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Mr. Boyd also showed specimens of Orthodontium gracilc, 

 Wils., recently discovered by him on sandstone rocks in the 

 neighbourhood of West Kilbride ; and he stated that this moss 

 has hitherto been found in only one other station in Scotland — 

 viz., the woods near Lennox Castle, Stirlingshire, where, as at 

 West Kilbride, its growth is apparently restricted to a small 

 area of the rock-surface, measuring only a few yards in cir- 

 cumference. It is equally rare in England ; and since its dis- 

 covery at Helsby and Frodsham, Cheshire, by Wilson in 1833, and 

 subsequently at Wharfdale, Yorkshire, by Spruce, only two or 

 three additional stations have been reported. It has been found 

 on the mountains of Abyssinia by Professor Schimper ; but 

 until 1881, when it was discovered in Finisterre, France, by 

 M. Tanguy, it was not known to occur in any part of Europe 

 outside of the British Isles. 



Mr. Peter Ewing read a paper on some Scandinavian forms 

 of Scottish alpine plants recently discovered by him on the 

 mountains of North-East Perthshire.* The characteristics of 

 the various forms were described, and specimens exhibited, 

 along with examples of the typical species for comparison. 



26th April, 1887. 



Mr. Thomas King, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. Norman W. Dougall, 23 Gordon Street, and Henry 

 M'Culloch, 151 Sauchiehall Street, were elected Ordinary 

 Members. 



Mr. Thomas Scott, Corresponding Member, exhibited an exten- 

 sive series of Land Shells collected by him in the neighbourhood 

 of East Loch Tarbert. Among these were some remarkable 

 examples of damaged shells which had been repaired by their 

 occupants. Mr. Scott submitted some interesting notes on the 

 various species and varieties represented in the collection, in- 

 cluding a description of a new variety of Helix aspersa, Mull., 

 recently discovered by him, and named var. deprcssa. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited a specimen of Asarabacca, Asarum 

 europceum, L., recently found by Mr. John Smith, Correspond- 

 ing Member, in the woods near Eglinton Castle. He also 

 showed specimens of EurJiynchium pumiluni, Wils., from 

 West Kilbride, and Eurliyncliiwm Teesdalii, Sm., from the 

 neighbourhood of Largs. 



Mr. David Gregorson, F.E.I. S., exhibited a fine collection of 

 Marine Alga> from Drumadoon, Arran. 



Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., reported that he had 

 obtained Axinus croulinensis, Jeff., among material dredged 

 by him in 15 fathoms in Lamlash Bay, in September, 188G. 



' Transaction*! vol. ii.. p. ill. 



