PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 299 



Mr. S. M. Well wood (Hon. Secretary), on behalf of the Glasgow 

 Eastern Botanical Society, whose affairs are now wound up, 

 presented to the Society The Royal Natural History (Lydekker) 

 and other works, including an edition of Kennedy's The Clydes- 

 dale Flora, wiiich Mr. James Mitchell (^Hon. Librarian), in 

 acknowledging the gift, stated completed the Society's set of all 

 the editions of this standard work on the botanv of Clvdesdale. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., Vice-President, showed a series of 

 Alpine Oarices, including Carex chordorrhiza, Linn., from a deep 

 sphagnum-bog at Altnaharra, in West Sutherland, growing " in 

 just such places as produce C. linnosay ]\Ir. Ewing stated this to 

 be one of the most interesting botanical discoveries in recent years. 

 The plant is very distinct in appearance, he said, and could not 

 readily be passed over as being any other species. 



Mr. Ewing also exhibited, on behalf oi Mr. Andrew Gilchrist, 

 Darvel, Juniperus communis, Linn., from Pogiven Burn, Loudoun, 

 and Lithospermum arvense, Linn., and Scandix Pecten-Veneris, 

 Linn., from Doonfoot. Allowav. 



The Chairman and Col. J. S. Stirlino- exhibited the followinor 

 plants from Stirlingshire : — Sambucus Ehulus, Linn., Erigeron 

 canadense, Linn., Epilobium roseum, Schreb., Salvia Vei'henaca, 

 Linn., Rumex mayntimus, Linn., R. sanguineus, Linn., Medicago 

 falcata. Linn., 21. maculata, Sibth., Reseda lutea. Linn., Care.x 

 paludosa, Good., Lina^'ia Elatine, Mill., Senehiera didyma, 

 Persoon, Polycarpon tetraphyllum, Linn. 



Mr. K. D. AVilkie exhibited the Ringed Snake {Tropidonotus 

 natrix, Gesn.), and the following mosses, Griinmia patens, B. & S., 

 Fontinalis antipyretica. Linn., in fruit, and Hypnum ochraceum. 

 Turn., from Glengarnock ; also Tortula papillosa, Wils., from Lee 

 Castle, Braidwood. 



Mr. James Mitchell exhibited the Skin of the Silver Jackal 

 {Canis mesomelas) from the Orange Free State. 



Mr. R. S. Wishart, M.A., read a paper entitled '- Notes on two 

 examples of induced abnormal growth in stems — (1) A Scythe-stone 

 embedded in a Beech ; (2) Cork-screwing in an Ash." 



28th June, 1898. 

 Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



