318 The Scottish Naturalist. 



7. Mitrula alba W. G. Sm. — Differs from M. paludosa, in 

 being white in colour, and in having a globular head and 

 stuffed stem. Frequent among leaves in water-holes, Ben 

 Lomond. 



8. Peziza rubella Pers. — A minute, soft, and waxy species, 

 spreading over blocks of decaying wood, Kilfinan. 



9. Peziza palustris P. — Very minute. Occurring here and 

 there on the leaves and stems of a species of Scirpus, on the 

 hills, Kilfinan, Argyleshire. 



10. Macrospora scirpi Fckl. — Found growing on the leaves 

 of a species of Scirpus at Bowling. This species is new to 

 Britain. 



Besides these fungi, I have to record a new station for 

 Dica?npia Hookeri, namely, hills above Kilfinan. This plant 

 was for a long time considered to be the fruit of a lichen. It 

 is now decided to be a fungus growing upon the thallus of a 

 lichen. The only other place where I am aware it has been 

 found is Ben Lawers. 



On paying a visit to Ben Lomond this year, I found about 

 twenty capsules of the moss Leucobryum glaucum. The spot is 

 in a little gully on the left-hand side of Rowardennan pier. As 

 far as I am aware, this is the first time it has been found in fruit 

 in Scotland. — R. H. Paterson, 6 Windsor Place, Glasgow. 



Botanical Notes.— Happening to spend an hour or two one day lately 

 on the Fifeshire bank of the Firth of Tay, about four miles below New- 

 burgh, I met with one or two plants perhaps worth noting. Raplianus 

 raphanistriim occurred in its white flowered form, which is common enough 

 in England, but rarely seen in Scotland. The downy form of Silene injlata, 

 sometimes called S. pubenda Jord., was as common or commoner than the 

 glabrous form. Anthemis colula occurred in corn-fields, separated only 

 by the river (here between one and two miles broad) from Perthshire, in 

 which county I have never seen this plant. Honkeneja peploidcs was, as 

 might be expected, common enough on the shore, but on the Perthshire 

 side it seems (so far as my knowledge goes) very rare, if it occurs at all. 

 \Vhat appears to be the var. horridus of Carduus arvensis was common 

 enough on the road sides, and Scirpus Tabermcmoniani at the edge of the 

 river. — F. Buchanan White. 



