Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London - University Library

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Prof. F. W. Oliteu, F.E.S., F.L.S., then opened the announced
discussion on " The Origin of G-ymnosperms." (See p. 53.)
Mr. E, A. IVewell Arbee, F.L.S,, followed, on the " Earlier
Geological Eecord of the True Ferns." (See p. 54.)
Mr. A. C. Seavard, F.E.S., F.L.S., then spoke on " The Evolution
of Gymnosperms : the Position and Ancestry of the Araucarieae."
(See p. 56.)
The discussion was then adjourned to 3rd May, 1906.
April 5th, 1906.
Dr. A. Smith "Woodward, F.E.S., Vice-President,
in the Chair.
The Minutes of the General Meeting of the loth March were
read and confirmed.
Dr. Eobert Brown, of Glasgow^ and Mr. Henry John Waddington,
of Bournemouth, were proposed as Fellows.
Miss Catherine Alice Eaisin, D.Sc.Lond., was elected a Fellow.
Dr. Horace T. Brown, F.E.S., and Mr. Frank Crisp were
proposed as Auditors on behalf of the Council, and the Eev. E.
Ashington Bullen and Mr. John Hopkinson on behalf of the
Fellows, and by show of hands were duly elected.
Mr. Clement Eeid, F.E.S., exhibited nearly 50 photographs,
entitled " Some Plants new to the Preglacial Flora of Gi'eat
Britain." He explained that these were dei'ived from material
procured at Pakefield, near Lowestoft, and had occasioned many
months' continuous labour on the part of Mrs. Eeid and himself.
On a former occasion (April 21st, 1904) he had shown a series of
drawings from the fruits, obtained by breaking up the matrix and
selecting the liberated specimens ; but this process was tedious and
unsatisfactory, and he had resorted to photography. The remains
Avere black, and therefore troublesome to photograph, but the
specimens themselves could not long be pi'eserved, as an efflorescence
occurred, and they fell to pieces, but experiments were now
being conducted with a view of permeating the fruits with paraffin,
and so ensuring their preservation.
After some introductory remarks from the Vice-President in
the Chair, a discussion followed, in which Count Solms-Laubach,
F.M.L.S., Mr. H. W. Monckton, Dr. Henry Woodward, F.E.S.