CONTENTS OF VOL. XVI. 



SESSIONS XLVII.-XLVIII. 



Tage 

 Introductory Remarks by the Vice-President, HuGH Cleghorn, M.D., 



F.R.S.E 1 



Obituary Notice of Cieorge Dickie, INI.D 1 



„ Richard Parnell, M.D 6 



George H. K. Thwaites, F.R.S 8 



„ John L. Paterson, M.D., of Bahia, Brazil. By William 



Craig, M.D., F.R.C.E., F.R.S.E 9 



,, „ John Sadler. By Professor Bayley Balfour 11 



Note on Rubus Idceus var. Leesii, and Notice of some Plants from Inver- 

 ness-shire. By Dr Mactier, St Andrews. Communicated by Dr 



Cleghorn 15 



Note on Proliferous First Fronds of Seedling British Ferns. By Charles 



T. Druery, London. Communicated by P. Neill Fraser 17 



Sketch Notes of the Flora of Berwickshire. By Charles Stuart, M.D. 



Chirnside 19 



Note on Plant Localities in the Seaward District of Berwickshire. By the 



Rev. George Macfarlane, Coldingham, Associate 26 



On the Affinities of the Genus Pothocites, Paterson ; with the Descrijition of 

 a Specimen from Glencartholm, Eskdale. By Robert Kidston, F.G.S. 



(Plates L-IV.) 28 



The Multinucleated Condition of the Vegetable Cell, with some special 

 Researches relating to Cell Morphology. By Allan E. Grant. (Plates 



V. and VL) 38 



On the Coal incrusting the large Pinaceous Fossil Stems in front of the 

 Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, and its bearings on the question of 



the Formation of Coal. By Andrew Tay'LOR .52 



On a Divarication of the Common Primrose, with the Calyx divided into 



Linear Segments. By Charle.S Howie, Eden Cottage, Largo 5.5 



On an Abnormal Form of Listcra cordata, R. Br. By Thos. H. Corry, 

 M.A., F.L.S., M.R.I. A., Assistant Curator of the University Herbarium, 



Cambridge. (Plate VII.) 56 



On certain Additional Localities for Cornish Plants. By Thos. H. Corry, 

 M. A., F.L.S. , M.R.I.A. , Assistant Curator of the University Herbarium, 



Cambridge -57 



Obituary Notice of Thomas Hughes Corry. By Andrew Taylor 60 



A Tyije Botanic Garden. By Patrick Geddes, F.R.S.E. (Plate VIIL).... 61 

 Notes of a meeting of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club at Loch Awe, in 



July 1882. By W. B. Boyd, President 64 



Experiences in the Cultivation of Alpine and other Plants suited for the 

 Rockery, and Herbaceous Plants in the Mixed Border. By W. B. 

 Boyd of Faldonside. The Presidential Address, delivered November 



8, 1883 QQ 



Obituary Notice of Professor Oswald Heer. By Andrew Taylor 86 



,, „ Professor Allen Thomson, M.D., LL.D., &c. By Pro- 

 fessor Cleland 92 



„ „ James Robson Scott, M.D. By F. Douglas, M.D., 



Kelso ■. 91 



,, „ Rev. John Gibson Macvicar, LL.D., D.D., Minister of 



Moffat. By the Rev. John M'MURTRIE, M.A 95 



