CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Opening Meeting of the Session 1 



Obituary Notice of Dr James G-ilchrist, Dumfriea. By Thomas 

 A. G. Balfour, M.D., F.R.S.E 2 



Obituary Notices of C. W. Peach, Robert Gray, William William- 

 son Newbould, and Edouard Morren. By 

 Andrew Taylor 11-16 



~„ „ William Traill, M.D. By Hugh Cleghorn, 



M.D., LL.D. 17 



„ „ John Jeffrey, Balsusney. By C. Howie, St 



Andrews 19 



Australian and Ne>v Zealand Trees in Arran. By Rev. D. Lands- 

 borough 21 



Notes on Three Rare Carnarvonshire Plants. By A. D. Webster... 29 



On a supposed New British Species of Sagina. By F. Buchanan 



White, M.D., F.L.S., F.E.S 32 



Notes on the Finding of Trichomanes radicans in Arran in August 



1863. By W. B. "Simson 36 



Additional Note on the Occurrence of Trichomanes radicans in Scot- 

 land. By Rev. D. Landsboeouoh 39 



Recent Researches in regard to the Vegetable Cell- Wall. By G. F. 

 Scott Elliot, M. A. Cantab 40 



Notes on British Species of Einlohium. By Arthur Bennett, 



F.L.S 47 



On the Monthly Increase in Girth of Trees at the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, and at Craigiehall, near Edinburgh. By David 

 Christison, M. D 51 



Excursion of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club to Glen Spean and 

 Pitlochrie in 1886. By William Craig, M.D., F.R.S.E., 

 F.R.C.S.E., &c 65 



On the Dimorphism of Flowers of Wacliendorfia paniculata. By 

 John Wilson, B.Sc, University of St Andrews. (Plate I.) 73 



On the Fructification of Sphacelaria radicans, Harvey, and Sphace- 



laria olivacea, J. Ag. By G. W. Traill, Joppa. (Plate II.).... 77 



Remarks on Sphacelaria radicans, Harv., and Sphacdaria olivacea, 



J. Ag. By E. M. Holmes, F.L.S 79 



The Indigenous Flora of Madeira, in special relation to its Peculiar 

 Plants. By Francis M. Norman, Commander R.N 82 



