Reports from Botanicxl Section. 



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The Secretary (Mr. Keddie) read an account of a botanical excursion to 

 Linlithgow, South Queensferry, North Queensferry, and thence by the Fife 

 coast to Burntisland, in company with Dr. Balfour and party, on the 18th 

 and 19th of July last. Among the plants gathered were, Typha latifolia, 

 Rosa rubiginosa, Thalictrum flavum, Astragalus glycyphyllos, Reseda 

 lutea, Geranium pusillum, Allium Scorodoprasum, Medicago maculata, 

 Spiraea filipendula, Salvia verbenaca, &c. 



Total Phanerogamous species and varieties seen during 



the trip, 419 



Ferns, 15 



434 



Grasses, 43 species. 

 List of plants gathered, which are common on the east coast of Scot- 

 land, near Edinburgh, and which occur rarely, or not at all, near 

 Glasgow : — 



Thalictrum majus. 



minus. 



Papaver Argemone. 

 Sisymbrium Sophia. 

 Reseda lutea. 

 Heliantheinum vulgare. 

 Malva rotundifolia. 

 Acer campestre. 

 Geranium pusillum. 



sanguineus. 



Medicago maculata. 

 Trifolium arvense. 



scabrum. 



Astragalus glycyphyllos. 

 hypoglottis. 



Vicia lutea. 

 Fedia dentata. 

 Dipsacus sylvestris. 

 Salvia verbenaca. 

 Lamium album. 



incisuin. 



Oxytropis uralensis. 



Spiraea Filipendula. 



Rosa rubiginosa. 



Dr. Balfour read an account of a botanical trip to Ben Nevis last autumn 

 exhibiting specimens of some of the plants collected ; also, Typha angusti- 

 folia, from Lochmaben. 



Hippophae rhamnoides 

 Allium scorodoprasum. 

 Hordeum murinum. 

 Briza media. 

 Knautia arvensis. 

 Carduus tenuiflorus. 

 Ballota nigra. 

 Primula veris. 

 Chenopodium rubrum. 

 Euphorbia peplus. 

 Avena flavescens. 

 pubescens. 



January 27, 1846. — Dr. Balfour in the Chair. Mr. Adamson read 

 a paper on the Genus Rubus, illustrated by specimens. Dr. Balfour 

 exhibited specimens of plants in various stages of growth, showing the 

 effects of the extraordinary mildness of the season. The Professor pre- 

 sented a valuable collection of plants to the Herbarium, for which thanks 

 were voted. 



February 24, 1846. — Dr. Blackie in the Chair. Several seeds from 

 the Sandwich Islands were exhibited. Dr. Blackie presented to the 

 Herbarium, a Fasciculus of Saliccs. — Thanks voted. 



