42 The Scottish Naturalist. 



P. obovata D. By. On Spergula arvensis, bearing conidia near Aberdeen, 



and oospores near Gamrie, in August. 

 P. Potentilloe De By. On leaves of Geum rivcUe. 

 Pilobolus crystallinus Tode. On Rabbit's dung. 

 Exoascus deformans (Berk.) Fuckel. On Prunus Avium. 

 Phacidium Calthre Phil. On Caltha palustris. 

 Perisporium vulgare Corda. On old mat and cordage. 

 Hypomyces aurantius Tul. On decaying Polyporus. 

 Nectria Ribis Tode. On gooseberry twigs. 

 Lophiostoma caulium (Fr.) De Not. and C. On decayed stems of 



Urtica dioica. 

 Dothidea J unci Fr. On Juncus communis. (This is quite distinct from 



D. Junci Cooke hbk., 2417, and My col. Scotica, 1900, as the latter 



is a Leptosphceria, not a true Dothidea. ) 

 JLsestadia faginea C. and PI. On Beech leaves. 



Cryptosphreria myriocarpa (Nitzsch.) On Ash twigs {Mycol. Scot., 2026). 

 Sphaerella lineolata (Desm.) De Not. and Ces. On Ammophila. 

 Podospora Brassicae (Kl.) Winter. On rotten cabbage stumps. 

 Sporormia intermedia Auersw. On Rabbit's dung. 



Melanomma Lenarsii (West.) Sacc. On stems of Calluna vulgaris, 

 Trematosphaeria megalospora (De Not.) Sacc. On rotting wood. 

 Leptosphceria maculans Sow. On dead Scirpus lacustris. 

 L. sabuletorum B. and Br. (M. Scot. 2109.) On Ammophila. 

 L. culmifraga Fr. {M. Scot. 211 1.) On Aira caespitosa. 

 L. culmicola (Fr.) Krst. On Aira caespitosa, Oats, &c. 

 Zignoella insculpta (Fr.) Sacc. On Holly twigs. 



Pleospora vulgaris Niessl. On Plantago lanceolata, Lupinus, &c. 

 P. infectoria Fckl. On various Grasses. 



Ophiobolus herpotrichus (Fr.) Sacc. {M. Scot. 2100.) On Grasses. 

 O. Urticae (Rabh.) Sacc. On dead stems of U. dioica. 



NOTES ON SCOTCH PLANTS- 

 Ping-uicula vulgaris, Linn. Var. alpicola, Reich. In "West 



H-OSS. In 1879, when botanising in West Ross in order to form a catalogue 

 of the plants of the county for a new edition of Topographical Botany, which 

 Mr. H. C. Watson then had in contemplation, I gathered on the slopes of 

 Scuir na Cairan, at about 2,000 feet elevation, and in close proximity to the 

 tableland above the Falls of Glomak, a Pingidcula, which at first sight sug- 

 gested grand/flora, Lamk. Mr. Baker, on being shown a specimen, said it 

 looked something like grandiflora. I then forwarded it to Dr. Boswell, who 

 remarked upon it as follows : " A very striking form of P. vulgaris ; I can 

 see nothing in it of grandiflora in the dried state ; but Pinguiculse should be 

 examined alive. The leaves, calyx, spur, and general shape of the corolla 



