July 1894.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 237 



MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 



Thursday, July 12, 1894. 



Dr. "William Craig, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Miss Katherine Millar and Mr. Alexander Porteous 

 were elected Eesident Fellows of the Society. 



Dr. T. B. Sprague exhibited specimens of peloria in 

 Dif/italis purpurea and in Campanula. 



Miss Madden exhibited a specimen of peloria in Digitalis 

 jnirpuira. 



Mr. Pi. TuRNBULL exhibited a leaf of cabbaQe showino- 

 hypertrophic development of the midrib. 



Mr. Dunn exhibited Morns alba, with set fruit, from the 

 open garden at Dalkeith. 



Mr. J. Grieve exhibited a plant with flowers, in pot, of 

 Euhis yhcenicolasius, the Japanese wine-berry, one of the 

 so-called American blackberries. 



Amongst herbaceous plants on the table from the 

 Eoyal Botanic Garden were : Primula involucrata, Allium 

 M'Nabianum, Pratia ang^data, etc. 



The following papers were read : — 



Keport on the Flora of PiOund Island, Mauritius. 

 By Surgeon-Major H. H. Johnston, Army Medical Staff, 

 D.Sc, F.L.S. 



The islands forming the Mauritius group are situated 

 in the Southern Indian Ocean, in 20° south latitude and 

 between 57° and 58° east longitude. They lie 470 miles 

 east of Madagascar, and 100 miles east-by-north of 



Issued November 1894, 



