154 TRAXSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lv. 



Gladiolus KotscJiimius, Fntdlarla rcenrva, F. tristis, F. 

 fallidijlora, Uvularia grandiflorcL 



Mr George Potts exliibited a dwarf variety of Saxifraga 

 Cotyledon found by him in Norway, also a large leaf of 

 Bogersia 'podopliyUa. 



The Curator of the Eoyal Botanic Garden exhibited from 

 Mr. Shiels, market gardener, Edinburgh, flowering specimens 

 of the ' Mummy Pea,' which is said to be merely a form of the 

 cultivated pea, Pisiim sativum. 



Dr John H. Wilson, referring to plants of a species of 

 Geuiii exhibited from the Royal Botanic Garden, remarked 

 that they were found by Professor Bayley Balfour during a 

 class-excursion on 13th June in the woods of Blairadam. The 

 plant is Geuni strictum, Ait., a species with a wide distribu- 

 tion from North America through Japan, Siberia and Songaria 

 to South and Mid Paissia. The plant is thoroughly established 

 near tlie south avenue gate on the banks of the Lochornie 

 Burn, a long way from the garden of Blairadam, but there 

 is a small garden around the gatekeeper's lodge not far oil', 

 whence the plant might have strayed. 



The following plants in bloom were exhibited from the 

 Ptoyal Botanic Garden : — Aquilegia pyvcnaica, Aceras anthro- 

 pophora, Campanula G. F. Wilson, Loasa lateritia, Silene 

 qiiadrifida, Sihthorpia europiea varicgaia, Veronica diosmie- 

 folia, Saxifraga mutata, Imda Hookerii, Silene maritima, a 

 hairy variety found by Professor Bayley Balfour during a 

 class-excursion on June 20th in tlie fields west from North 

 Berwick, and Chrysanthemum Icucantlicmimi in the following 

 three varieties : — («) a form found by the late Professor 

 Dickson with tubular white ray flowerets ; (h) a form found 

 on the Saunton Pocks, TJevonslnre,by Professor Bayley Balfour, 

 witli much-divided leaves and heads showing large convex 

 disks with short and recurved rays ; (c) a form found by Dr 

 Macfarlano during a class-excursion on May 9th on the banks 

 of the Esk between Musselburgh and Dalkeith, showing stem 

 and leaves densely hirsute. 



The following papers were read : — 



