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for the county. Miss Lister also showed a coloured drawing to illustrate
the structure of this myxomycete, which has a wide distribution abroad
and which frequently occurs on dead stems of herbaceous plants. Mr.
Graddon presented the specimen to the Museum collection after the
meeting.
Mr. Graddon showed three discomycetous fungi, each of them a new
record for Essex, viz., Mollisia benesuada, Polydesmia pruinosa and
Pezicula dryina, found by him in Knighton Wood, Epping Forest; he also
exhibited lantern photographs showing the microscopic characters of the
asci and their spores.
Mr. Scourfield exhibited, under a microscope, specimens of a species of
Glenodinium, a Dinoflagellate alga which often occurs in ponds 111 such
profusion as to discolour the water golden-brown.
Mr. Main showed a living larva of the Essex Emerald moth feeding;
upon a young shoot of Sea Wormwood, a notable example of protective
resemblance.
The Curator showed 68 views of places (Hainault Forest, Ashdon,
Bartlow Hills, Faulkbourne and South Weald) proposed to be visited
during the spring and summer.
The business of the Annual Meeting followed.
The minutes of the last annual meeting were, by consent, taken as.
read.
The Council's report for the past year was read by the Hon. Secretary :
on the motion of Mr. Price, seconded by Mrs. Crouch, the report was
adopted without dissentient.
The Hon. Treasurer gave an outline of the Club's accounts and laid
a detailed statement upon the table; he moved formally that his accounts
be received and adopted. Mr. Ross seconded. Carried nem. con.
The President announced that Mr. S. Hazzledine Warren, F.G.S.,
having been duly nominated at the meeting on the 25th February, and
no counter-nomination having been made, stood elected as President
cf the Club for the ensuing year. The following members of the Council
retired in rotation:—
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, Mr. Hugh Main and Mr. James Keeves;
there was also a vacancy owing to the death of Mr. W. H. Daun.
At the meeting on February 25th the following nominations were made
to fill the vacant seats:—
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones was nominated by Mr. Scourfield, Mr.
Crouch seconding.
Mr. Hugh Main was nominated by Dr. Coles, Mr. Price seconding.
Mr. James Keeves was nominated by Mr. Salmon, Mrs. Thompson
seconding.
Dr. Reginald Curnock was nominated by Mr. Glegg, Mr. Harley
seconding.
There having been no further nominations, the President declared
the foregoing members to te duly elected members of the Council.