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favour in his eyes on further acquaintance, or he will see it necessaiy 

 to modify still more his encomium. Though I do not agree with Br. 

 and Sch. on every point, I should hesitate to pronounce any such cen- 

 sure as that contained in Mr. E.'s remarks. Their work deserves to 

 be studied, and should not be lightly criticised. — TV. Wilson ; War- 

 rington, August 22, 1844. 



520. Teucrium Botrys found in Surrey. On Saturday last, the 

 17th instant, when in company with Mr. Wm. Bennett, I found seve- 

 ral fine plants of Teucrium Botrys, in a wild stony locality, far from 

 any house or garden, at the back of Box-hill, in Surrey. — T. Ingall ; 

 August 23, 1844. 



Art. CCXXXVI. — Proceedings of Societies. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



Thursday, July 11, 1844. — This day the Society held its last meet- 

 ing for the session, at the Royal Botanic Garden. Professor Graham 

 in the chair. 



The Treasurer read a paper on three genera of Desmidieee, by Mr. 

 John Ralfs, Penzance, viz-, Desmidium, Glseoprium and Schistochilum. 



Mr. James M'Nab read a portion of his Journal of a Tour in the 

 United States and Canadas. In the last notice, Mr. M'Nab gave an 

 account of the excursion from Albany to Troy, and thence to Still- 

 water, with notices of the most interesting plants observed during the 

 journey thither; the present portion is chiefly confined to observa- 

 tions on the Botany of the same district. July 15. — In the early part 

 of the day a severe thunder storm, accompanied with much rain, pre- 

 vented the party from going abroad, but afforded an opportunity for 

 arranging the specimens already collected. The storm having abated 

 towards the afternoon, they were enabled to make a short excursion 

 along the banks of the Hudson ; few species, however, rewarded their 

 exertions, the greater portion being out of flower ; of those gathered, 

 the most attractive were Lobelia cardinalis and Habenaria fimbriata, 

 both in great abundance, the rich spikes of scarlet flowers of the for- 

 mer being admirably contrasted with the delicate purple blossoms of 

 the latter : these two species formed the bulk of the flowering plants. 

 Mixed with them, but more sparingly, Habenaria lacera and Neottia 

 cernua occurred, with Apocymum androseemifolium, the latter being 

 the most abundant, and covered with a beautiful Coleopterous insect, 

 which appeared to be peculiar to it. On the sloping banks of the 



