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foliatuin, Lin. ; Lepidium ruderah, Lin. ; Erysinnim cJicirantho'ides, 

 Lin. ; Plantago Psyllium, Lin. W. BARCLAY. 



East Sutherlandshire Notes. There is little doubt that the 

 Golspie Polygala is P. oxyptera, Reichb., var. collina, Reichb. 



Mr. F. Townsend names some Eyebrights which I gathered at 

 Golspie last August, as follows : E. curia. Fries., var. gtabrescens, and 

 E. brevipila, Burn, and Gremli. 



Corrections in my paper in "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist./' Jan. 1903, 

 p. 40 (of which I saw no proof) : For " Fraxinus rotundifolia " read 

 " Fraxinus excelsior" ; and on p. 38, under "Lychnis alba x dioica" 

 instead of "Noticed by the Rev. E. S. Marshall at Tongue, and 

 brought by him to me. New to Britain in name, but specimens 

 from Berkshire were distributed through the Exchange Club by me 

 in 1892," read "Noticed by the Rev. E. S. Marshall, Tongue (see 

 " Journ. Bot." 1900, p. 266), and thought by him to be new to Britain 

 in name. But specimens from Berkshire so named were distributed 

 by me through the Exchange Club in 1892." G. C. DRUCE. 



Methods helpful in studying and preserving Fungi. A valuable 

 contribution to this subject is contained in the Presidential Address 

 of Professor H. Marshall Ward to the British Mycological Society at 

 its meeting in Exeter in 1902 ("Trans. B. M. Soc.," March 1902, 

 pp. 166-178). In it are treated methods of preserving fungi large 

 and small, dry and in fluids, of preparing them for microscopic 

 examination, including staining and section-cutting, and of cultivat- 

 ing the fungi under conditions to prevent admixture with other forms 

 and to secure their healthy growth. 



New Scottish Fungi. The following have been recently recorded 

 in journals : Hnmaria carneola, Wint., on living moss, Sutherland- 

 shire ; and Microsphcera Bdumleri, P. Magn., "on Via a syfaatica, 

 New Pitsligo" (probably for Aberdour, N. Aberdeenshire, as 

 V. sylvatica is locally abundant there, but not at New Pitsligo 

 J. W. H. T.), both recorded by E. S. Salmon ("Quekett Micr. Journ.," 

 ser. 2, vii. pp. 371-372, pi. xx.) ; Sporormia fimetaria, de Not., on 

 cow-dung, Aboyne, G. Massee and E. S. Salmon ("Ann. of Bot.," xv. 

 p. 347, pi. xvii. f. 19); Thekphora vitellina, Plowr., on dead fir 

 wood, Boat of Garten, Aug. 1901 ; and Polyporus flavo-virens, Berk, 

 and Rav., under Pinus sylvestris, Boat of Garten, Sept. 1900 ("Trans. 

 Brit. Myc. Soc.," March 1902, pp. 199-200). 



Late Blossoming. In looking over my notebook for the past 

 season I have found two entries of late blossoming which may be 



interesting : 



Sept. 21, 1902. Cairneyliill, Fifeshire. Saw a single spray of 

 hawthorn blossom perfectly fresh. The spray itself with rather greener 

 leaves than the rest of the hedge. 



October 6. Mountain Cross, near West Linton (3 miles). A 

 hedge of privet in full bloom. Some of the flowers had turned 



