of Edinburgh, Session 1880-81. Ixxix 



II. Notes on the Action of some Aniline Dyes on Vegetable 

 Tissues. By JoHX M. Macfarlane, B.Sc. 



III. Notes on Plants groicn at Hag Lodge, Trinity. By Mr 

 Isaac Anderson-Hexey, F.E.S.E., F.L.S. 



Specimens 1 and 2 axe plants of Androsace incisa, raised ty 

 me from seeds sent by my niece from the hills above Eawul Pindee. 

 That the name I give is correct is confirmed by Sir Joseph Hooker, 

 to whom I submitted a plant, and who informs me that he is getting 

 it figured for the Botanical Magazine. There is a slight difference 

 between the two plants, that one farthest advanced showing a 

 tendency in the flowers to fade off into scarlet before they die. 

 It blooms well in the open border, from which I infer that it will 

 be well suited for the rockery. 



3. A plant raised from seeds sent by the same relati-\'e collected 

 in Ladak or Kashmir — apparently a species of Dracoceplialnm. It 

 stood all winter in the open border, and appears to be quite hardy. 

 Being this day uplifted from the border, it will not show to 

 advantage. 



4. Rheum [R. vibes 1 ). — This odd-looking species I raised from 

 Sikkim seeds. May it not be identical -n-ith R. rihes got in 

 Affghanistan by Dr Aitchison ? The leaves, somewhat like a rihes, 

 favour this belief, 



5. Hybrid Primula. {P. rosea x P. Kashmirensis). — I have 

 another of this ( x with P. Kashmir oisis) also in flower at this late 

 season for Primidas. It has this other advantage in having its 

 leaves slightly fragrant, while both parents in their foliage have a 

 disagreeable odour, especially the P. Kashmirensis, which is quite 

 offensive. 



6. Ehododexdrox Hybrid (R. Jenkinsii x R. Edgeicorthii, at 

 least I take it for this), which I made in 1864, this being the first 

 to bloom. But taUies go astray. By having it marked as a hybrid, 

 I feel pretty certain I am right in the parentage, and the odour of 

 the flower strengthens my behef. But what I call attention to is 

 the morphological formation of the flower. While the flowers of 

 both R. Jenliinsii and R. Edgworthii are, like those of the most, if 

 not all, of the genus, monojpetalous, the only bloom open shows very 

 distinctly five petals apparently all pediceUed, though they all may 

 be joined at the bottom. It bloomed in June, and the style 

 and seed vessels are yet upon the plant springing as it were out of 

 another morpliological structure forming a kind of involucre. 



