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J'lELU MEETINGS, 1951 
as it has been possible to observe, including not only the fi’uit, sepal, 
gland and leaf characters commonly ejnployed, but petal colour and 
colour changes, flower pei'fume, colour and texture characters of steins 
and leaves and the nature and distribution of the stem armature. 
R. Mbeville. 
JUNE 30th, 1951. CLJA^EDEN, BUCKS. 
The account of this Field Meeting has not yet been received. 
JULY 6th to 10th, 1951. ARBROATH 
Leaders: Miss U. K. Duncan and Miss M. S. Campbell 
This excursion, arranged primarily for Scottish members, was or- 
ganised and led by Miss Ursula Duncan, with Miss M. S. Campbell as 
assistant leader. Seventeen members and one guest attended. The 
weather was generally kind, rain only falling on two occasions, and 
scarcely affecting the programme. 
The party foregathered at the North Sea Hotel in Arbroath on the 
evening of July 6. Introductions were made, and the excursion for- 
mally inaugurated with a short talk on the botanical history and poten- 
tialities of the county of Angus. It was explained that as the places to 
be visited were mostly Avell known and had been continuously worked 
since the time of George Don, new records in non-critical genera were 
unlikely to be made. On the other hand, genera, such as AlchemiUa, 
which had recently become of renewed interest in the British Isles, 
should be carefully sought in order, if possible, to increase knowledge 
of the distribution of component species. Less experienced members 
were invited to ask as many questions as they liked, and in fact a good 
deal of useful teaching was done in the field; for example, when three 
different Cerastia were seen growing together the distinctive characters 
of each were demonstrated in situ. 
July 7 was the first day in the field. All members travelling in pri- 
vate cars, the first call was made at Friocklieim, where JRudbeckia laci- 
niatu: L. was shown on a railway bank where it had long been estab- 
lished. Also on this bank was a quantity of Campanula rapuncuLoides 
L. In a clear stream at the foot of the bank were Votamogeton alpinus 
Balb. and P. crispus L., with Mimiilus guttatus DC., Veronica Aiuigallis- 
nquatica L. and Nasturtium officinale R. Br. 
The party then jiroceeded to the “ pools of Balgavies.^’ These 
“ pools ” lie a short distance east of Balgavies Loch, which, with 
Rescobie Loch, was also visited. The “pools”, Balgavies Loch and 
Rescobie I^och form a chain running roughly east-west. Rescobie Lodi 
and the “ i)Ools ” seem to be receding through natural processes. In 
each case the flora, which is paludal (varying from spongy, with 
Sphagna in spp., to marshy, with Pliragmites communis Trin. and 
various sedges), is similar but with certain species peculiar (in a local 
sense) to one or the other. Sjiecies common to all three are, inter alia, 
