iv PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. James M'Andrew showed specimens of Silene 

 fimbriata, Sims, from the south bank of the Crinan Canal, 

 Argyll ; and Piptatherum multiflorum, Beauv., from near 

 Musselburgh (see p. 95). 



Mr. James Fraser showed Centunculus minimus, Linn., 

 from Wigtownshire (see. p. 95). 



DECEMBER 14, 1911. 

 A. W. Borthwick, Esq., D.Sc, President, in the Chair. 



Miss Augusta Lamont and Mr. J. R. Drummond were 

 elected Resident Fellows. 



Mr. John Davidson was elected a Non-Resident Fellow. 



Mr. N. Miller Johnson read a paper upon Ecological 

 Terminology as applied to Marine Algee (see p. 32). 



Professor Giovanni Arcangeli communicated a paper 

 upon Victoria regia, Lindl. (see p. 56). 



Mr. Symington Grieve read a paper upon Argania 

 Sideroxylon, and illustrated it with lantern slides (see 

 p. 88). ' 



Mr. James Fraser exhibited a number of alien plants, 

 new British records, from near Edinburgh (see p. 28). 



JANUARY 3, 1912. 

 A. W. Borthwick, Esq., D.Sc, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. Holmes Smith was elected a Resident Fellow. 



Professor F. O. Bower read a paper showing the need 

 for two new terms, " Pleiogeny " and " Meiogeny," as 

 signifying the increase and decrease in the number of 

 parts of plants, irrespective of the way in which that 

 increase or decrease took place. 



Mr. Alex. Morrison communicated a paper on New or 

 imperfectly described Species of Acacia from Western 

 Australia (see p. 51). 



