NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 01 GLASGOW. 



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Taraxacum 1, Lapsana 1, Carduus 1, Centaur ea 2, Solidago 1, 

 Bcllis 1, Chrysantfiemum 1, Senecio 1, Campanula 1, Euphrasia 

 1. Mentha 1, Lamium 1, Plantago 1, Polygonum 2, Rumex 2, 



Euphorbia 1, Clienopodiuin 1, Urtica 1, with 3 grasses. 



Mr. Cameron stated that in the gardens near Manchester the 

 Primrose, Wallflower, and other spring flowers were coming 

 into bloom, and Roses had not yet stopped flowering. Apple 

 and Pear trees were also reported to be in flower, and even 

 promising a second crop of fruit. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of the following Mosses 

 and Fungi from Ayrshire : 



Philonotis font una, L., var. falcata, De Not. — Noddsdale, Largs. 



Barbula ruralis, L , var arenicola, Braith. — Sandy ground 

 adjoining the sea-shore, West Kilbride. 



Schizophyllum commune, Fr.— Seamill, West Kilbride. 



Sphcerobolus stellatus, Tode. — Seamill, West Kilbride. 



Mr. Peter Ewing stated that the specimens of Philonotis 

 fontanel, var. falcata, from Largs, seemed exactly to correspond 

 with a moss gathered by him on Ben Laoigh, and included as 

 variety falcata in his List of the plants found on that mountain.* 

 While some of our leading bryologists regard this form as 

 identical with the falcata of De Notaris, others maintain 

 that the genuine falcata does not occur in Britain. Mr. 

 Ewing also remarked that Barbula, ruralis, L., var. arenicola, 

 Braithwaite, which is common on sandy ground along the 

 shores of the Firth of Clyde, is equally plentiful on the East 

 Coast of Scotland. 



Mr. William Stewart exhibited numerous species of Fungi, 

 which had been obtained by him in a shipbuilding yard on 

 the Clyde at Yoker, four miles below Glasgow — a proof of the 

 remarkable abundance of these plants this season, even in places 

 most unlikely to afford a profitable field for the botanist. Among 

 the species shown were the following : 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) aggre- 



gatus, Schseff. 

 A. (Clitocybe) dealbatus, Sow. 

 A. ( Pholiota) terrigenus, Fr. 

 A. ( Flammula) sapineus, Fr. 

 Lenzites scrpiaria, Fr. 

 Polypovus frag it is, Fr. 

 P. actitsh^,Fr.,includingavery 



dark resupinate form. 

 P. racliatus, Fr. 



Polypovus velutinus, Fr. 

 P. versicolor, Fr. 

 P abietinus, Fr. 

 P. vaporarius, Fr. 

 Merutius lachryinans, Fr. 

 Hydnum coralloides, Scop. 

 Steveum hirsutum, Fr. 

 Corticium puteanum, Fr. 

 Crucibulum vulgare, Tul. 

 Sphazrobolus stellatus, Tode. 



Mr. Stewart made some remarks on Hydnum coralloides, 

 which is an interesting addition to the list of Scottish species. 

 The specimen shown was the largest of three obtained at Yoker, 

 and was found on a log of white pine that had been S or 10 



* "TheFl^ra of Ben Lauij;h ; " Proe. Nat. Hist. t'oc. Olasg., vol. v., p. 2S-JL 



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