BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH XV 



•" A Contribution to the Flora of Arran," by Wm. G. 

 Travis, was communicated by the Assistant-Secretary (see 

 p. 120). 



Mr. N. Millek Johnson read a paper, " The Invasion of 

 Vegetation into Disforested Land " (see p. 1 29). 



A paper on the Primulas of the Bullate section was read 

 on behalf of Professor Bayley Balfoub (see p. 188), and 

 dried specimens of most of the members of the group were 

 exhibited. 



Mr. M'Taggart Cowan read a paper on CochZearia 

 danica, Linn, (see p. 136). 



Mr. W. W. Smith exhibited a series of new Chinese 

 plants collected by Mr. George Forrest, and also a new 

 Burmese species of Cordia — G. globifera, W. W. Sm. — with 

 very tomentose leaves. 



The following interesting plants in flower were shown 

 from the Royal Botanic Garden : — 



Acanthocarpus Preissei, Lehm. : a remarkable South- 

 West Australian plant of that group of Monocotyledones 

 which seem to connect Juncaceae and Liliaceae ; the 

 twisted leaves are a prominent feature of adaptation to 

 dry conditions. Bulbine favosa, Schult. : a strong- 

 scented yellow-flowered South African plant. Parthewiu/m 

 Hysterophorus, Linn. : an American white-flowered species. 

 Pleione Delavayi, Rolf e : a tine dark-flowered species of 

 much better colour than any other in cultivation. Poma- 

 derris phylicaefolia, Lodd.: an Australasian ericoid form. 

 Primula petiolaris, Wall. var. pub: evident l a, Hook, f . : 

 a delightful plant introduced as P. Winteri from 

 Kumaon, W. Himalaya. Samolus ebracteatus, H. B. K.: a 

 Central American form with rather smaller flowers than 

 our native species, S. Valera/nd/i, Linn. Saxifraga 

 hederacea, Linn. : white-flowered species of the Cymbalaria 

 section from South-East Europe and Asia Minor, forming a 

 nice cover on a rockery. Sedum alamosanum, S. Wats. ; 

 8. cupressoides, Hemsley ; S. longipes, Rose — three Mexican 

 species of Sedum of which 8. cupressoides is of special 



