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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. D. A. Boyd submitted the following list of the principal 

 mosses observed at the excursion, viz.: 



Andreaza petrophila, Ehrh.f 

 Gyrnnosto m u m rupestre, 



Schwg.f 

 Ancectangi u m compactiim, 



Schl. 

 Dichodonttuin2jelh(cidiun,lu.y 



var. serratum, Schpr. 

 Dicranella squarrosa Schrad. 

 Dicranum niajus, Turn. 

 Campylopus atrovirens, De 



Not. 

 Blindia acuta, Hedw.f 

 Barbula fallax, Hedw.f 



tortuosa, L. 

 A mp horidiu m Mougeot ii, 



B. & S. 

 Splachnum splicer icum, L. 



fil.f 

 Bartramia ithyphylla, Brid.f 

 pomiformis, L.f 

 CEderi, Gunn.f 

 Breutelia arcuata, Dicks. 

 Webera nutans, Schreb. f 

 cruda, Schreb. 

 albicans, Wahl. t 

 Zierla julacea, Schpr. 

 Bryum pollens, Sw.f 



jilifonne, Dicks. 

 Mnium undulatum, Hedw.f 

 rostratum, Schrad. f 

 serratum, Schrad. 

 subglobosum, B. &S.f 

 Aulacomnium palustre, L.f 



Tetr aphis pellucida, L.f 

 Tetrodontium Bro w n ii, 



Dicks.f 

 Olig otrichum hercynicum, 



Ehrh.f 

 Pogonatum alpinum, L.f 

 Poly iridium gracile, Menz.f 

 Neckera crispa, L. 

 Homalia trichomanoidcs f 



Schreb.fl 

 Pterygophyllum lucens, Sm.f 

 Heteroctadium heteropterum , 



Bruch. 

 Eurhynchium striatum, 



Schreb. 

 piliferum, 

 Schreb. 

 pumilum, 

 Wils. 

 Plagiothecium pulclielluin, 



Hedw.f 

 Hypnum revolvens, Sw.f 



cupressiforrnc, L., 

 var. ericetoritm, 

 Schpr. 

 molluscum, Hedw.f 

 stellatum, Schreb. 

 var. protoisum, 

 Brid. 

 sarin en to sum, 



Wahl. 

 stramineum. Dicks. 

 Hylocomium loreum. L.f 



Mr. Boyd reported that several specimens of the beetle 

 Geotrupes sylvaticus, Fab., had been captured in the glen. He 

 also exhibited specimens of Zygodon viridissimus, Dicks., in 

 fruit, from Kirkland Glen, West Kilbride, and Fontinaiis 

 squamosa, L , from the River Calder, between Lochwinnoch 

 and Muirshiel. 



Mr. William Goodwin exhibited specimens of Doronicum 

 Pardalianches, L., from a wood at Garscube, and Ophioglos- 

 ■sum vulgatum, L., from Waterfoot, Busby. 



Mr. Joseph Sommerville showed a fruit of an Orange 

 containing a smaller one embedded in its centre, and made some 

 remarks on the probable cause of the abnormal development. 



Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., sent for exhibition 

 specimens of the following species of Isopods from ('umbrae: 



Ligia oceanica, L. 

 Philoscia muscorum, Scop. 

 Oniscus asellus, Li. 



Porcellio scaber, Latr. 

 P. armadilloidcs, Lereb. 



t With fruit. 



