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Fuller descriptions and drawings of the different species will be given to the Society at a future time.

IV. Remarks on some British Plants in the University Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Garden. (Concluding Part.) By Mr F. M. WEBB.

V. Report on the Open-Air Vegetation for June.
By Mr M'NAB.

MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS.

1. Professor Balfour exhibited specimens and seeds of "Bamia" Cotton, which had been sent to the Museum at the Royal Botanic Garden by Mr H. H. Calvert, accompanied by the following note:"The natives call this variety of cotton plant "Bamia," from the resemblance of its growth to that of the Hibiscus esculentus. The stem, which attains 10 feet or more in height, has the peculiarity of being single, and as branchless as a Rocket Larkspur. The pods are in considerable numbers, and contain cotton wool of a fair quality. Considering the productiveness of the plant, and the small space it occupies compared with the ordinary kinds, the cultivators anticipate almost a revolution in cotton culture, and the seed is sold at a high price. It is said that a Copt first discovered a plant growing in his field distinct in character from the usual kind, and had the foresight and intelligence to collect the seeds, which he sowed and resowed until he is now able to dispose of a considerable quantity. I am told that this variety requires much irrigation."

2. Dr Paterson exhibited a large plant of Ledum latifolium, which he had found in a natural moss near Bridge of Allan. He had first discovered it growing there abundantly about thirty years ago. Mr A. Buchan stated that he had met with it in the same locality more than twenty years ago, and was then in full flower.

3. Rev. James Whyte sent fresh specimens of Monotropa Hypopitys from Haddo House Woods, Aberdeen.

4 Mr John Campbell, Ledaig, Oban, sent specimens of Orobanche rubra from that neighbourhood.

5. Mr Anderson-Henry exhibited interesting plants which he had raised from seed received from Tibet and New Zealand.

6. Dr Douglas, Kelso, exhibited and presented a series of dried specimens of various varieties of tea cultivated in his plantation in the N.W. Provinces, India.

7. Mr M'Nab placed on the tables about eighty species of rare and interesting plants, cultivated in pots. Amongst them

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Number of Pupils, 389: of these 346 were medical students, 39 general students, and 4 pharmaceutical students. Students of first year, 283; advanced students, 106. Pupils of the Class of Vegetable Histology and Practical Botany, 57.

Number of Lectures, 66; Demonstrations in the Botanic Garden, 12; Histological and Practical Demonstrations, 43; Competitive Examinations, 2; Excursions, 9.

The following were the Excursions:-1. Roslin and Polton. 2. Aberdour and Burntisland. 3. Longniddry and Prestonpans. 4. Penicuik and Roslin Castle. 5. Dysart and Cameron Bridge. 6. Linlithgow. 7. Currie and Slateford. 8. Lochmaben. 8. Lochmaben. 9. Killin. Bridge of Lochay, Ben Lawers, Cham-a-Creagh, Finlarig, &c.

Number of Species and Plants collected during the Excursions:Phanerogamous Plants, 544; Ferns and their Allies, 32; other Cryptogams, 100. Total, 676.

Number of fresh specimens used to illustrate the Lectures during the Session, 48,820.

Number of miles travelled by railway, steamboat, and walking, 500. The number of Students who attended the Excursions was 541; and the number at each Excursion varied from 25 to 128.

ADDITIONS

TO THE

LIBRARY, HERBARIUM, AND museum.

AT THE

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH,

FROM 1ST OCTOBER 1876 TO 31ST OCTOBER 1877.

I.-LIBRARY.

BOOKS.

AGARDH, JACOB GEORG. Theoria Systematis Plantarum. Cum

tab. xxviii. Lundæ, 1858. 8vo.

Lundæ, Vol. I.

8vo.- From the

Species Genera et Ordines Algarum.
1848; Vol. II. 1851-63; Vol. III. 1876.
Author.
BABINGTON, CHARLES C. Manual of British Botany.

Ed. iii.

London, 1851, 8vo; ed. iv. 1856; ed. v. 1862; ed. vii. 1874.
Flora of Cambridgeshire. London, 1860. 8vo.

The British Rubi: an attempt to discriminate the species of Rubus known to inhabit the British Isles. London, 1869. 8vo.-From the Author.

BAKER, J. G. Elementary Lessons in Botanical Geography. London, 1875. 8vo.-From the Author.

BENTHAM, GEORGE. Planta Hartwegianæ. London, 1839-57. 8vo.

Labiatarum genera et species. In 8 parts. London, 18321836. 8vo.

Scrophularineæ Indicæ. London, 1835.

Outlines of Elementary Botany, as introductory to Local Floras. London, 1861. 8vo.-From the Author.

BLYTT, AXEL. Norges Flora. Med Bistand af M. Blytt, efterladte

Samlinger og Optegnelser af A. Blytt. 3 die Del.
1876. 8vo.-From Royal University of Norway.

Christiana,

BOHNENSIEG, G. C. W., et BURCK, W. Repertorium annuum Literaturæ Botanicæ periodica. Tomus tertius, MDCCCLXXIV. Harlemi, 1877. 8vo.-From the Compilers.

DARWIN, CHARLES. The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. London, 1876.

8vo.

The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. London, 1876. 8vo.-From the Author.

DECAISNE, J. Fragaria [Monograph of]. 4to. 9 pl.-From the Author.

DELARBRE, A. Flore de la ci-devant Auvergne. Seconde ed., 1800.

8vo.-From Sir W. C. Trevelyan.

DICKIE, GEORGE. The Botanist's Guide to the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine. Aberdeen, 1860. Sm. 8vo.

A Flora of Ulster, and Botanist's Guide to the North of Ireland. Belfast, 1864. Sm. 8vo.-From the Author. FELTON, S. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening. London, 1830. 8vo.-From Thos. Walker, Esq., of Carluke. GUSSONE, JOANNE. Flora Siculæ Prodromus. Neapoli, Vol. I. 1827; Vol. II. 1828; Supp. Fasc. 1, 1832; Fasc. 2, 1834. 8vo.-From Sir W. C. Trevelyan.

HARVEY, W. H. Nereis Boreali-Americana. Part 2, 1852; Part

3, 1857. 4to.-From the Smithsonian Institution.

HOOKER, J. D. Handbook of the New Zealand Flora.

London,

Part 1, 1864; Part 2, 1867. 8vo.- From Dr W. Lauder
Lindsay.

HOOKER, W. J. The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith.
Vol. V. Cryptogamia. (The Fungi by Rev. M. J. Berkeley.)
In 2 Parts. London, 1833 and 1836. 8vo.-From Prof. J.

H. Balfour. KEYS, I. W. N. Flora of Devon and Cornwall. Parts 4 and 5. (The Mosses by E. M. Holmes and F. Brent.) Plymouth, 8vo.-From T. R. Archer Briggs, Esq.

LEIDY, JOSEPH. Contributions to the Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of the Western Territories. Washington, 1873. 4to.-From F. V. Hayden, U. S. Geologist.

LEIGHTON, Rev. W. A. The Lichen Flora of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Isles. Shrewsbury, 1871. Sm. 8vo.-From Dr W. Lauder Lindsay.

LINDSAY, W. LAUDER. Contributions to New Zealand Botany. London, 1868. 4to.-From the Author.

MAURI, ERNESTO. Romanarum Plantarum: Cent. XIII. Romæ, 1820. 8vo. (See SEBASTIANI, Ant.)-From Sir W. C. Trevelyan.

MEYER, E. H. F.

Commentarium de plantis Dregeanis. Lipsiæ, 1835. 8vo. (With it are bound-Zwei Pflanzengeographische Documente von J. F. Drege; Extract a. d. Linnæa Bd. 19, Hft. 5; et Bd. 20, Hft. 3; Standörter-Verzeichniss der Zeyher'schen Pflanzen.-From Thomas Walker, Esq., of Carluke.

MUELLER, BARON FERD. VON. The Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Lithograms. Melbourne, 1864-65. 4to.

Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australia. Vol. III. Melbourne. 1862-63. 8vo.-From Sir C. Wyville Thomson.

Select Plants readily eligible for Industrial Culture or Naturalisation in Victoria. Melbourne, 1876. 8vo.-From the Victoria Government, per the Author.

PHILIPPI, M. Flore des Pyrénées. 2 tome. Paris, 1859.

8vo.

-From Sir W. C. Trevelyan. PRIOR, R. C. ALEXANDER. On the Popular Names of British Plants. Second ed. London, 1870. 8vo.-From the Author. SACHS, JULIUS. Geschichte der Botanik vom 16 Jahrhundert bis 1860. München, 1875. 8vo.-From the Author.

SAUSSURE, HENRI DE. Synopsis of American Wasps (Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 254). Washington, 1875. 8vo.-From the Smithsonian Institution.

SEBASTIANI, ANT. et MAURI, ERNESTO. Floræ Romanæ Prodromus:

Cent. XII. Romæ, 1818. 8vo.-From Sir W. C. Trevelyan. SCHÜBELER, F. C. Die Pflanzenwelt Norwegens. Specieller Theil. Christiana, 1875. 4to.-From Royal University of Norway. SMITH, J. E. Flora Britannica. Londoni. Vols. I. II. 1800;

III., 1804. 8vo.-From Mr Macmillan, Edinburgh. THOMAS, CYRUS. Acrididae of North America. Washington, 1873. 4to.-From F. W. Hayden, U. S. Geologist.

THOMSON, SPENCER. Torquay, Past and Present. London, 1877. 8vo.-From the Author.

MAPS.

The British Colonies of Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. 40 in. x 38 in. Mounted.

Two Sheets of the 6 in. Ordnance Survey of Linlithgowshire.-From Andrew Taylor, Esq.

Pflanzengeographische Karte über das Königreich Norwegen. (By Prof. F. C. Schübeler. 66 in. x 50 in.) Christiana, 1875.From R. University of Norway.

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