74 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lv. 



of this plant was recognised as a food for stock before the 

 shootinu' of the ijrass. 



The following Papers were read: — 



Characteristic Views of British Guiana Vegetation. 

 By Eev. David Paul, M.A. 



The author described the aspects of vegetation in British 

 Guiana as he had seen it during a visit to the country in 

 1890, and exhibited "on the lantern-screen a series of photo- 

 graphs taken by himself, illustrating his description. 



Commentaries on British Plants. No. I. The Coarse 

 Anatomy of the Wood of Trees and Shrubs (conclusion). 

 By Professor Bayley Balfour and Dr J. Muirhead Mac- 



farlane. 



In conclusion of their account of the structure of the 

 wood of trees and shrubs indigenous or naturalised in Britain, 

 the authors described and projected on the lantern-screen 

 sections of the wood of the following plants : — Lonicera 

 Peridymenum, L. Xylodcmn, Vihurimm Opulus, V. Lantana, 

 Samhucus nigra, Vaccinium Myrtillus, Calluna vulgaris, Erica 

 Tetralix, E. vagans, Fraxinus excelsior, Ligustrum vulgare, 

 Lyciwm harharum. Thymus Serpyllum, Daphne Mezereum, 

 1). Laiircola, llippophae rliamnoidcs, Viscum album, Buxus 

 sanpervirens, Empcirum nigrum, Ulmus montana, U. cam- 

 p)estris, Salix: alba, Populus nigra, P. tremula, Betula alba, 

 Alnus glutinosa, Carpinus Betulus, Gorylus Avellana, Fagus 

 sylvatica, Castanea vesca, Quercus p)cdunculata. 



The Glan])ULAk Stipules of Larrea Mexicana, Moric. 

 By Dr John H. Wilson. 



The author exhibited dried specimens of tliis plant, the 

 Creasote bush of Mexico and adjacent regions of America, 

 whicli secretes an odorous substance, giving origin to the 

 j)0])ular name ; and he referred to the place and manner of 

 the secretion. 



