126 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



ON SOME NEW AND RARE CRUSTACEA FROM SCOTLAND. By 



Thomas Scott, F.L.S. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vol. xiii. pp. 

 137-149, Plates VIII. and IX. (February 1894). Notes on 16 

 species, including descriptions and figures of seven species new to 

 science. 



ON A BIFID EARTHWORM (LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS). By Henry 

 C. Williamson, M.A., B.Sc. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vol. 

 xiii. pp. 217-225, Plate X. (March 1894). The specimen described 

 was sent to Professor MTntosh by Dr. Fulton, Superintendent of 

 Scientific Investigations of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



BOTANY. 



PLANT SUPERSTITIONS. By Samuel Arnott. Trans, and Proc. 

 of Dumf. and Gall. N. H. and A. Soc., No. 9. 



THE SIZE, AGE, AND RATE OF GIRTH-INCREASE ATTAINED BY 

 TREES OF THE CHIEF SPECIES IN BRITAIN, PARTICULARLY IN SCOT- 

 LAND. By Dr. D. Christison. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., xix. part 

 iii. Contains notes on almost all native British, and of several 

 introduced, species. 



FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. Compiled 

 by Wm. A. Clarke, F.L.S. Journ. Bot., 1894, pp. 13-18. This 

 instalment covers from Anagallis into Veronica, and includes a 

 number of first records from Scotland (see p. 122). 



REPORT ON TEMPERATURE AND VEGETATION IN THE ROYAL 

 BOTANIC GARDENS, EDINBURGH, from July 1892 to June 1893, 

 inclusive. By Robert Lindsay. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., xix. 

 part iii. 



THE INFLUENCE OF INSECTS ON FLOWERS. By G. F. Scott- 

 Elliott, B.Sc., F.L.S. T. and P. of D. and G. N. H. and A. 

 Soc., No. 9. 



BOTANICAL NOTES FROM NORTH CARDIGANSHIRE. By J. H. 

 Burkill, B.A., and J. C. Willis, M.A. Journ. Bot., 1894, pp. 4-10. 

 The authors, in the summing-up, compare the vertical range in Wales 

 with records from the East Highlands of Scotland, and show that 

 the upper limit of many plants in Cardigan is much below the same 

 limit in Scotland. 



EXCURSION OF THE SCOTTISH ALPINE BOTANICAL CLUB TO 

 KILLIN, IN JULY 1892. By Charles Stuart, M.D. Trans. Bot. 

 Soc. Edin., xix. part iii. The party visited Meall-nan-Tarmachan, 

 Creag-na-Caillich, the corrie of Ben Cruban, and Ben Lawers. On 

 this last hill Carex nstulata, Wahl., was found by Mr. Paul on a 

 slope above Lochan-a'-Chait. 



