XI 



PKOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES, &c. 



Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 



Fruit of Tomato in which five separate carpels were included ; Zosteranana from 

 the river Blylh; immalure fruit of Victoria regia, 412 ; the Gulf weed, by- 

 Samuel Mossman, Esq., 413 ; correspondence between the angles formed by 

 the veins of the leaves and the branches of the stem, by Mr. William Mit- 

 chell, 414 ; tables illustrating the morphology of plants, by the Rev. Dr. 

 M'Cosh, 417 ; fossil woods from Antigua and Australia, by R. Bryson, Esq., 

 420; Potamogeton trichoides, by Mr. G. Lawson ; Hieracium plumbeum a 

 British plant, by Mr. J. Backhouse, Jun., 422 ; seed of Nymphsea ampla, by 

 Dr. Gilbert M'Nab ; species of trees struck by lightning, by Mr. John Goldie, 

 423: Viola stricta of Hornemann a British plant, by C. C. Babington, Esq.; 

 the Fuchsia considered morphologically, by the Rev. Dr. M'Cosh, 424 ; mon- 

 strosities of the dandelion and common clover, by Dr. C. Murchison, 425 ; 

 flora of Bonn, on the Rhine, by G. S. Blackie, Esq., 426; descriptions of 

 Rubi, by C. C. Babington, Esq., 456 ; growth of various kinds of mould in 

 syrup, by Professor Balfour, 458 ; experiments on the growth of alpine plants 

 artificially covered with snow, by Professor Simpson ; notice of plants found 

 near London, by Mr. G. Lawson, 460 ; interesting collection of willows &c., 

 made by Dr. Patze, 462 ; the uses of Stillingia sebifera, or tallow-tree of 

 China, by Dr. D. J. Macgowan, 492 ; Victoria regia, by Mr. Edward Otto; 

 structure and reproduction of Volvox globator, by John Sibbald, Esq., 494 ; 

 development of the sporidia and spores of Lecanora tartarea, by Wyville T. 

 C. Thomson, Esq., 495 ; manganese in the composition of various palms, by 

 Mr. Allan B. Duck, 498 ; Spanish dagger-plant, by Dr. G. M'Nab, 499 ; Batra- 

 cospermum vagum in Arran, by Mr. William Keddie, 500 ; growth of the 

 jalap-plant and scammony in the open ground of the Botanic Garden, by Pro- 

 fessor Balfour, 424 ; rate of growth of the bamboo in the Botanic Garden, by 

 Mr. M'Nab ; extensive poisoning by one of the Cape Iridacese, by Lieut. 

 Allan Dalyell, 525 ; number of known fossil plants, arranged in orders, com- 

 piled from Unger's work, by Dr. Balfour, 527; Chinese lozenge tea, 552; 

 economic uses of chicory, by Mr. James Fulton, 554 ; analysis of Sabal um- 

 braticula, by Mr. Allan B. Dick; plants found near Ripon, by Mr. James B. 

 Davies, 555 ; jdants in flower at Bow Hill, Selkirkshire, on the 23rd March, 

 by Dr. Balfour, 556; Chinese vegetable products, 621 ; plants found in 

 Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, by Mr. J. B. Davies, 623, 628 ; 

 diff'erences in form of leaves of Victoria regia in its early stage, and those 

 afterwards fonned, by Dr. Balfour, 624 ; Eleocharis Watsoni, by C. C. Ba- 

 bington, Esq., 625 ; analysis of the fluid from the leaves of the gram, by 

 Thomas Anderson, Esq., 625 ; transmission of seeds in soil, by Mr. M'Nab, 

 626 ; variety of Orchis mascula, by Mr. D. Moore, 627 ; variety of Rhodo- 

 dendron anthopogon, by Dr. Balfour, 658 ; Altalea compta, by Dr. M'Nab, 

 659 ; fluorine in the stems of Gramineae &c., by Dr. G. Wilson, 661 ; iodine 

 in various plants, by Mr. Stevenson M'Adam, 664 ; localities of rare Scotch 

 plants, by Dr. Balfour, 670 ; poisonous qualities of Homeria collina, by Mr. 

 Richard Freyer, 671 ; tubular structure in plants, by R. Hobson, M.D., 782 ; 

 Cumberland form of Myosotis ; Cumberland plants, by James B. Davies, 

 Esq., 784. 



Botanical Society of London. 



Report of Council, 431 ; note on Sparganium natans, by Mr. J. T. Syme, 432 ; 

 remarks on three species of Hieracium, by Mr. J. G. Baker, 453 ; British 

 plants for distribution, 487 ; botanical ramble to the south-east coast, by Mr. 

 P. F. Keir, 629 ; Lastrea cristata &c., by Mr. T. Moore, 696. 



