XVlli PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. G. Claridge Druce communicated Notes on Scottish 

 Plants (see p. 147). 



Professor J. Arcangeli communicated a note on Arau- 

 caria Bidiuilli, Hook, (see p. 151). 



Mr. W. Balfour Gourlay exhibited a specimen of 

 Viscum album, Linn., growing on Abies pectinata, DC. 



The following interesting plants in flower were shown 

 from the Royal Botanic Garden : — 



Androsace Delavayi, Franch., a species with pinkish 

 or white flowers, smelling of hawthorn, from Yunnan. 

 Gheiranthus asper, Cham, et Schlecht. ( = Erysimum capi- 

 tatum, Greene) : a half-hardy species with creamy white 

 flowers ; not often seen in cultivation nowadays. Pitto- 

 sporum rigidum, Hook., f. : a hardy New Zealand species. 

 Ariopsis peltata, Nimmo, Himalaya. Osmanthus Delavayi, 

 Baill., Yunnan. Ribes laurifolia, Jancz. : an evergreen 

 with numerous racemes of greenish flowers ; one of Wilson's 

 Chinese plants. Ribes viburni folia, A. Gray : a compact 

 bushy plant from California ; flowers reddish brown. 



APRIL 10, 1913. 



T. Bexnet Clark, Esq., C.A., in the Chair. 



Mr. James Brebner and Mr. R. E. Cooper were elected 

 Non-Resident Fellows. 



Professor Bayley Balfour read a paper on the Primulas 

 of the Sinensis Section : Part II. (to be published in part 

 iii. of this volume), and exhibited many living plants, dried 

 specimens, and photographs. 



Mr. James Fraser showed specimens of the following 

 plants recently gathered by him : — Fumaria purpurea, 

 Pugsley, F. Bastardi, Bor. var. hibernica, Pugsley, Sisym- 

 brium officinale, Scop. var. leiocarpum, DC, Petasites 

 fragrans, Presl, Symphytum peregrinum, Ledeb., and 

 Mentha rubra, Sm. — from Wigtownshire ; Fumaria offici- 

 nalis, Linn., var. Wirtgeni, Haussk., Anarrhinum bellidi- 



