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Mr. R. C. Davie read a second paper on his Botanical 

 Tour in Brazil, dealing chiefly with Forest, Scrub, and 

 Savannah. He described the chief features of the rain- 

 forest of the coast " Serras " at Rio de Janeiro and Santos, 

 of the " Serra " at Petropolis, and of the awesome Organ 

 Mountains. Lantern-slides were shown to illustrate the 

 flora of the forest, the coast " restingas " or sand-banks, 

 and the dry elevated plateau of the interior. Reference 

 was made to the methods of travel, the native system of 

 agriculture, and the almost untouched mineral and botanical 

 wealth of the country. 



A new and peculiar genus Moultonia was exhibited by 

 Professor Bayley Balfour and Mr. W. W. Smith. The 

 plant above ground consists of a single large leaf and the 

 flowers arise in the furrow of the leaf-stalk and in the 

 furrow of the mid-rib of the leaf. 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson exhibited the Rust Fungus 

 Uromy'ees onobrychidis, Lev. The fungus which was 

 collected in Kent has not been previously recorded for 

 Britain. 



Dr. Wilson also exhibited Euphorbia Pseudo-cyparissias, 

 Jord., a variety of Euphorbia Esida, Linn., as a casual in 

 the same country. 



APRIL 8, 1915. 



R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc, in the Chair. 



A communication was read on behalf of Dr. James 

 Stirton, dealing with some new species of mosses which 

 he had obtained in West Ross-shire (see p. 423). 



A new genus of Ranunculaceae from the borders of 

 Burma and China was exhibited by Professor Bayley 

 Balfour and Mr. W. W. Smith. The name given to this 

 new genus, Beesia, is in honour of the well-known firm of 

 Bees, Limited, whose enterprising collector, Mr. F. Kingdon 

 Ward, discovered the plant last year. 



