450 Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 



2. " Notice of plants found in the neighbourhood of Lincoln," by 

 Benjamin Carrington, Esq. Mr. Carrington noticed the occurrence 

 of Anacharis Alsinastrum in great abundance in Lincoln, and exhibited 

 specimens to the meeting. Among other plants noticed by him in 

 the district, and of which examples were exhibited, may be noticed 

 the following : — Thalictrum jiavum, Ranunculus parviflorus, Nastur- 

 tium amphibium, Erysimum cheiranthoides , Camclina sativa, Vicia 

 tetrasperma, Lathy rus aphaca, L. Nissolia, andL. maritimus, Hippo- 

 crepis comosa, Onobrychis sativa, Cicuta virosa, Sison Amomum, 

 (Enanthe Phellandrium , and (E. fistulosa, Stum latifolium, Orchis 



fusca, O. pyramidalis, and 0. Morio, Potamogeton rvfescens, P. pecti- 

 natus, P. gramineus and P.prcelongus, &c, Bromus erectus, Onopordum 

 Acanthium, Serratula tinctoria, Butomus umbellatus, Hydrocharis 

 Morsus-ranae, Gentiana Pneumonanthe, and Lysimachia Nummularia 

 and ciliata naturalized. 



3. " Account of Excursions last Autumn, with notices of localities 

 for some rare Scotch plants," by Dr. Balfour. This paper embraced 

 a short notice of an excursion made in August with botanical pupils 

 to Braemar and Clova, during which many of the rare alpine species 

 of Scotland were gathered on Lochnagar, Ben Aven, Ben-na-Muich- 

 Dhui, Glen Callater, Glen Fee, Glen Dole, &c. The season was 

 stated to be very backward, there being much snow on the hills, and 

 many plants, such as Mulgedium alpinum, were not in flower. Dr. 

 Balfour also noticed the following plants as having been gathered by 

 him in the west of Scotland: — Impatiens noli-me-tangere in Castle 

 Milk Glen, near Glasgow ; Hymenophyllum Wilsoni, near Dunoon ; 

 Raphanus maritimus and (Enanthe Lachenalii near Toward Point; 

 Elatine hexandra in Loch Fad, in Bute ; and Hymenophyllum tun- 

 bridgense in woods in Bute. A growing specimen of Elatine hexandra, 

 from Bute, was also shown. 



Dr. Balfour showed a specimen of roots which had penetrated 

 drains, and remarked that the plant whose roots had entered drains 

 in the Carse of Gowrie was Polygonum amphibium,, and not P. Bis- 

 torta, as stated at a former meeting. 



Mr. John M'Laren noticed the occurrence of Sedum album, S. re- 

 fiexum, and Verbascum Lychnitis on the Castle rock at Stirling, and 

 Melilotus leucantha near Dunblane, besides many interesting plants 

 which he had gathered in Bute. 



Dr. Balfour exhibited a specimen of Carduus eriophorus, gathered 

 in the vicinity of Muirhouse by Mr. Kelly, nurseryman. 



A note was read from Mr. James Backhouse, jun., in which he 

 stated that he had gathered Carex leporina abundantly in autumn, 

 on Lochnagar. He remarked — * Its till recently undisturbed tran- 

 quillity depends on the unlikely place in which it grows. There is 

 scarcely any company for it in the way of vegetation. Its scattered 

 tufts contrast almost alone with the granite rocks." He gathered a 

 considerable quantity of Woodsia Ilvensis in Glen Fee ; also Draba 

 rupestris, Poa montana, Gentiana nivalis, Juncus castaneus, and J. bi- 

 glumis, in Canlochan. Mr. Backhouse also stated that he had received 

 good specimens of Lychnis alpina from Hobcaster Fell, in Cumber- 

 land. 



