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THE HYDROIDS OF ST. ANDREWS BAY. By Rev. J. H. Craw- 

 ford, F.L.S. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vol. xvi. pp. 256-262 

 (September 1895). A table is given comparing the species of 

 Hydroids found at St. Andrews with those of Plymouth and Heligo- 

 land. 



BOTANY. 



PLANTS OBSERVED IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES IN 1894. By 

 W. A. Shoolbred, M.R.C.S. Journ. Bot., August, pp. 237-249. 

 North Uist, Benbecula, and around Tarbert in Harris, were the 

 localities chiefly worked, but short visits were paid to other places 

 also. All the species and varieties observed are catalogued, with the 

 localities added for all but the commonest. 



ALTITUDE OF AJUGA PYRAMIDALIS IN SCOTLAND. By Symers 

 M. Macvicar. As low as 15 or 20 feet above sea -level in 

 Moidart. 



EXCURSION NOTES. Proc. East of Scotland Union of Nat. Socs., 

 1891-95, pp. 9-11. Enumerates plants collected at excursions in 

 Forfarshire, in July 1891, to the Red Head, Rescobie Loch, and 

 Clova. 



THE BEATITUDES OF BREADALBANE. By the late F. Buchanan 

 White, M.D. Proc. E. S. U. N. S., pp. 57-61, read in 1893. After 

 a short general sketch of the district, several of the plants to be 

 looked for are mentioned. 



PLANTS OF KIRKCALDY. By W. S. Blackstock. Proc. E. S. U. 

 N. S., 1891-95, pp. 61-65. An interesting sketch of the scarcer 

 plants of southern Fifeshire, with remarks on increasing rarity or 

 abundance of several. 



NOTE ON THE ACCLIMATISATION OF VALERIANA AUREA NEAR 

 ALFORD (AT BREDA). By William Wilson. Proc. E. S. U. N. S., 

 1891-95, p. 25. This relates probably to the variety of V. Phu 

 usually cultivated in gardens. 



LIST OF MOSSES FOUND ON THE SIDLAW HILLS. By James 

 Fulton. Proc. E. S. U. N. S., 1891-95, pp. 12-19. In this all the 

 species known to the author (156) from the district are included, 

 with localities for the scarcer species. 



THE DESMIDIE^E OF THE STORMONT DISTRICT. By the late 

 John Roy, LL.D. Proc. E. S. U. N. S., 1891-95, pp. 19-25. A 

 list of all species found in material collected by Mrs. Farquharson, 

 in 1891, from the district named, near Alyth, with introductory 

 remarks. 



