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:are those of vulgaris. I have never seen it with flowers so large and lip-seg- 

 ments so broad." 



The plants were above six inches high ; and the petals were much more 

 contiguous than usual. It appears to agree fairly well with Reichenbach's 

 alpicola, see Icones, f. 175. It is probably identical with P. grandiflora 

 Bert., (non Lamk.) ; which is discribed as having " fiore circa il doppio piu 

 "larghi e sprone piu. longhi." 



Equisetum maximum, Lamk. Var. serotinum, A- Braun. 

 in "Wigtonshire. This form of maximum, which is recorded in English 

 Botany only from the extreme south of England, I gathered in 1883 on the 

 west coast of Wigtonshire, south of Port William, near Monreish. Its 

 peculiarity rests in the fertile (cestival) stem resembling the barren (vernal) one. 

 Dr. Boswell says it is not a variety, but a condition of growth, and is not always 

 developed from the same plant. The Wigton plants varied from a foot to 

 thirty inches high. According to Milde this form is the E. eburneum of 

 Schreber. 



Senecio Jacobaea L. Var. nosculosus, Jord., in Wigton- 

 shire. This rayless form of Senecio Jacobota occurred by the sea shore, a 

 little below Port William. It is apparently rare in Britain, being recorded in 

 English Botany from Sutherland and Wexford only. Sherard long ago found 

 it near Drogheda in Ireland, see Bay, 3rd. edit. "Flore nudo copiosissime 

 nascens in sabulosis prope lilt its ; tribus vel quatuor milliaribus a Drogheda 

 occurit." G. Claridge Druce. 



SCOTTISH CRYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY. 



This Society held its annual meeting in Aberdeen on the 30th 

 Sept., and 1st and 2nd Oct., Prof. J. W. H. Trail being President. 

 Among those present were two esteemed and old friends from 

 England, Messrs. Phillips and Plowright, and members from all 

 parts of Scotland, between the Borders and Forres. The usual pro- 

 gramme was carried out, the days being devoted to excursions, 

 and the evenings to meetings and friendly intercourse. It was 

 resolved to publish the more important papers read before the 

 Society ; and it was remitted to a small committee to have this 

 resolution carried into effect. 



The general meeting was held on the 30th Sept., at 8 p.m., in 

 the Aberdeen University buildings. The presidential address was 

 devoted to the Uses of Cryptogams to Man. The papers 

 read were as follows : On some Varieties of Ferns, by Mrs. 

 Farquharson; On the Smut of Cereals, by A. Stephen 

 Wilson, C.E. ; Revision of the Scottish Peronosporeae, 



