Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'On the factors that influence external form of fossil plants; with descriptions of the foliage of some species of the Palaeozoic Equisetalean Genus Annularia Sternberg' by John Walton Sectional Committee: Botany Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests adding clear statements of the assumptions made in developing the theory. Refers to comments made by Winckworth. Thoroughly discusses the theory and its assumptions. [Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society] Endorsed on verso as received 13 March 1936. [March 1936]