256 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ([Sess. ixxr. 
* Lepturus cylindricus, Trin, 
*Phalaris brachystachys, Link, was met with in three 
different, widely separated places. Some authorities place it 
as a variety of P. canariensis, and others reverse the relation- 
ship, but it seems a distinct plant, worthy of being ranked 
as a species. 
* Triticum caudatum, Gren. and Godr., was once found at 
Leith. It is figured and described as gilops cylindrica in 
the Flora Greca. 
Bromus Danthonia, Trin., is perhaps a diminutive form 
of Bromus macrostachys, Dest., being then the variety 
trristata, Hackel, of that species. It is a native of 
Afghanistan and Western Asia. 
W. C. CrawrorD, M.A., showed a malformation on a branch 
of Acacia caused by a species of Loranthus. The Acacia was 
from South Africa, where the name of “wooden flowers” is 
given to such malformations. 
Mr. R. L. Harrow showed the following plants in flower 
from the Royal Botanic Garden :—Anemone intermedia, Cory- 
dalis cheilanthifolia, Crassula quadrifida, Clerodendron 
inportunatum, Draba Mawii, Genista Hillebrandii, Medinilla 
javanica, Omphalodes verna, Saxifraga apiculata, x; Saxi- 
Fraga Burseriana, Saxifraga Kotschyi, Saxifraga oppositsfolia. 
