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LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. II
4. Fuchsia, sliowing the opening of Iaao buds into flower
during KJ days, the l)ursting of the stamens and the
growth of the style between them.
5. Maurandia, sliowiug the circumnutation of the stem and
two young petioles twining round a stick.
6. Crocvs : development of a bud and the opening and closing
movements of the flower.
7. Olivia : opening of the flower-buds.
8. Uippeastrum : growth of stamens and style and development
of the stigma.
9. A humble-bee fertilizing a Scabious flower.
A discussion followed, in which Dr. Scott, Eev. T. E.. E. Stebbiug,
Mr. E. M. Holmes, Mr. J. Hopkinson, and the President took
part, Mrs. Scott replying to the questions put.
Mr. EuPEET Vallextin, F.L.S., showed a series of thirty
lantern-slides, from photographs taken by himself, of bird-life in
the Falkland Islands :— (1) The Kelp Goose, Chloephaga antarctica,
with the dissimilar coloration of the two sexes, feeding on Porphyra
vulgaris, a very abundant seaweed between tide-marks in
those regions. (2) Phalacrocorax magellanicus and P. imperialis
basking in the sun, and on their nests. (3) The Mollymauk,
Diomedea clilororhynclia, which breeds on the outlying islands of
the group. (4) The Penguins whose headquarters seem to be
these islands, the Geutoo, Pygosceles tceniata, their nests being
made on peaty soil, packed with twigs of Empetrum nigrum or
Poa ccFspitosa, the Tussock Grass. (5) The Eockhopper Penguin,
Eudyptes chi-ysocome, which assembles in the breeding-season by
thousands in rookeries. Concerning this species, a series of rockspecimens
were shown, some merely polished, others deeply
grooved, as if by the claws of the Penguins when walking up the
pathways to their rookerv.
The President, the EeV. T. E. E. Stebbing, Mr. A. O. Walker,
and Mr. A. D. Michael engaged in a discussion, and Mr. Valleutin
replied.
The following paper was read :
—
" Contributions to the Flora of Liberia." By Dr. Otto Stapf.
F.L.S.
April 6th, 1905.
Mr. A. C. Sewakd, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair.
The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 16th March were
read and confirmed.
Miss Helen Charlotte Isabella Fraser, Miss Dorothea Frances