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PROCEEDINGS 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



SESSION LXXXIII 



OOTOBEU 10, 1918. 



James Whytock, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



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

 for the Session, the office of Treasurer being left vacant. 



The President intimated, that the. following Fellows 

 had died during the past session : Mr. Richard Brown, 

 Treasurer, Mr. W. B. Boyd of Faldonside, Mr. W. C. 

 Crawford, Captain Norman, Mr. Wilkinson. Mr. J. C. 

 Adam, a contributor to the Transactions, died on service. 



Mr. J. M. Murray, Captain William Stewart, and 

 Mr. Harry Watson were elected non-Resident Fellows. 



Professor Bayley Balfour communicated papers on 

 Rhododendrons of the Triflorum Series, and Critical Points 

 in Description of Species of Rhododendron and Primula, 

 and also Some New or Rare Primulas. 



Mr. James Eraser gave an account of a new Grass, 

 Koeleria advena, Stapf (see p. 302). 



Mr. Arthur Bennett communicated Notes on the Flora 

 of Caithness (see p. 309), and a paper on Galamagrostis 

 striata, Timm, and C. strlgosa, W^ahl. (see p. 305). 



Flowers of Araujia sericifera, Brot., with moth captured 



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