — oleracea. 1. Spinifex. 1216. squarrdsiis. Spiraea. 651. argentea. Sii])])!. Aruncus. 3. chainaedrif'olia. 1. crenata. 1 . I'ilipendula. 1. hypericifolia 1. laci'igtifd. opulit'olia. 3. palmata. salicit'olia. 1. sorbifolia. 1 . tonientosa. ] . trit'oliata. 1. t,-iloha. trilohata ^ praec. Ulniaria. 1 . Splachnum. 1262. auipullaceuiii. i. k^teunl. 1. rubruni. 1. subglobosiim. MS. vascidosum. Sponuias. 593. lutea. Monihin = purpurea. 31 i/rohalauHS = lutea. purpurea. Spoagia. 1295. Stachts. 736. aetliiopica. 3. alpina. 1. annua. 3. ai-vensis. 3. bitumino.sa, MS. ^ glutinosa. cretica. 1. gernianica. 1. glutinosa. 2. liirta. 3. italica. [an Mill. ?] niaritinia. 3. (" ma- rina.") orientalis. palaestina. 3. paluhtris. 1. LINNEAN HERBARIUM. 141 StACIIVS : — recta. 3. rigicla, M8. = glutiiiosa. rugosa. MS. spinosa. sylvatit-a. 1. villosa. MS. •Staeuelixa. 981. arborescens. 3. centaiu'oides = Athauasia dentata, Chamaepeuce. corymbosa. M8. dubia. 2, fruticosa. 3. guaphaloides. 1. imbricata. [an Benj. ?] SXAPELIA. 311. hirsuta. 1. mammillaris. variegata. 3. Staphylea. 382. pinnata. 1 . trifolia (" ternata ■"). 3. Statice. 395. Armeria. 1. aurea. 1. cordata. crispa. M8. echioides. Echinus. 3. ferulacea. 3. flexuosa. 1. fruticulosa. MS. incaua. 3. Liiiioniuni. 1. lobata. Slii)|i1. raiauta. moiiopetala. 1. pruiuosa. purpurata. 3. reticulata. 1. sinuata. 1. speciosa. 1. sufFruticosa. 1. tatarica. 1 . virginica. MS. Stella RiA. 584. Arenaria. 2. Steli.ahia : — hijlora = Arenaria striata. cerastoides. 1. dichotoma. 1. gramiiiea. 1 . Holostea. 1 . nemorum. 1. radians. 1. Stelleka. 503. Cliamaejasme. Passerina. 1 . Stemodia. 797. niaritinia. 3. Sterculia. 1143. Balangbas. 3. foetiila. Steris. 318. javana (pi.). Stewaktia. 876. Malacodendroii. 1. Stilago. 1067. Bun'ms (pi.). Stilbe. 1234. cernua. Suppl. ericoides. Piuastra. Stillingia. 1147. si/Ivatica (pi.)- Stipa." 94. arguens. 3. Aristella. avenacea. capillata. 'A. juncca. 1. inembranacea. 2. peunata. 1. spicata. Suppl. Sjnnife.v = S|)inifex squarrosus. tenacissiiua. 2, Stoebe. 1048. aethiopica. 1. ericoides. gnaphaloides. prustrata. scabra. Suppl. Stuatiotes. 703. alismoides. 142 INDEX TO TlIK Stuatiotks : — Aloides. 1. Stuumpfia. — maritima. Stuuthiola. 162. erect:i. ."5. virgjita. 3. SniYcnNos. 250. colxhrina. Niu'-vomica. Styhax. 569. latit'olia. MS.= lhilesia diptera. officinale. 1. Stuaktia, vide Stkwaktia. SUBULARIA. 822. aquation. ;i. SUKIANA. 598. raaritima. 2. SwEirriA. 327. cofuiciilata. 1. dichotoina. 1 . difformi.s. '4. ])erenuis. 3. rotata. 1. SWIETENIA. 542. Mahagoni (pi.). Sympiionia. 853. glohuUfera (pi.). S Y M PH YTU M . 185. officinale. 1. orientale. tuberosum. 1. Stmplocos. — martinicensis. Sybinga. 22. persica. 1. vulgaris. 1. Tapeiixaemontan'a. 304. alternifolia = citri Folia. Ainsonia. citril'olia. .'1 cymosa. Echites. l/rundi flora. laurifolia. 3. T.VGETES. 1009. Tagetes : — erecta. 1 . mmiita. patula. 1 . Tamabixdi s. 49. indica. 1. Tamakix. 383. gallica. 1. gerinauica. 1. Tamus. 1181. cominunis. I. cretica. Tanacetum. 987. annuuin. 1. Balsaniita. 1. chaiiioniilloides. MS. cotidoidi's. crithmifidiion = Aliiau- asia crithinit'olia. frutesvcns (" i'rutico- sum ") = llippia fru- tescens. incanum. monantlios. 3. sibii'icum. 1. suifruticosura. vulgare. 1. var. crisjmm. Taechonanthus. 983. caniphonitus. 1. ericoides. Suppl. Targionia. 1268. Iiypophylla. 1. perversa. MS. Taxus. 1199. baccata. .^. nucifera. TELEPHiujr. 385. Iniperati. 1. oppositifoliin)! . Teuminalia. 1222. Catappa. 3. T JOHN STRO E MIA. 662. meridiuii(dis (pi.). Tetracera, 697. voliibilis. 1. Tetragoma. 648. fruticosa. 1. hcrbacea. LINNEAN HERBARIUM. 143 Tetragonotiieca. — Thalictrum : — heliantJioides = To]ymn\ii coutortum. 1. Tetragonotbeca. Cornutl. Teucrium. 722. dioicuiii. 1. alpinum = T. Pseudo- flavum. 1. chamae[jitys. *r.-» 1. c^»-\ i Vill . SpHClOSlUll. Ardiiini. 3. foetidurn. asiaticum. 3. hi/briduin = coutortum. Botrys. 1. lucid^mi. campanulatum. 3. minus. 1. canadense. 1. petalodenm. capital mil. 1. Chamaedrys. 1. purpurascens. 1. sibiricum. Cliamaepitys. 1. creticum. 1. simplex. 3. tuberosum. 1. cuhense [Jacq.]. Thapsia. 368. flavum. 1. Asclepium. fruticaDS. 1 . foetida. hircanicum. 3. Iva. 1. garganica. trifoliata. 1. latifolium. villosa. 3. La.vmanni. Thea. 685. lucidum. 3. Bobea. 3. Marum. 1. Hyson. MS. niassilieuse. 3. siiiensis=:'\^. Bohea. mauritanum. viridis. montanuiii. 1. Theligoxum. 1126. nmcronatum — spiuosum. Cynocrambe. 2. mvltijloriun. Tiieobroma. 934. Nissoiiaiium. 3. augusta. orientale. Cacao. Polium. 1. Guazuma. 1. (m. Sol.) Pseudochaiiiaepitys. 3. Theophrasta. — Pseudopitliys = praec. pumilum. 3. americana. Thesium. 292. ])yrenaicLim. 1. salicit'olium. 3. alpinum. 3. ainplexicaide. Scordiiim. 1. capensis. MS. Scorodoiiia. 1. capitaUim. sibii'icum. 1. euphorbioides. (m.L.f.) spinosLim. 1 . Frisia. supinum. 3. funale. 3. virqinicum. linopbyllum. 1. TllALTA. ' — paniculatum. 3. geaicidata. scabrum. 3. Thalictrum. 713. spicatuin. (m.L.f.) alpinum. 1. strietum. (m.L.f.) angustifoliuni. 1. umbellatum. 1. aquilegifolium. 1. Thlaspi. 825. 144 INDEX TO TlIK TuLASPi : — aUiaceum. alpestre. ;{. jirvense. 1. JJursa-pastoris. 1. campesti-e. ]. Iiit'tuin. I. moiitaiunn. pei-eujrimnn. 2. perfoliatiini. 1. saxatile. 1. Thryallis. — brasiliensis. Thuya (Thuja, Thya). 1136. aphylla. '4. cupressoiihs. occidentalis, 1. orientalis. 1. Thunuergia. 815. capeiisis ^lietz.]. Thymbra. 724. spieata. 1. verticillata. 1. Thymklaka. — sqiiarrosd. Thymus. 744. Acinos. 1. alpiims. 1. cephalotes. Mastichiiia. Piperella. ei. indeii'ioides-^i'nnW'A thymoides. 8erpylliim. H. 2Vrt(/wivV/<^f/i?tia. 406. axillaris. eristata. 3. r/eniculata [Jacq.]. maluharica. nervosa. papilioiiacea. virgiiiiana=seq. vii-giuica. 1. Tragia. 1103. Chamaflea. (m.L. f.) involiK-rata. (in. L. f.) Merciu'ialis. 1. (m.Sol.) .SCrtH(?t';/6- = V0lubilis. iirens. (in. L. f., 1778.) volubilis. 1. Tragopogojv-. 946. aspevutii. crocifolium. '6. Daleclianipii. I. Dandelion. 3. hyhrulinn = Greropogon glabrum. lanatuni. 3. orientale. 1. piei'oides. 1. porrifolium. 1. pratense, 1. villosum. 3. virginicuni. 1. Trapa. l58. nat((jis (pi.). Tremella. 1276. adniitd. Auricula. difforiiiis. hernia pi uierica. janiperina. lichenoides. Nostoc. (m. L. f.) purpurea, (m. L. f.) verrucosa. Trewia. — nudi flora. Triantrema. 572. Triantiiema : — decandra. 3, nionogyna. 3. peutaiidra. 3. Fortulacastrum = mono- gyua. Tribulus. 547. cistoides. 3. laniiginosus. 3. inaximus. 3. terrestris. 1. Trichilia. 541. glabra. 3. G nara=Guarea triclii- lioides. hirta. trifolia. trifoliata := praec. Triciiomanes. 1253. adiantoides. cajnUaceum. canariense=Fo]y podium leptophylluui ? cJiinense. crispum. 1. hirsutiim. niembranaceuni. 1, poli/podioides. pi),vidiferum. scaiidens. 3. tunbridgense. 3. Trichosanthes. 1149. amara. Anguina. 3. cucumerina. nervifolia. pahnata. ■punctata (pi.). Tricuostema. 750. bracliiatum. diebotonuiin. 1 . Tridax. — 'procuiidiens. Trientalis. 474. caj^ensis. europaea. 1. Trifolium. 930. agrarium. 1. alexandrinuni. 3. 140 INDEX TO XUE Trifoltum : — alpestre. 3. alpimiii). 1. aiigu.stifoliuMi. 1. arvense. 1. bifloruin. 1. faeriilt'Uin. MS. Clierleri. 2. c-liiudestinuni. M8. clypeatuui. 1. comosum. creticiim. !MS. filit'ornie. 1. fragit'erum. 1. fndicuns. globosura. 2. glomeratuui. 1. hybridiiin. ]. incarnatum. 1. indicum. MS. italiciiin. MS. lappaceum. 1. Luj)inaster. 1. medium. Melilotus [var.]caerulea : cf. caeruleum. \ar. corniculata. var. cretica ; cf. creticum. var. indica ; cf. in- dicum. var. italica: (/. ital- icum. var. ollicinalis ; cf. officinale — var. ornithopo- dioides ; cf. oruitho- podioides. var. polonica; cf. polonicum. messanense. montanum [no. 29, Sp. n. I. p. 770]. montanum [no. 37, 1. c. p. 772]=spadiceuni. ochroleucum. officinale. MS. ornitliopodioides. ]MS. pannoHicum. Trifolium : — polonicum. MS. pratense. 1. procumbens. 1. rfjlexum. re pens. 1. resupinatum. 1. retiisnm^iinct\\.m. rubens. 1. scabrum, ]. spadiceum. 1 . spumosum. 1. squarrosum. 1, slellatiim. 1. striatum. 1, strictum. 2. subterraneum. 1. S'lffocatuiii. tomentosuiii. 1. uni riorum. 1. Triglociiin. 466. bulbosum. (m. L. f.) maritimum. 1. palustre. TllIGONELLA. 932. corniculata. 3. Focmtm-c/raecum. var. si/h't'stris. baniosa. 3. iiidica (pi. ?). laciniata. 3. monspeliaca. 2. platycarpos. I . polycerata. 1, rutbenica. 1. spinosa. 1 . striata. Suppl. Trilix. — Jutea. Trillium. 469. cernuum. I. e rectum. 3. sessile. 1. Triopteris. 5r0. jamaicensis. TniOSTEUM. — an/ii'stifoliion perfoliatnm. Triplakis. 108. LIXNEAN UERBARIU.M. 147 TmPLAEis : — americauca. 8. Trips ACUM. 1097. dactyloides. 3. lierniaphroditiim. 3. (111. 8ol.) TniTicuM. 104. aesiivum. caninum = Elyimis caniiuis. coi)tj)ositum. hyhernum. junceum. 3. maritimuni. 3. monococcuni. 1. polonicum. 3. repens. 3. SpeJta. teuellum. 3. tiirf^idum. 3. unilaterale. Triumfetta. 620. annua. Bartraniia. Lappula. 1. semitriJoha. Trollius. 716. asiaticus. 1 . europaeus. 1. Tropaeolum, 481. hybridum. 3. majus. 1. minus. 1. peregrinum. 3. Trophis. 1165. anierieana. 3. TuBrLARiA. 1297. Androsace. divarieata (Alga ?). t'ragdi.s. Tl'LBAGHIA. 411. capeiisis. TuLiPA. 425. Breyniaua. Gesnei'iana. 1. sylvestris. 1. Tlrxera. 384. cistoides. 3. Pumilea. 3. (m. Sol.) TURNERA : — sidoides (" sidiformis '"). 3. ulmifolia. 1. TURRAEA. 549. vireus (pi.). TuRRiTis. 843. alpina. 3. glabra. 1 . liirsuta. 1. TUSSILAGO, 995. alba. 1. alpina. (in. L. f.) Anandi'ia. 1. deutata. Farfara. 1. frigida. 1. liybrida. 1. japonica. 3. nutans. 3. Petasites. 1. Typha. 1094. aiigustifolia. 3. J(fti folia. Ulex. 915. ca2^en^is, enropaeus. 1. Ulmus. 321. aineritana. 1. canipestris. 1. puinila. ]. Ulva. 1275. co)jij>ressa. confervoides. rjraimlata. intestinalis. Idbyrinthifornns. Lactuca. 1 . (m. L. f ) lanceolata . latissima. Linza. lumbricalis. 2>apillosa. pavonia = Fiicus pavo- nius. pruniformis. rugosa. I* 148 INDEX TO THE Ulva :- U VAniA : — nvibllicdlis. zeiilanica. Umola. 89. UVULAKIA. 422. bipiimatn. '.i. ariiple.vifolin. iiiticroiiald. pert'oliala. 1. paniculata. .'i. sessilifolia. fspicala. 1. i Unona, Siippl. 709. discrela (pi.). Suppl. V \CCINILM. 497. Unxia, tSuppl. 1010. album. 1. canipborata. Suppl. Arctostapbylos. 3. Uhkna. 873. corynibosuiii. 1. ainericana. frond osum. 1. lobata. 1. Iiispidulum. 1. procumbens. 1. lif^ustrinuin. 1. sinuata. 1. (lu.Sol.) mucronatiiiii. 1. Tijphalaea. Mjrtillus. 1. "Uhtica, 1111. Oxycoccus. 1 . aestuans. 3. stamineuiii. 1. africana. M8. uliginosuni. 1. alicnata. A'itis-idaea. 1. hdcclfera. \ AiiLiA [Tliunb. 1 329. balearica. 3. V ALANTIA. 1219. canadensis. 1. Apariiie. 1. cannabina. 1. articulata. 1 . capitata. 1. C rue lata. 1 . c'diaris. t'ucuUaria. .3. cylindrica. 1 . glabra. 3. dioica. 1. hispida. 3. divaricata. 1. liypoearpa. 3. Uodartii. 3. murali.s. 1. c;raiidifolia. 3. V ALERIAXA. 48. interrupt a. 3. Calcitrapa. ] . nivea. 1 . celtica. 3. Parielaria. chinensis. 1 . pilulit'era. 1. Cornueopiae. 1. pi!n)ila. 1. dioiea. 1 . ureus. 1. eebinata. 3. L'thiculaiiia. 34. elongata. 3. aljnna. Locusta, Aar. coronata bifida. i*M»' n-oiit'of"0 \ ill . LlT^Il LllL/il* laerulea. (ni. L. 1.) var. discoidea. foliosa. gibba. 1 . • Tmi ^ 1 1 4- ^ 111 r> minor. 1. \ViV. pitmila. subulata. 1. vulgaris. 1. var. vadiata. UVAKIA. mixta. japcnica. uiontana. 3. LlJfNEAX HERBAKIIM. 149 ValeriajS'a : — 1 Verba SCUM : — otticinalis. 1. j ^ phoeniceum. 1 . Phu. 1. sinuatum. 3. pyrenaica. 1 . si^nnosvtii. rubra. 1. Tha2>si=:sei{. s<(.i'atilis. ihapsoides. scandens [Loefl.]. Thapsus. 1. sibirifa. 1. Verbets'a. 35. supiiia. 3. bojiariensis. 1. triptevis. 3. Carolina. 3. taheio.-^a. ciirassavica. Vallea. 678. hastata. 1. sUpularis (pi.). jamaicensis. 1. (m. Sol.) Vallisnehia. 1157. indica. 3. sjiiralis (pi.). lappuJacea. 3. (m. Sol.) Vandellia. 795. mexicana. 1. diffusa (pi.). nodiflora. 1. (m.Sol.) Varronia. 255. officinalis. 1. (dba. oi-abica. bullata. prismatica. 1. (m. Sol.) cnrassacica^\)VAec. spuria. (jlohosa. staechadi folia. 3. (m. lineata. 3. Sol.) martuiicensis. supina. 1. Vateria. — fetraiidra. iiidica. urticifolia. 1, Vatica. 614. Verbesina. 1021. chineasis (pi.). Acinelhi = Spihiuthes Velezia. 326. Acmella, rigicla. 1. alata. 1 . A'ella. 820. «Z6rt=Eelipta erecta. annua. 1. asteroides = Amelias Pseudocytisus. 1. Lycbnitis. Vebatrum. 1210. biHora. 3. album i. Bosvallea. Sup])l. luteuu). 1. calendulacea. 1, nigrum. 1. cbinensis. 1. A^ERBASCUM. 242. fruticosa. (m.L. f.) Arcturus = Celsia Arc- Lavenia. turns. linifolia = Pectis lini- Blattaria. 1. folia. Boerbavi. 3. ijiutica = Antliemis ///o»f»»i=phoeuiceum. americana. hybridum. MS. nodiflora. 2. Lychnitis. 1. prostnita = Eclipta pro- Myconi. 1. strata. nigrum, 1. Fseudo-Acmella = 'iiT^i\sin- OsbecLii. thes Pseudo-Acmella. ^yldomoid.es. vinjinica. 50 INDK.V T(J THK Veronica. 26. Viburnum : — aciiiil'olia. 3. Lentago. 1 . aprestis. ]. iiiidntii. ali)iiia. ] . Opiilus. 1. Anagallis-aquatu-a. 1 . var. rosetiin. (m.Ehrh.) priinit'oliuin. 1. aphylla. li. Tinufe. 1. nvxensh. 1. ViciA. 906. austriaca. ."5. benghalensis. 1 . Beccabunga. 1. (m. biennis. 1. Ehrli.) J bitliynica. 3. Ix'lliclioides. 3. 1 cassubica. 1. hiloba. Cracca. 1 . Bonarota = Paeclarota dunietoruin. J. Boiiarota. Faba. J . Cliamaeclrys. 1 • liybrida. 1. fruliculosa. Ji. Lathyroides, 1 . hederae folia. 1. Ill tea. 1. liybrida. 1. uarbouen.sis. 1. in can a. 1. Nis-soliaiia. 1. latifolia. 1 . onobrycbioides. 1 . iongifolia. 1. ])eregrina ] . inarilandica = Polypre- pisiformis. 1. mmn procunibens. yativa. 1, inai'ilima. 1. iiioiitana. 2. > ill . ftlKJUoltlUltH \ ai • mo^ (f • multiiida. .'3. sepium. 1. officinalis. 1. farviJJora. proslrata. 3. rosea. 3. roiuana. 1 . Vioi A. 1062. scutellata. 1. arborea. serpyllifolia. ] . arborescens. sibirica. 3. biflora. 1, spicata. 1. calcarata. spuria. 1. (ni. L. f.) Calceolaria. TcHCrivin. canadensis. 1. tripliyllos. 1. canina. 3. vorna. J. cenlsia. virginica. 1. cornnta. Viburnum. 379. diandra. accrifoliuin. 1. enneasporma. cassinoides. 3. grandiflora. 3. dentatuni. 1. hirta. 1. Lantana. 1. Hyhanthua. LIXNEAN HEUHAllIl'M. 151 Viola : — • Ipecaontnlm. Itmeeolala. 1. niirabilis. 1. in out an a. 1. odorata. 1 . oppositifoJia. palmata. 1. palustris. 1. ])edata. 1. ])inuata. 1. priinulit'olia. J. sv/ff^ruticosa. tricolor. 1. uuiflora. 1. VlBECTA. 212. vireiis. [ = bitlora, Linn.f.^ ViscuM. 1166. albuui. 1. capeuse, (Suppl. (m.L. f, dese. verso a L. patr. opuntioides. 15. purpureum. 3. )'i(hra>)>. terrestre. 1 . verticillalimi. 3. VlTEX. 811. Aguus-castus. 1. Negundo. 1. pinnata. 1. tri folia. 1. A'lTis. 281. arborea. 1. corintbiaca. MS. beptapbylla. iudica. J3. Labrusca. ] . laciniosa. 1. trifolia. viuifera. 1. var. ajiiircna. vulpina. 1. VoLKAMBKIA. 809. aculeata. 1. inermis. 1. scaiidens. (ni. L. f.) 3 errata. VoLVOX. — (/hibator. \VACIIE>ri)OIlFlA. 64. hirfiuta. paniculata. thjirsijlora. umhellata. villosa = Gladiolus plicatus ? Walthema. 852. americnna. 3. (ingusti folia. iiidica. 1. Wei>'mannia. 508. piuuata. 3. (in. L. f.) Willichia. — repens. WiNTERA. 696. (manu ., I tSmitliii). Cf. Drimys ) [Forst.] ni. L. patris, WiNTERANIA. 618. Caiiella. 3. WiTSENiA [Tbunb.]. 57. I luaara (pi.). Xanthium. 1113. fruticosuni. Suppl. orieutale. 3. spioosum. 1. strunjarium. 1. Xeranthemum. 990. aniiuum. 3. var. inapertum. var. orientcde. cauescens. ciliaium. erucifoliuni. iinbricatum. pauiculatuni. (ui. L. i'.) proliferum. recurvatuni. Siippl. retortiini. 1. sesanioides. 3. speciosissinnim. spinosum. ]52 INI)i;X TO THE LINNEAN II ICIMJ AllIlAr. Xerantiiemum : — Staolielina. J?. variegatuui. (m. L. 1. 1 vcstituin. 1. I viryaUim. XiiiENiA. 491. ae(jiiptiac(i. umericana (pi. ?). tnennis. XlLOrHYLLA. laiifoiia ^ Phyllaiithus e])i|)hy]lauthus. loiKjifuliu. Xylopia. " 1077. (jhihra. muricata. ^i. XYLOriCJlUA[. — muricata. (ni. fSol.) := Xylopia muricata. Xyhis. 67. indica. i. Yucca. 441. aluifoUa. Dniconis ; cf. aloi folia, Draeaeua Draco. Jilamentosa. (iloriosa. 3. Za.mia. — inunila. Zannichellia. 1085. palustris. 1. ZANOmA. 1179. indica (Jil.). Zanxhoxyllm. 1171. Clava-Herculis. J. (in. Sol.) Zanthoxylum : — trifoliatiim. 1. Zea. 1096. May,s. 1 . Zinnia. 'l019. imiltitiora, 3, [)auci flora. 3. pei'uviaua. ZlZAMA. 1119. aquatica. 1. /laliisti-is. terrcstris. 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