PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 473 



Mr. John Lindsay, M.A., M.B., CM., was elected as an Ordi- 

 nary Member. 



The Hon. Secretary intimated a valuable gift to the Society 

 from Mr. Paul Rottenberg. This consisted of a work called 

 "Beautiful Forms in Nature," which is being issued in parts, 

 under the editorship of Professor Hseckel, of Jena, through whom 

 it had been obtained. On the motion of the Chairman, the Hon. 

 Secretary was instructed to convey to Mr. Rottenberg and Pro- 

 fessor Hgeckel the thanks of the Society. 



Mr. John Ren wick reported on an excursion to Callander, and 

 Mr. Richard M'Kay on one to Milngavie. 



Mr. C. Sherry sent for exhibition a collection of New Zealand 

 fruits, and also the following: — The fruits of Poinciana regia, Boj., 

 Hura crepitans^ Linn., Bryophyllwni cali/cinum, Salisb,, a plant 

 belonging to the Crassulaceae which forms buds on the margins of 

 its leaves ; the fungus Cordyceps Rohertsii, growing on the cater- 

 pillar of a species of Hepialus; and the fibre known as "Sisal," or 

 " Manilla," which is obtained from Agave mexicana, Linn. 



Mr. A. Adie Dalglish exhibited some specimens to illustrate the 

 genus of Lepidoptera, Laurentia of Treitschke. 



A paper on " Heronries, Past and Present, in the Clyde Faunal 

 Area " was read by Mr. Hugh Boyd Watt. (See page 378.) 



30th Mat, 1899. 



Rev. G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Reports of excursions to the Mushroom Tunnel and Botanic 

 Gardens, Edinburgh (see page 459), and Eglinton Castle (see page 

 459), were read. 



Mrs. David Robertson, Millport, exhibited Fhceosaccion CoUinsii, 

 Farlow, a marine alga new to the British Flora, from Cumbrae. It 

 was first found five years ago, and in the present year was got 

 abundantly and in fruit. Mr. E. A. L. Batters, LL.D., B.A., 

 F.L.S., to whom it had been submitted, says that it is very strange 

 that a plant which had previously only been found in North 

 America and Greenland should also occur in the West of Scot- 

 land. 



Mr. S. M. Wellwood, Hon. Secretary, exhibited DrajKirnaldia 

 ptinjiosa, Vauch., Chcetophora elegans, Roth., Rividaria calcarea^ 



