PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 287 



Proceeding's of the Society. 



SESSION 1897-98. 



28th September, 1897. 



Mr. Robert Kidston, F.E.S.E., F.G.S., President, in the chair. 



Reports were read on excursions to Halkshil] Glen (see page 

 127), Lennox Castle (see page 274), and Callander (see page 275). 



Mr. Wm. Stewart read a report on the Annual Conference of 

 the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, which was held this year at 

 Kilmarnock. The meeting was a very successful one, and the 

 localities visited yielded many fungi of interest. On the first day, 

 at Barskimming and Stair, the following species of fungi were noted 

 among many others : — Agaricus vii^osus, Fr., A. phcdloides, Fr., 

 A. virgatus.¥r.,A.fumostis, Vers., A. j^yrotrichus, Holm.z'k., Phallus 

 caninus, Huds,, Lihertella faginea, Desm., and Protomyces 

 pachydermus, Thiimen. The most notable fungi observed at the 

 excursion to Sorn Castle were: — Agaricus sericellus, Fr., A. 

 tuoerosus, Bull., I^yctalis 2^<^'>'<^sitica, Fr., Lactarius caviphoratus, 

 Fr,, and Cantharellus tuhceforonis, Fr. Among those found at 

 Loudoun Castle may be mentioned — Agaricus gracilis, Br., A. 

 hcematopus, Pers., A. fibula, Bull., A. fragrans, Sow., A. 

 crustuliniformis, Bull, (the small variety), A. hcemactus, Berk. 

 & Cke., A. 2M7itheri7ius, DC, Lactarius pallidus, ¥r., L./idiginosus, 

 Fr., Craterellus sinuosus, Fr., Clavaria cristata, Pers., (7. cinerea, 

 Bull., Polyporus ferruginosus, Fr., and P. ccesius, Fr. 



Mr. George Murdoch, B.A., B.Sc., 6 Ruthven Street, Hillhead, 

 was elected as an Ordinary Member. 



A collection of plants from the Swiss Alps was exhibited by 

 Mr. Robert Brown, M.D., including Papaver alpinum^ Linn., 

 Aneinone aljnna, Linn., Pinguicula fiavescens, Fl.. Lychnis Flos- 

 Jovis, Desr., Hutchinsia hrevicaulis, Hoppe,. Primida integrifolia, 

 Linn., and Ranuncidus alpestris, Linn. 



Mr. L. Watt sent for exhibition specimens of Vaccinium Vitis- 

 Idcea in flower, an unusual circumstance at this season. 



