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The Chairman intimated that, as a mark of respect to the 

 memory of the late President, and in recognition of this handsome 

 gift, the Council recommended that two carbon enlargements be 

 obtained from a photograph of Professor King which was laid on 

 the table — one to be placed in the Council Room, and the other 

 to be presented to Mrs. Ritchie, Professor King's sister. This 

 proposal was agreed to. 



Reports on excursions to Craigallian (see page 119), Tyning- 

 hame (see page 119), and Hamilton (see page 120), were read. 



On behalf of Mr. C. O. Sonntag, Mr. John Renwick exhibited 

 a number of plants collected in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 

 These plants were illustrative of species which are either not 

 found in the West of Scotland or are rare there. Among them 

 were Dianthus deltoides, Linn., Lychnis Viscaria, Linn, Caucalis 

 daucoides, Linn., C. nodosa. Scop., Antirrhinum Orontium, Linn. 



Dr. T. F. Gilmour sent for exhibition Hymenojjhyllum tunhrid- 

 gense, Smith, which had been found by him last week in the Kildal- 

 ton Woods, Islay. This is an interesting addition to the known 

 flora of the South Inner Hebrides. Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., 

 read a short paper dealing with the distribution of this plant in 

 Scotland, and with the points which distinguish it from its 

 congener. If. unilatei^ale, Bory. 



Mr. James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, sent for exhibi- 

 tion a number of interesting greenhouse flowers from the new 

 Propagating Houses of Glasgow Corporation in Queen's Park. 



The Chairman (Mr. Wm. Stewart) exhibited an example of 

 the Lacquered Polyporus {Polyporus hccidus, Pries), which Dr. 

 Stevenson, Glamis, had kindly sent to the Society. This specimen, 

 which came from the Isle of Wight, had been sent to the Crypto- 

 gamic Society of Scotland's Conference at Fochabers in September. 

 There is only one Scottish record for the species — at Bothwell, 

 many years ago — but it has been found in several places in England. 

 It is very changeable in the character of the pileus and stem, but 

 few species of Polyporus are as handsome as it is. The lacquered 

 appearance, Mr. Pur ton states {Flora Londinensis), is due to a 

 thick, glutinous, reddish juice which exudes from every part of 

 the pileus and stipes, and soon dries. 



The Chairman also read a paper entitled " Notes on the 

 Mycology of Kelvingrove Park." (See page 75.) 



