128 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Bennett, F.L.S. T. and P. of D. and G. N. H. and A. Soc., 

 No. 9, 1892-93. Enumerates O. rapum, Thuill., from Dumfries and 

 Kirkcudbright (and doubtfully from Fife and Perth) ; O. witter, 

 from Fife ; O. riibra, from Fife and from several counties in the 

 West of Scotland ; and O. cruenta, from Argyle. 



LIFE-HISTORY OF PiNGUicuLA vuLGARis. By T. D. Sadler. 

 Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., xix. part iii. Gives a bibliography of papers 

 relating to this plant and its allies. 



ELEVATION ATTAINED IN SCOTLAND BY UTRICULARIA MINOR 

 AND URTICA DIOICA. By Edward S. Marshall. Jonrn. Bot., 1894, 

 p. 53. Records Utr. minor, "freely on Rannoch Muir, near Kings- 

 house, Argyle, up to 1000 feet," and " Urtica dioica, up to about 

 1700 feet." 



RANGE OF UTRICULARIA MINOR. By H. N. Dixon. Jonrn. 

 Bot., 1894, p. 88. Records its occurrence, in July 1883, with 

 U. intermedia, neither being in flower, in pools north-west of Loch 

 Ericht at an elevation of at least 1200, and probably of 1500 feet 

 above sea-level. 



BETULA INTERMEDIA, THOMAS, IN WEST SUTHERLAND. By 

 Edward S. Marshall. Journ. Bot., 1894, pp. 23-24. Records this 

 form from Cashil Dhu, near Ben Hope, and also mentions its 

 occurrence at the entrance to Corrie Kandor in Braemar. Mr. 

 Marshall states his belief that it is a hybrid between B. nana, L., 

 and B. pubescens, Ehrh. 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE MARINE ALGJE OF THE ORKNEY 

 ISLANDS. By George Wm. Traill. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., xix. 

 part iii. Enumerates several additions to Orkney flora, including 

 Dictyosiphon liippuroides (Lyngb.), Kiitz., forma, fragi/is (with figure), 

 a form new to Britain. 



NEW BRITISH MARINE ALG.E. By E. A. L. Batters, B.A., etc. 

 Grevillea, 1894, p. 90. Rhodochorton membranaceum, Mag., var. 

 macrodada, Rosenvinge, is recorded from Berwick. 



VAUCHERIA CORONATA, NORDST. By E. M. Holmes, F.L.S. 

 Grevillea, 1894, p. 91. Found by Mr. Jack, in May 1893, at the 

 Mason's Cove, near Arbroath, forming " a dense cushion about \ 

 inch in height, but extending for many inches. It grows near high- 

 water mark." It is new to Britain. The original description is 

 quoted from " Botaniska Notiser." 



ELVELA AURICULA, SCHAEFF. By G. Massee. Grevillea, 1894, 

 pp. 65-66. Is a "critical investigation of the species of Otidea" 

 of which two are distinguished and described as British, viz. (Peziza) 

 Otidea auricula, Massee (non Bresadola), and Otidea neglecta, 

 Massee ( = P. auricula, Rehm., non Cooke), which is recorded from 

 Aboyne and elsewhere. 



