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British plants from Mr. Fenton J. A. Hovt, Mr. B. D. Wardale, and 

 Mr. J. Lynam. 



'Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England;' presented 

 by that Society. ' Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society ;' presented 

 by that Society. ' Magazine of Botany ;' presented by the Editors. 



Read the continuation of Mr. Daniel Stock's paper ' On the Botany 

 of Bungay, Suffolk.'— (9. E. D. 



Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 



December 12, 1850. Professor Fleming, President, in the chair. 

 The following papers were read : — 



1. Dr. Balfour, ' An Account of a Botanical Excursion to Ben 

 Chonzie and other mountains near Crieff, in October, 1850.' 

 He remarked that the other mountains had been neglected by bota- 

 nists, but were very productive. Among the plants gathered were 

 Saxifraga oppositifolia, stellaris and nivalis, Potentilla alpestris, Sib- 

 baldia procurabens, Gnaphalium supinum, Polystichum Lonchitis, 

 Woodsia ilvensis, Asplenium viride, Poa Balfourii, Silene acaulis, 

 Thalictrum alpinum, Draba incana, Carex capillaris, Hieracium alpi- 

 num, Lastrea Filix-mas var. erosa, and L. dilatata var. montana. At 

 the upper part of Glen Tunit, Dr. Balfour remarked the occurrence 

 of numerous mounds resembling moraines. 



2. Mr. Charles Lawson, jun., ' On the Growth of the Tussac Grass 

 {Dactylis ccespitosa) in Orkney.' 



3. Mr. James Backhouse, jun., * An Account of the rare Alpine 

 Plants picked by him in the Clova, Glen Isla, and Braemar districts 

 in August, 1850.' 



The following are the plants noticed, with his remarks upon them: — 



Hieracium cerinihoides, Fries. On the mica rocks in the gorge of 

 the Eannach, near Loch Lee; also at the head of Glen Fiadh, and 

 in the ravine of White Water. Found originally by the late Mr. G. 

 Don. 



Hieracium Oreades, Fries. Ravine of the White Water ; Cairn- 

 toul. No British station previously known ? 



Hieracium species nova. Resembles H. melanocephalura of Fries, 

 but has large, broadly-ovate, bluntish leaves, forked panicles, and enor- 

 mously-large shaggy heads. Two specimens gathered in a vertical 

 fissure (almost inaccessible) on the great crag of Lochnagar. 



