476 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



D. Wilkie, Hon. Secretary, on one to Lanfine, Ayrshire (see 

 page 461). 



The Chairman exhibited Ei'iocaulon septangulare, With., from 

 Skye, and Myurium, Hehridarum^ Schp., from Barra; and Mr. 

 R. Braithwaite, M.D., M.R.C.S.E., F.L.S., the author of The 

 British Moss Flora, who was present, made some remarks on 

 those plants. 



The Chairman also exhibited Drosera anglica, Huds., var. 

 ohovata (M. & K.), from Benbecula ; Poterium Sanguisorba, 

 Linn., sent by Mr. A. Gilchrist, Darvel ; and Lilium chalcedoni- 

 cutn, Linn., with a fasciated stem, sent by Mr. M. Cuthbertson, 

 Rothesay. 



Mr. Oswald Fergus, D.D.S.,L.D.S., exhibited a plaster cast from 

 a Perch caught in Loch Leven, with the lower jaw abnormal. 



Mr. S. M. Wellwood, Hon. Secretary, exhibited Sirex gigas, 

 Linn., from near Houston. 



Mr. R. D. Wilkie, Hon. Secretary, exhibited some interesting 

 plants from the Propagating Houses at Camphill. 



Mr. John Orr exhibited Sambucus Ebulus, Linn., from Eagles- 

 ham. 



Mr. Hugh Boyd Watt read a paper entitled "Additional 

 Notes on the Heronries of Clydesdale." (See page 378.) 



The Chairman read a paper entitled " Ben Lawers Botanical 

 Notes, 1899," in which he stated that he was not in a position to 

 report very fully on the state of the flora as it appeared towards 

 the end of July this year, as he only had the pleasure of being 

 on it for one day, and the mist was very dense during the eight 

 hours he spent there. He ascended by the western ridge, as his 

 friend. Dr. Braithwaite, wished to work for a few hours in the 

 western ravine. 



Juncus trijidus, Linn., was very small this year. Only a very 

 few small plants of Loiseleuria procumbens, Desv., were seen. 

 The Ordnance Ravine was very disappointing ; it seems either to 

 have been much frequented this year or else the plants are on 

 the wane. Draba rupestris, R. Br,, was in poor condition, and 

 there were comparatively few plants to be seen. Saxifraga 

 nivalis, Linn., is nearly gone, and it is to be feared *S'. cernua, 

 Linn., will soon be a thing of the past. Only three plants two 

 years old were seen ; no doubt there were a good many young 



