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Granadilla {Passiflora quadrangularis, Linn.) ; Vanilla aromatica, 

 an Orchid from Tropical America, easily distinguished from other 

 Orchids by its climbing habit ; Celsia Arcfurus, J acq. ; and Piper 

 dilatatum. 



On behalf of Miss L. K. Strombom, Mr. Sherry also exhibited 

 a portfolio of water colour drawings which she had made of wild 

 flowers of the Bahamas. Many of the plants depicted are 

 unknown to cultivation. 



Mr. Geo. Russell exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. B. Mirrlees, a 

 new and handsome greenhouse-plant, Acalyjoha Sonderiana, Muell. 



Mr. Russell also showed a pot containing earth from Table 

 Mountain, Cape Town, in which two plants had made their 

 appearance — (1) a species of Drosera, and (2) Utricularia Ecklonii, 

 Spreng. 



Mr. R. D. Wilkie exhibited a Broom-rape (Orobanche speciosa). 



Mr. S. M. Well wood exhibited a number of fresh plants from 

 Mr. Cuthbertson, Rothesay, including Platycodon grandijlorum, 

 A.DC. ; Coccoloha vesper tillionis, a New Zealand dwarf deciduous 

 shrub; Acce^ia adscendens, Vahl.; A. microphylla, Hook.; and Mentha 

 Requienij a dwarf creeping mint. 



Col. J. S. Stirling sent for exhibition Linaria viscosa, Dum., 

 from Stirlingshire. 



30th August, 1898. 



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



Reports on excursions to Auchincruive (see page 284), Stone- 

 byres (see page 285), and Rossdhu (see page 286) were read. 



Mr. James Murray sent for exhibition eggs of the Kingfisher 

 (Alcedo ispida, Linn.), taken on 27th July this year from a nest 

 on the banks of the Nith, near Drumlanrig. Mr. Murray had 

 been informed that it is only in recent years that this species has 

 been seen on this part of the Nith. 



Mr. W. Stewart exhibited Sirex gigas, Linn., from Glen Rosa, 

 Arran. 



Mr. Richard M'Kay exhibited Pilularia glohulifera, Linn., 

 from Lochend Loch. It had been rediscovered recently in that 

 locality in great abundance by the Rev. R. G. Waddell. 



