BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH SIS 



folium, D-^sf.. Festuca rigida, Kunth. var. patens, Asch. et 

 Grbn. — from Midlothian. 



Mr. James M' Andrew showed specimens of CoronUla 

 varia, Linn., and Bromus inermis, Leyss.. which he recently 

 gathered — the former at Slateford. Midlothian ; the latter in 

 the same place and at Leven. Fifeshire. 



Mr. W. W. Smith showed Plcurospermtwm a/mobile, a 



new species from the Chumbi Valley. Tibet (see p. 154 i. 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson showed UstUago Vdittantii, TuL 

 on Ohionodoxa Lueiliae, Boiss.. obtained in the Royal 

 Botanic Garden. Edinburgh. 



The following interesting plants in flower were shown 

 from the Royal Botanic Garden : — 



Alyssum pyrenaicum, Lap.: Ca/rdamine rhomboidea, 

 DC: Orenvlaria eunomoides. Boiss.: Gytisus Beanii, x ; 

 Go. utiheria Forrestii, Diels, one of the finest flowering shrubs 

 introduced for Bees. Ltd.. by Mr. Forre-t from Yunnan, the 

 racemes of white flowers being 8-10 inches long : Saxifraga 

 K H liae < Small )} an American sasifrageof theBoraphila 

 section; Ban wnculus Monroi, Hook., f.. var dentatus, a New 

 Zealand plant with large yellow flowers : Boscoea ca utL 

 Gagnep., var. lutea, a delightful acquisition from Yunnan, 

 the result of Mr. Forrest "s collecting (there is also a purple- 

 flowered form in cultivation ) : Saxifraga lilacina, Duthie. 

 a Kabschia saxifrage from Kumaon introduced by Kew in 

 1900. not yet common in gardens (recent esplorations in 

 China show that the section Kabschia occurs also there 

 in S. pulcl'.ra. Engler, also now in cultivation): Suksdorfia 

 viaiacea, A. Gray, a purple-flowered sasifragaceous plant 

 which gives promise of being useful on the rockery : 

 Thlaspi Kovatsii, Heufl'.; Thlaspi rivo.le, Presl. 



MAY 8, 1913. 

 Sir Archibald Buchas-Hepburs, Bart., in the Chair. 



The Hon. Secretary communicated a paper by Mr. Alex. 

 P. Stevens :>x on William Gardiner. Author of the Flora 

 of Forfarshire (1848)" (see p. 155). 



1 Under Heterisia in " Nor. Amer. Fl.,'" xxii. 156. 



