BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH V 



Dr. W. G. Smith showed stereoscopic photographs, taken 

 by Professor Massart, of Arctic-Alpine and other plants. 



Dr. Stirton sent for exhibition specimens of Fissidens 

 incurvus, Starke, from Kyleakin, Skye. 



Mr. Rutherford Hill showed fresh rhizomes of Zedoary 

 (Curcuma aromatica, Salisb.) from Tahiti. 



FEBRUARY 8, 1912. 

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



Dr. D. H. Scott, Oakley, Hants, was elected an Hon. 

 British Fellow. 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson and Mr. R. C. Davie were elected 

 Resident Fellows. 



Mr. M. Y. Orr communicated a paper on " Kenfig 

 Burrows : an Ecological Study " (see p. 79). 



Mr. W. Balfour Gourlay read a note on a fastigiate 

 Scotch Pine from Dryburgh, and showed specimens and 

 photographs. 



A specimen of Leucobryum pumilum (Michx.), sent by 

 Dr. Stirton, the discoverer of this moss in Scotland, was 

 exhibited (see p. 44). 



MARCH 14, 1912. 

 James Fraser, Esq., in the Chair. 



Dr. D. H. Campbell communicated a paper on The 

 Embryo-Sac of Aglaonema. 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson read a paper, illustrated by lantern 

 slides, on the plant distribution of a special area in North 

 Kent. Dr. Wilson gave an account of the various geological 

 formations — chalk, alluvial, and gravel — and contrasted the 

 floras corresponding to these geological formations both in 

 deep shade and in the light. He also pointed out the 

 zonation of the flora corresponding to the depth of soil 

 overlying the chalk. This was specially the case with 

 mosses. 



