V. V. Bor bas, üeber einige Aquilegiaarten. — Gelehrte Ges. 39 



im Universitätsherbar zu Budapest als A. viscosa Gouan aus dem 

 „Bodenthal Carinthiae" vorfindet. Die Etiquette rührt von J. Sandor, 

 einem verstorbenen scharfen Beobachter Ungarns her, der seine Be- 

 obachtungen nicht publicirte , dieselben finden sich aber in dem 

 erwähnten Herbarium aufbewahrt. A. Transsilvanica Schur ist bisher 

 nur aus Siebenbürgen bekannt. Man kann vielleicht an eine Ver- 

 wechslung des Herbarexemplares bei diesem Standort Kärnthens denken, 

 aber eine solche kann man Sandor jedenfalls nicht zutrauen. Jeden- 

 falls dürfte es nichts schaden, dieserhalb in Kärnthen nachzusuchen. 

 Die Pflanze ist niedrig und leicht an den gekrümmten Spornen zu er- 

 kennen; diese sind kürzer als die stumpfspitzige Lamina; die Sepalen 

 sind stumpf. 



Budapest, 19. November 1881. 



Gelehrte Gesellschaften. 



Linuean Society of London. 



November 17, 1881. — Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., in the chair. — Sir 

 John Kirk, K. C. M. G., was elected a Councillor, and Mr. Frank 

 Crisp Treasurer, in place of Mr. Currey, deceased. — Mr. G«*orgre Murray 

 exhibited a bough of Pinus pinaster , with suppressed intei'nodes of the 

 lateral branches, the result of injury to the axis from which they sprang. — 

 Mr. R. J. Lynch exhibited and read a short note on the contrivance for 

 self-fertilisation in Roscoea purpurea, which to some extent resembles that 

 of Salvia by modifications of anther and filament. — Mi-. C. B. Clarke 

 described a Hampshire orchis not represented in English botany. This pale 

 flesh-coloured, or yellow orchis he demonstrates is the true 0. incarnata 

 Linn. , and not that figured by S y m e and B a bington, which is the 0. 

 latifolia Linn.*) 



Proceedings of the Torrey Club. **) 



The regular monthly meeting of the Club was held Tuesday evening, 

 Oct. 11th, at the Herbarium, Columbia College, the President in the chair 

 and twenty members and two visitors present. — Plants exhibited. - Mr. 

 Leggett presented specimens of Tsuga Caroliniana Engelm. , from the Caro- 

 lina Mountains (Caesar's Head, Greenville Co., S. C), sent by Capt. J. Donnell 

 Smith, and spineless leaves of Ilex opaca Ait. , from South Carolina. 

 Dr. Newberry exhibited a beautiful collection of Western plants collected by 

 him on a recent trip through Colorado and Idaho, and also remarked upon 

 the charcateristics of the Western Coniferae. Mr. Gerard exhibited a speci- 

 men of Richardia Aethiopica , the spadix of which was subtended by three 

 spathes, sent by Miss Palmer from Louisville, Ky. Prof. Schrenk showed 

 specimens of plants collected by him in New Hampshire during the summer, 

 and placed them at the disposal of the members present. — Hybrid Oaks. — 

 Mr. ßritton remarked upon some singular forms of hybrid oaks found by 

 Mr. Rud kin and himself growing in abundance at Keyport, N. J., and 

 which are now under investigation with a view of determining, if possible, 

 the parent species. A series of leaf specimens was shown exhibiting various 

 transitional forms, apparently between Quercus Phellos L., and Q. nigra L. — 

 Serratula tinctoria. — Specimens of this adventive plant, which has become 

 pretty well established in a few places on Staten Island, were sent by 

 Mr. Wright from West Brighton, for the Club's inspection. — Polyphylly. — 



*) From ,Nature^ Vol. XXV. No 630. Nov. 24, 1881. p. 94. 



') From the Bull. Torrey bot. Club. Vol. VIH. 1881. No. 11. p. 132. 



