Occurrence of Carex salina. 203 



flowers at the base ; glumes narrow, semi-truncate, or obtusely 

 rounded at the apex ; perigynia short, 1^ lines long, nearly 

 witliout veins, but variable (nut withered and immature). 



Habit of slender forms of paludosa, but characters near 

 aquatilis v, Watsoni, but the young spike richly coloured 

 with purplish-brown. 



My herbarium contains specimens I'rom the countries 

 followed by the usual sign ! 



Report on the Excursion of the Scottish. Alpine Botanical 

 Club to Teesdale and Kirkhy Lonsdale in 1884. By 

 William Craig, M.D., F.E.S.E., F.R.C.S. Ed. 



(Read February 12, 1885.) 



The annual excursion of the Scottish Alpine Botanical 

 Club last autumn was to Upper Teesdale in England, a 

 district interesting alike to the botanist and geologist. 

 The members of the club took up their quarters, and were 

 comfortably entertained, at the Cross Keys Hotel, Middleton- 

 in-Teesdale. 



The members of the Club present were Professor 

 Dickson, ]\[r W. B. Boyd, Kev. George Alison, Dr A. P. 

 Aitken, Dr H. M. Church, and Dr W. Craig. 



At the business meeting of the Club the following office- 

 bearers were elected : — President, Professor A. Dickson ; 

 Vice-President, Mr W. B. Boyd ; Chaplain, Rev. George 

 Alison; Minstrel, Dr A. P. Aitken; Secretary and Trea- 

 surer, Dr W. Craig. 



The newly elected President referred to the great loss 

 which the Club had sustained since its last meeting by the 

 death of our venerable President, Emeritus-Professor John 

 Hutton Balfour. 



The Club agreed to erect a monument to the memory of 

 our late member John Sadler. This has since been 

 placed over his grave in Warriston Cemetery, and bears 

 the following inscription : — 



" Sacred to the memory of John Sadler, Curator, Euyal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Born 3rd February 1837, 

 died 9th December 1882. 



" Erected, in affectionate remembrance, by his friends 

 in the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club, 1881." 



