88 = PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
a. Capsule indehiscent, *28 inch long ; carpels glabrous internally. 
L. usitatissimum vulgare 
6. Capsule splitting open ‘with elasticity, *32 inch long; 
ciliated internally.—Z. crepi ónni 
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Far. 3. Root annual or perennial; stems numerous ; capsules ‘28 
the apex.—Z. angustifolium, Huds.—(From * Neujahrsblatt heraus- - 
gegeben von der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft,’ 1872.) 
Proceedings of Societies. 
BorANICAL Soctety or EpINBURGH.— Jan. 11th, 1879.— Professor - 
Wyville Thompson, President, in the chair. The following communica : 
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tions were read :—* Obitu 
essor Balfour. 
was '0011811 inch per second, or still further reducing the conducting 
tissue, as Hales’ calculation was too large, we have a velocity of wn | 
Inch per second. Sachs (Hofmeister, Hand. der Phys. Botan. iv. P) 2 
caleu 
“0025196 inch per second. In experi stk made: bv mo: 60 EN 
dais uci, the sep ia the Cherry-laurel, by meni of lithium and 
um ci dh anos 
tained :— spectroscope, the following results 
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16 inch long, shortly 
