No. XLIII. 



JULY 1881. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A QUARTERLY 



SHagajiw irf ItsiBrsI Jistorj. 



Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., F.L. 



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CONTENTS. 



The Perthshire Natural History Museum, 





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97 



Phytology— 



On the Genus Usnea, and a new genus allied to it, — J. Stirton, M.D., 



F.L.S., 99 



The Life and Labours of a Scottish Naturalist, George Don of Forfar 



{continued), — John Knox, 109 



Mycologia Scotica {continued), — Rev. J. STEVENSON, . . . . 117 

 The Gaelic Names of Plants {continued), — J.Cameron, . . .125 

 Preliminary List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Perthshire, — 



Editor, 133 



Notes on the Past Winter, — Walter Graham, .... 141 



Caltha radicans,— Id., ......... 14 2 



Effects of the Winter of 1880-81,— M. King, . ' . .142 



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