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and Br. ; P. senecionis Lib. ; * Uromyces concomitans B. and Br. ; Proto- 

 myces macrosporus Ung. ; Helotium tuba Fr., v. ochracea. By the Rev. J. 

 Fergusson : — Agaricus ( Lepiota) cinnabarinus Fr. ; Hyphelia rosea Fr. ; 

 * Cylindrosporium niveum B. and Br. ; * Puccinia Fergussoni B. and Br. 

 (on Viola palustris) ; * P. tripolii B. and Br. (on Aster tripolium) ; Proto- 

 myces microsporias Ung. (on Ranunculus Ficaria) ; * P. chrysosplenii B. and 

 Br. (on Chrysosplenium oppositifolium ) ; * P. Fergussoni B. and Br. (on 

 Myosotis) ; Peziza rubella P. ; * Helotium melleum B. and Br. ; * Psilopezia 

 myrothecioides B. and Br. ; * Patellaria Fergussoni B. and Br. By the Rev. 

 J. Keith (Forres) : — Boletus sulfureus Fr. ; * Polyporus Keitliii B. and Br..; 

 * Radulum deglubens B. and Br. ; Cortinarius traganus Fr., var. finitimus 

 Weinm. ; Hysteiium arundinaceum Schr. , var. gramineum. Other Scot- 

 tish species mentioned, with or without special indication of the finders, 

 are : — Agaricus ( ' Hebeloma) Bongardii Weinm. (Culbin sandhills — G. Nor- 

 man) ; * Radulum corallinum B. and Br.; * ' Lepto stroma glec/iomalis B. and 

 Br. ; Peziza fusispora B., var. scotica Raben. (Berwick — Dr. Johnstone; 

 more recently by the Rev. Messrs. Anderson and Ferguson) ; and P. 

 strobilina Fr. Vibrissea Margarita Buchanan White, described in this 

 magazine (Scottish Naturalist ii. 218), is also mentioned in the list. — F. 

 Buchanan White. 



A SCOTTISH CRYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY AND FUNGUS SHOW. 



AT the Fungus Show, held last September in Aberdeen, there was a 

 committee appointed (as we intimated at the time) to organize a 

 Scottish Cryptogamic Society. This committee consisted of Professors 

 Dickie, Nicol, and Ogilvie, the Rev. Messrs. Anderson, Fergnsson, and 

 Stevenson, and Dr. Buchanan White (convener). It is now proposed to 

 have a meeting on April 1 6th, at 2 p.m., in the Rooms of the Perth- 

 shire Society of Natural Science, St. Ann's Lane, Perth, to formally 

 inaugurate the Society, adopt a Constitution, and elect office-bearers, as well 

 as make some of the necessary arrangements for the Show to be held in 

 Perth in September next. We trust that as many of those interested in 

 Cryptogamic Botany as possible will attend this meeting, and that those 

 who cannot attend will intimate their desire to become original members to 

 any member of the above committee before the day of meeting, as it is de- 

 sirable that the Society should have a good start. Many persons may, 

 however, reasonably object to become members without knowing what the 

 objects of the Society are, and to what the proposed laws bind the members. 

 Space does not permit us to give here the proposed Constitution in full 

 (and besides everyone desiring to become a member will receive a printed 

 copy of the laws when adopted) ; but we may mention that the objects of 

 the Society is the promotion of Cryptogamic Botany by (1st) mutual assist- 

 ance, and (2d) an Annual Conference and Show (especially of Fungi) ; and 

 that while it is hoped that the annual Show (which will be held each year 

 in a different town) will defray most of the expenses of the Society, the 

 annual subscription (if it be necessary to levy one at all) will not exceed 



