Stropli until HS kispidiiii. 221 



2. Portions of the stem and l)ranclies. 



3. Portions of tlje root, 



4. Several immature follicles (in spirit). 



5. Dried mature follicles, from wliicli the bark lias not 



been scraped. 



6. Dried mature follicles, with the bark scraped off. 



These constitute for me the most valnal)le of the 

 acquisitions, as the contained seeds in the several 

 hundreds of these follicles which I now possess, 

 will allow me to complete the chemical and 

 physiological examination which is not yet quite 

 finished. Each follicle contains from 70 to 250 

 small seeds, which have beautiful comose append- 

 ages attaciied to them, giving to tlie seeds very 

 much the appearance of arrows, completely 

 furnished with heads, shafts, and leathers. 



7. Some of the poisoned arrows themselves fronj the 



Shire district. 

 The seeds arrived in very good condition, and a proof 

 of this has been obtained by Mr Lindsay, curator of the 

 Botanical Garden, who has succeeded in rearing young 

 plants from them, which I trust may produce flowers, so 

 that we may be able to establish if the plant is the 

 StrophantJms hispidus described by Oliver in the Icones 

 Plantarum. 



Report on Temperatures and Open- Air Vegetation at the 

 Royal Botanic Garderi, Edinhui^gli, from Jnly 1884 

 to June 1885. By Robert Lindsay, Curator of the 

 Garden. 



Jidij 1884. — Since the last meeting of the Botanical 

 Society (July 10) outdoor vegetation has, on the whole, 

 made satisfactory progress. July was a very wet month, 

 there being only seven days when no rain fell. Thunder- 

 storms were frequent throughout. 'I'he lowest night 

 temperature was 39° on the nights of the 20th and 26th, 

 the highest 55° on the 10th and 16th. The lowest day 

 temperature was 58° on the 24tli, and the highest 77° on 

 the 8th and 14th. 



