396 Annual Business Meeting. [Sess. 
Of indigenous species, 61 is a large number to have been met with in 
one summer season, especially when we group with them the 24 sheets of 
varieties of various of these species. The Grasses, however, which fall to 
be included under the next two heads—viz., the “casuals” and “aliens,” 
are, as a group, almost more remarkable. No less than a quarter of the 
whole collection were found at the Leith Docks, indicating how the 
exchanging of merchandise between countries tends to make additions 
to their respective floras. 
The arrangement of the collection is after Hayward’s ‘ Botanist’s Pocket- 
Book.’ It might have been well, in the case of a collection of such magni- 
tude, to have adopted the arrangement and nomenclature of ‘ The Student’s 
Flora,’ or of the ‘ London Catalogue of British Plants,’ 9th edition ; but in 
this matter the collector was left free to exercise his choice. 
In regard to one or two sheets I have to remark as follows :— 
19. Agrostis canina, L. This seems to be rather A. alba, L. There are 
no awns, and the leaf sheaths are not smooth. 
50. Schlerochloa maritima, Lindl. The specimens here—which are a 
little misleading—I think must be considered to be Festuca 
rubra, L. 
51. Schlerochloa loliacea, Huds. This, I fear, is only S. maritima, 
Lindl. 
65. Festuca Myurus, L. I fear this is but a luxuriant form of F. setur- 
oides, Roth., or an alien species. 
68. Festuca ovina, L. Rather F. rubra, though specimens of the two 
species are sometimes very much alike. 
It may be of interest, in conclusion, to mention that the following 
species in the collection—some of them abundant in the east of Scotland 
—are absent from, or are but rare “casuals” in, the west—viz., Phlewm 
arenarium, L., Alopecurus agrestis, L., Avena flavescens, L., Pow convpressa, L., 
Glyceria distans, Wahlenb., Lolium temulentum, L., and Hordeum mur- 
inum, L. ALEX. SOMERVILLE, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
18th October 1902. 
On the envelope bearing the motto “Sesleria” being 
opened, it was found that the collection had been made by 
Mr Allister Murray, Royal Blind Asylum, Craigmillar, and 
the prize was accordingly awarded to him. The following is 
the list of Grasses :— 
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