150 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Mr. John K. Lee exhibited some plants from the Deeside 

 Mountains. 



Mr. William Stewart, Vice-President, exhibited about thirty- 

 species of fungi from Cadder Wilderness, including Agaricus 

 (^Amanita) sjnssics, Fr., a new record for the Cadder district. 

 Mr. Stewart also showed, from the Kibble Palace in the Botanic 

 Gardens, two species of fungi which have been appearing there 

 in great quantities for some weeks. They were Agaricus (Hebelotna) 

 crustuliniformis, Bull., and Ag. {Ti'icholoma) sordidus, Pr., 

 apparently introduced with the tramway-stable manure. Bol- 

 bitius bidbillosus, Fr., which was recorded in these Transactions, 

 Vol. IV., N.S., p. 355, last year from Largs, as an addition to the 

 British flora, has been found this year in Kelvingrove Park, and a 

 specimen from this locality was exhibited by Mr. Stewart. 



Mr. Christopher Sherry exhibited some specimens of Californian 

 Cacti from the Botanic Gardens. 



Mr. Johnston Shearer exhibited Sambucus Ebulus, Linn., from 

 Queen's Park. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., referred to some Ayrshire plants 

 sent bv Mr. Thomas Wilson, includinsr Scabiosa arvensis, Linn., 

 from Belmont, near Ayr ; and to some plants from Ben Vorlich, 

 Argyllshire, sent by Mr. L. Watt. 



Mr. B. Wishart, M.A., exhibited under the microscope, and 

 described, various sections of leaves. 



The President (Mr. Kidston) exhibited microscopical prepara- 

 tions of two fossil plants, Cryptoxylon Forfarense, Kidston, from 

 the Lower Old Bed Sandstone, Beswallie, Forfar, and Prototaxites 

 Logani, Dawson, from Canada. Cryptoxylon is not only new to 

 science, but represents a type hitherto unknown in the plant 

 world. 



