BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH x) 
APRIL 138, 1911. 
A. W. Borruwick, Esq., D.Sc., President, in the Chair. 
The following lady was elected an ordinary member :-— 
Mrs. CATHERINE MAXWELL, 13 Albert Terrace. 
Mr. J. L. PIKE gave a lantern demonstration of Systematic 
Forestry in the Black Forest. 
Dr. W. G. Smirx showed slides illustrating various 
(Keological Types. 
Mr. W. W. SmirH communicated descriptions and figures 
of a new genus, Borthwickia, named in honour of the 
President of the Society, and of a new species, Leycesteria 
Belliana, W. W. Smith, both from India. (See p. 175.) 
Mr. JAMES FRASER showed specimens of the following 
plants :—Agropyrum repens, Beauv., var. Leersianwm, 
Gray, from the margins of fields at Caroline Park, Granton 
(v.c. 83); dA. repens xjunceum, forma swhrepens, from the 
shore at Caroline Park, Granton (v.c. 83); A. pungens, Roem. 
and Schult., from St. David’s, Fifeshire (v.c. 85); Aira caryo- 
phyllea, L., var. multiculis (Dum.), from Leith Docks (v.c. 
83), all of which were observed in their localities during 
1910, the last two being first records for Scotland. 
Mr. R. L. Harrow showed a series of plants in flower in 
the Royal Botanic Garden. 
MAY 6, 1911. 
A. W. Borruwick, Esq., D.Sc., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. F. L. M‘KEEVER read a paper upon Phewothamnion 
confervicolum, Lagerheim, which he discovered for the first 
time in Britain in the Braid marshes. (See p. 176.) 
Dr. BortHwick showed a specimen of the so-called 
“ Brown Oak.” 
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