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24 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. Shiv Ram Kashyap : Some foreign weeds recently introduced in the neighbourhood of Lahore,

K. P, Shrivastava : A note on pollination and its economic import-

ance in some of the chief crops of the Central Provinces and Berar.

M. O, Tircmarayana Iyengar : On the biology of the flowers of Monochoria ,

P. M. Debbarman : A short note on the short-cut to the nectar in the flower of Gastanospernmm australe C. & ; Some

observations on the anchoring pads of Gymnopetahm cochin - chinensc Kurz. and some other cucurbitaceous plants.

M. J* Narsimban : Note on the presence of yeasts in some insects.

M. S* Sabhesan : Studies on the photosynthetic system of Cy- peraceae.

L. B. Kulkarni : A case of plant surgery,

G. B. Patwardhan : Some abnormal forms of phylloclades of Opuntia elatior Mill.

G. K. Lele : A study of the genus Triticum in Central India.

S. H* Prayag : Variations in the Gossypium ncglectum types of cotton.

Sudhir Chandra Roy : Mendeiian characters in linseed (Linum usitatissimum ).

R. K. Bhide : Contabescence of She anchors in rice.

G. R. Hilson : The determination of seed weight and weight of lint per seed in Gossypium hirsutum.

B. Sahni : On some petrified plants from the Mesozoic and Tertiary roots of India and Burma.

At the business meeting of the Society February 3rd, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, and the Secretary- Treasurer read his report for 1921. He reported that the member- ship numbered 121, of whom 114 are Charter Members. There was a cash balance of Rs. 621-5-4 in the treasury on December 31, 1921.

Ih was decided to put Rs. 500 in a hank at fixed deposit, as a reserve fund.

The result of the correspondence ballot for two officers to be elected for 1922 was announced: Rai Bahadur K. Rangaehari, M.A., L.T., of the Agricultural College, Coimbatore, was elected President',