vi proceedings of the 



3rd August, 1886. 



Mr. Robert Turner, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd reported on an excursion made to Portincross, 

 Ayrshire, on 31st ultimo. Many of the rarer plants recorded 

 for the district had been met with, but no additions to the 

 list had been noted.* He exhibited specimens of Agrimonia 

 Eu/patoria, L., Vic ia sylvatica, L., Scirpus Savii, Seb. & 

 Maur., and Hypnum jyolygamum, B. & S., which had been 

 obtained at the excursion. 



Mr. Boyd also showed specimens of the following mosses : 



Dicranella subulata, Hedw.— Road-side on Kaim Hill, West 

 Kilbride ; in fruit. 



Eucladium vevticiUatum, L.— On wet sandstone rocks, Kirk- 

 land Glen, West Kilbride ; in fine fruit. 



Bryum concinnatum, Spruce. — Porphyritic rocks on Ardrossan 

 Hills, occurring sparingly within a small area ; barren. 



Mnium cinclidioides, Blytt. — Knockewart Loch, Ardrossan, 

 growing in abundance with stems sometimes eight 

 inches long, and forming large patches of a bright green 

 colour ; barren. 



Hypnum falcatum, Brid. — Haplands Moor, West Kilbride ; 

 in fruit. 



R. sarmentosum, Wahl. — Knock Jergon Moor, Ardrossan ; 

 barren. 



H. vernicosum, Lindb. — Knockewart Loch, Ardrossan : barren. 



Along with these were shown, for comparison, specimens of 

 allied and more common species, and the characteristics of each 

 were pointed out and explained. 



The Chairman (Mr. Turner) gave an account of a visit to the 

 Orkney and Shetland Istes, and exhibited specimens of Arenaria 

 norvcgica, Gunn, and Cerastium latifolitun, L., var. Edmon- 

 8tonii, Wats., two plants peculiar to Shetland. He also showed 

 specimens of Prima lascotica, Hook., from Orkney, and made 

 some remarks on the features by which that species is 

 distinguished from P. farinom, L. 



Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., communicated some 

 notes on Observed Depths in Loch Lomond. t 



17th August, 188(5. 



Mr. David Gregorson, F.E.I.S., in the ('hair. 



Mr. Richard M'Kay reported on an excursion made to the 

 Bridge of Weir district on 14th inst. After leaving the rail- 

 way station, the party proceeded in a south-western direction, 



• S< !€ Proceedings, vol. v., pp. 242, 244 ; Transactions, vol. i., p. 151. 

 t Transactions, vol. ii., p. 141. 



