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ANNALS OF THE 
Stramonium, Lunaria vulgaris, Ilex Aquifolium, Papaver somniferum, Hyoscyamus 
niger, Nigella sativa, Poa pratensis, Briza media, &c. 
2. Lines written for the Botanical Society of Canada. By Mrs Prof. Weir. 
Read by Rev. Prof. Weir, A, M. 
3. On Pimpla lunator and other enemies to the insect-enemies of Vegetation. 
By Edward C. Fox, Bal. Coll.j Oxon, F. B. S. C, with specimens. 
4. On the Shore Limits of the Marine Algae of the North Eastern Coast of the 
United States. By Rev. Alex. F. Kemp, Cor. M. B. S. C. 
In illustration of this paper, specimens were exhibited from Mr. Kemp of 
Agarum Turneri var. trilaminatum, Chgetomorpha melagonium, Gigartina mammi- 
losa, Halosaccion ramcntaceum, Furcellaria fastigiata, and Fucus furcatus. 
A very interesting collection of American Sea- Weeds was also exhibited from 
Mrs John Macpherson, Barrie Street. ■ 
Professor Williamson alluded to some of the more interesting phenomena pre- 
sented by the distribution of marine plants along the American coast, and referred 
to some of the results of observations which he had made at different points along 
the coast. 
Principal Leitch spoke of the importance of such researches in several points 
of view. The fact of plants being found to inhabit definite zones or lines along the 
shore to which their distribution was restricted, as found by Mr Kemp, served to 
show that there was here an apparent barrier to that tendency to specific change 
which is argued for in the speculations of Lamarck, the author of the Vestiges, and 
Darwin. 
5. On the Plants of the neighborhood of Ramsay, and adjoining localities. By 
John K. McMorine. 
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