514 Proceedings of the Roycd Society of Edinburgh . 
55. Carum (Trachyspermum) pimpinelloides, Balf fit. : herba 
glabrescens diffusa parva ; foliis petiolatis tripartite, segmentis in 
lacinias lanceolatas acutas 1— 2-trifidis glabrescentibus, vagina petioli 
ciliata ; umbellis bre viter pedunculatis, oppositifoliis 6-7-radiatis, 
bracteis 4-6 radiis sequilongis subulatis sparse puberulis, pedicellis 
5-7 validis, angulosis, bracteolis brevioribus ; petalis ciliatis acumine 
bifido ; fructu oblongo v. suborbiculari, jugis prominulis, glabris v. 
bispidis, commisura multo constricta; stylopodo conico. 
Socotra, in littore inter Kadbab atque Tamarida. B.C.S. No. 367. 
56. Carum (Trachyspermum) calcicolum, Balf. fit. : herba 
glabrescens nuda erecta bipartim ramosa, caulibus angulosis ; foliis 
basalibus longe petiolatis in lacinias longas lineares tripartite v. bitri- 
partitis, superioribus filiformibus sessilibus ; umbellis longe pedun- 
culatis oppositifoliis sparse puberulis 2-4-radiatis, radiis capillaribus 
bracteis 2-4 multo longioribus, pedicellis 8-12 tenuibus bracteolis 
brevioribus ; petalis ciliatis acumine integro ; fructu ovoideo, jugis 
nonprominulis bispidis, commissura non multo constricta ; stylopodio 
conico. 
Socotra, in campis calcareis littoralibus commune. B.C.S. No. 
190. 
57. Peucedanum cordatum, Balf . fit. : glabrum, annuum, erectum, 
caule tereti striato ; foliis bipinnatisectis, segmentis latis planis pler- 
umque sessilibus palmatim trifidis, laciniis acute dentatis v. subincisis 
basi subcordatis v. ssepe subcuneatis, membranaceis ; involucris involu- 
cellisque polyphyllis ; umbellis primariis 10-20-, secundariis 8-12- 
radiatis ; fructu pedicello breviore, elliptico, basi alte-cordato, vittis 
vallecularibus solitariis, commissuralibus binis approximatis, alis 
iructui sequilatis. 
Socotra, in montibus abundanter crescens. B.C.S. No. 290. 
Schweinf. No. 572. 
BUSINESS. 
Mr. Alexander Leslie, M. Inst. C.E., Mr. J. S. Mackay, M.A., 
and Dr. Henry Barnes, were balloted for, and declared duly elected 
Fellows of the Society. 
