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PROCEEDINGS 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



SESSION LXXXI 



OCTOBER 12, 1916. 



Symington Grieve, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Office-Bearers of the preceding year were re-elected 

 for the Session. 



Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn proposed a motion 

 that the list of members of the Society be printed, and 

 that all names of alien enemies be expunged from the 

 list. Mr. Bennet Clark seconded the motion. There 

 was no counter-proposal, and the motion was declared 

 carried. 



Mr. H. F. Tagg communicated a paper on the Occurrence 

 of Resin Ducts in the Medullary Rays of the Wood of 

 certain Species of Burseraceae. 



Mr. W. W. Smith gave an account of the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Calcutta, with lantern illustrations. 



Mr. James Small and Mr. W. W. Smith exhibited a 

 specimen of Cavea, a new genus of the Compositae, from 

 the Tibetan border (see p. li9). 



Mr. George Forrest and Mr. W. W. Smith showed 

 specimens of Trailliaedoxa, a new genus of the Rubiaceae, 

 from S.W. China. 



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