62 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



(November 1901). The former obtained at Aberfoyle on 8th July, 

 and the latter at Loch Ard on 3oth June. 



ANDRENA HELVOLA, LINN., IN SCOTLAND. J. R. Malloch. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. xii. p. 259 (October 1901). Seven speci- 

 mens obtained at Bonhill in May last. 



BOTANY. 



HANDBOOK ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GLASGOW AND THE 

 WEST OF SCOTLAND : BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE, GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 1901. 



Botany, by G. F. Scott Elliot (pp. 1-3), a brief physiography. 



History of Botany in Glasgow, by Prof. F. O. Bovver, F.R.S. 



(PP- 3-5)- 

 Phytoplankton of the Clyde Sea-area, by G. Murray, F.R.S., and 



V. H. Blackman (pp. 6-7). 



Freshwater Alga, by G. F. Scott Elliot (pp. 8-15). 



Marine Algce, by E. A. L. Batters (pp. 16-30). 



Diatoms, by T. Comber (pp. 31-48). 



Characetz, by P. Ewing (p. 49). 



Lichens, by G. F. Scott Elliot (pp. 50-60). 



Fungi {microscopic), by D. A. Boyd (pp. 61-77). 



Hymenomycetes and Gastromycetcs, by William Stewart (pp. 78-92). 



Hepaticce, by P. Ewing (pp. 93-95). 



Mosses, by J. Murray (pp. 96-105). 



Ferns and their Allies, by W. Stewart (pp. 106-109). 



Phanerogams, by P. Ewing, F.L.S. (pp. 110-130). 



Measurements of Notable Trees, by John Renwick and Richard 

 M'Kay (pp. 131-147). 



Carboniferous Fossil Plants of the Clyde Basin, by Robert 

 Kidston, F.R.S. E., F.G.S. (pp. 468-476). 



SOME PLANTS OF SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND. By Rev. E. S. 

 Marshall, M.A., F.L.S. Joiirn. Bot., 1901, pp. 389-391. Several 

 additions are recorded for vice-counties 98, Argyll (three) ; 99, 

 Dumbarton (three forms of Rubus] ; and 100, Bute (ten). 



SOME KIRKCUDBRIGHT MOSSES. By W. P. Hamilton. Journ. 

 Bot., 1901, pp. 422-424.- An enumeration of all gathered in June 

 1900 around Kipford, with some from Heston Island and Screel. 



JUNGERMANNIA SAXicoLA, SCHRAD. By Symers M. Macvicar. 

 Journ. Bot., 1901, pp. 315-316. Records its occurrence near 

 Aviemore, at 1200 feet, and near Killin, at 1800 feet. 



NEW BRITISH FUNGI. By Dr. C. B. Plowright. Journ. Bot. 

 1901, p. 385. Records Thelephora vitellina, n. sp., on dead fir- 

 branch at Boat of Garten, iSth September 1900, found by Mr. 

 Scott Elliot. Differs from T. sowerbeii, B. and Br., in its pileus 

 being pale egg-yellow and its spores smaller, only 3 x ii p. 



