4.50 Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 
2. ‘‘ Notice of plants found in the neighbourhood of Lincoln,” by 
Benjamin Carrington, Esq. Mr. Carrington noticed the occurrence 
of Anacharis Alsinastrum in great abundance in Lincoln, and exhibited 
specimens to the meeting. Among other plants noticed by him in 
the district, and of which examples were exhibited, may be noticed 
‘the following :—Thalictrum flavum, Ranunculus parviflorus, Nastur- 
tium amphibium, Erysimum cheiranthoides, Camelina sativa, Vicia 
tetrasperma, Lathyrus aphaca, L. Nissolia, and L. maritimus, Hippo- 
crepis comosa, Onobrychis sativa, Cicuta virosa, Sison Amomum, 
CGinanthe Phellandrium, and Q2. fistulosa, Sium latifolium, Orchis 
Susca, O. pyramidalis, and O. Morio, Potamogeton rufescens, P. pectt- 
natus, P. gramineus and P. prelongus, &c., Bromus erectus, Onopordum 
Acanthium, Serratula tinctoria, Butomus umbellatus, Hydrocharis- 
Morsus-rane, Gentiana Pneumonanthe, and Lysimachia Nummularia 
and ciliata naturalized. 
3. “ Account of Excursions last Autumn, with notices of localities 
for some rare Scotch plants,” by Dr. Balfour. ‘This paper embraced 
a short notice of an excursion made in August with botanical pupils 
to Braemar and Clova, during which many of the rare alpine species 
of Scotland were gathered on Lochnagar, Ben Aven, Ben-na-Muich- 
Dhui, Glen Callater, Glen Fee, Glen Dole, &c. ‘The season was 
stated to be very backward, there being much snow on the hills, and 
many plants, such as Mulyedium alpinum, were not m flower. Dr. 
Balfour also noticed the following plants as having been gathered by 
him in the west of Scotland :—Jmpatiens noli-me-tangere in Castle 
Milk Glen, near Glasgow; Hymenophyllum Wilsoni, near Dunoon ; 
Raphanus maritimus and CEnanthe Lachenalii near Toward Point; 
Elatine hexandra in Loch Fad, in Bute; and Hymenophyllum tun- 
bridgense in woods in Bute. A growing specimen of Hlatine hexandra, 
from Bute, was also shown. 
Dr. Balfour showed a specimen of roots which had penetrated 
drains, and remarked that the plant whose roots had entered drains 
in the Carse of Gowrie was Polygonum amphibium, and not P. Bis- 
torta, as stated at a former meeting. 
Mr. John M‘Laren noticed the occurrence of Sedum album, S. re- 
flecum, and Verbascum Lychnitis on the Castle rock at Stirling, and 
Melilotus leucantha near Dunblane, besides many interesting plants 
which he had gathered in Bute. 
Dr. Balfour exhibited a specimen of Carduus eriophorus, gathered 
in the vicinity of Muirhouse by Mr. Kelly, nurseryman. 
A note was read from Mr. James Backhouse, jun., in which he 
stated that he had gathered Carex /eporina abundantly in autumn, 
on Lochnagar. He remarked—* Its till recently undisturbed tran- 
quillity depends on the unlikely place in which it grows. There is 
scarcely any company for it in the way of vegetation. Its scattered 
tufts contrast almost alone with the granite rocks.” He gathered a 
considerable quantity of Woodsia Ilvensis in Glen Fee; also Draba 
rupestris, Poa montana, Gentiana nivalis, Juncus castaneus, and J. bi- 
glumis, in Canlochan. Mr. Backhouse also stated that he had received 
good specimens of Lychnis alpina from Hobcaster Fell, in Cumber- 
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