October gfh, I Sgc}.] Proceedings. vii 



\_Microscopical and Natural History Section.^ 



Ordinary Meeting, October 9th, fSqq. 



Mark Siirrup, F.G.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. IsA.vc Bayley Balfour, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh, sent for exhibition a collection of plants 

 from the island of Socotra, which included the following : — 



A. (Of morphological interest) Cocciilits tni/fourii, Adeniiim 

 multijloriim, Senccio scotti, Eupliort'ia schimperi, Pulicaria stc- 

 pJuDwcarpa^ Jhcwci ia /astii:;iafa, Convolvulus Jilipcs, Iiidti:;ofera 

 marmorata, [usticia ri'^^ida, Croton socotrauus, Locliia t>racteata, 

 Dicoma ca?ia, NeuracautJius aculeatus. 



B. (Of economic interest) Buxus tiildehrandtii^ Bos7vellia 

 aineero, B. clongata, B. socotraiia, Balsaiiunteiidruin socotranuin, 

 Dracaena cinnabarl. 



C. (Of horticultural interest) Exaeuni eaeru/eum, E. ^^racitipes, 

 Cystostenion socotranuni, Jasniinuni rotundifoliuni^ Lasiosiphon 

 socotranus, Euryops socotranus, iMussaenda capsulifera, Begonia 

 socotrana, Hypericum tortuosum. 



D. (Of geographical interest) camylantluts spinosus, Coelocar- 

 pum socotranuni, Rhus t/ivrsi/lora, Heliclirysuni aciculare^ H. 

 nimmoanum, H. suffruticosuni, H. rosulatuni, H. sphaerocephalutn, 

 H. gracilipes. 



E. (Interesting trees, shrubs, and herbs) Odina ornifoIia,Ficus 

 socotrana, Porana obtusa, Vogelia penduia, V. indica var. socotrana, 

 Jatropha unicostata, Osyris penduia, Greivia turbi?iata, IVithania 



riebeckii, Cuscuta planiflora var. globu/ifera, Achyrocline schimperi, 

 Hedyotis siellarioides, Haya obovata, Dicliptera effusa. 



Mr. Peter Cameron sent part II. of his paper on the 

 " Hymenoptera of the Khasia Hills," illustrated by a large 

 number of specimens. 



