NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. XXXV11 



Mr. William Stewart reported on an excursion made to Lochlibo 

 and district on 27th inst.* 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of Scrophularia Ehrharti, 

 C. A. Stev., from Lambridden, Dairy, and Ehjmus arenarius, L., 

 from the neighbourhood of Kilwinning, recently discovered in these 

 stations by Mr. John Smith, Corresponding Member. Mr. Boyd 

 also showed specimens of Splachnum sphcericu?n, L., found on the 

 moor above Dumbarton by the Rev. J. E. Somerville, B.D., 

 Corresponding Member. 



13th September, 1887. 



Dr. James Stirton, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. Turner, Vice-President, reported on an excursion made 

 to Port-Glasgow on 10th inst.f 



The Chairman exhibited a few Mosses from Shetland, and 

 remarked on the great scarcity of Lichens on the island. 



A number of Microscopic Specimens were afterwards exhibited. 



Mr. Thomas King, Vice-President, showed a series of sections 

 illustrating the " puncta vegetationis " of phanerogams. 



Mr. R. Broom, B.Sc, showed a series of preparations from the 

 internal ear of a young Rabbit, including one or two very good 

 sections of the organ of Corti, and of the cochlear ganglion. He 

 also exhibited sections of Grantia compressa, one of the Calcispongiae, 

 showing numerous ova in situ, and various degrees of development 

 from the unsegmented ovum to the pseudo-gastrula stage, together 

 with a specimen of the mature sponge. 



* Transactions, vol. ii., p. 329. t Ibid., p. 330. 



