PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 139 



Sull., S. Aiistini, SulL, var. imbincatum, Ldb., S. papillosum^ 

 Ldb., S. 2^apillosum, Ldb., var. con/erticm, Ldb., S. cymbi/olium, 

 Ehrh., and the varieties congestum, Schp., and squarrosulum, 

 N. Hsch. St., of this species; ^S*. subsecundum, Nees, aS'. rigidum, 

 Schp., var. compactum, Schp., aS'. squarrosum^ Pers., *S'. squarrosimi, 

 Pers., var. teres (Angstr.j, Schp., S. fimhriatum, Wilson, S. stric- 

 tum, Ldb., S. acutifoiium, Ehrh., and the following varieties of 

 this species: dejlexicm, Schp., pu7'picreum, Schp., ricbellum, Russ., 

 elegans, Braithw., Icefe-virens, Braithw. ; S. intermedium, Hoffin., 

 aS'. cuspidatum, Ehrh., and var. plumosum, N. & H., of this 

 species. 



Mr. Robert S. Houston, on behalf of the Paisley Naturalists' 

 Society, exhibited a number of rare Renfrewshire plants, includ- 

 ing Centaur ea Scabiosa, Linn., from a railway bank near 

 Arkleston ; Drosera intermedia, Hayne, which is plentiful at 

 Lin wood Moss ; Lepidium camp>est7'e, R. Br., from near Bridge of 

 Weir; Linaria Pelisseriana, Mill., from a railway bank near Car- 

 donald ; j£thusa Cynajnum, Linn,, from the Greenock Road j 

 Anagallis arvensis, Linn., from Ferguslie ; ^cAmm vulgare, Linn., 

 from Elderslie, and it has been found in half-a-dozen localities 

 west of Paisley this year; Emp)etrum nigrum^, Linn., from the 

 hills above Greenock, where it is plentiful ; Euphorbia Pejnus, 

 Linn., from near Bishopton ; Galium boreale, Linn., from Bridge 

 of Weir; Gentiana campest7'is, Linn., from Corkindale Law; 

 Myrica Gale, Linn., which is plentiful at Kilmalcolm ; O^'iganum 

 vulga7^e, Linn., from Bishopton Station, where it has been 

 established for several years; Papaver A7^gemo7ie, Linn., from near 

 Elderslie ; Pa7'ietaria officinalis, Linn. , on Stanley Castle ; P7^u7ius 

 Avium, Linn., from Calder Glen, Lochwinnoch; Rliy7ichosp07xi alba, 

 Yahl., which is plentiful at Linwood Moss; Vacci7iium Oxycoccos, 

 Linn., which is abundant on the hills above Gourock ; and Ver- 

 bascum Thapsus, which occurs at Houston Station. 



Mr. George Russell, on behalf of Mr. J. B. Mirrlees, exhibited 

 two pots of ferns, T7'ichoma7ies 7'adica7is, Linn., and Rhidopteris 

 peltata, Schott. 



It was intimated that the Earl of Haddington, F.S.A. Scot., 

 Corresponding Member, had presented to the Library An Old 

 Kirk Chro7iicle, by P. Hately Waddell, B.D. 



The following papers were read : — " The Constancy of the Bee," 



