126 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



(1889-92), pp. 264 and 265. — The first-mentioned species was 

 taken at Orkney in 1889, and near Montrose in 1890. 



List of Foraminifera dredged in Portree Bay, Island of 

 Skye. By David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S. Proc. and Trans. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, vol. iii. (N. S.), part iii. (1 889-1 892), 

 pp. 239-242. — Over 100 species are recorded. 



BOTANY. 



Our Endemic List. By William H. Beeby. Journ. Pot., 

 March. — Discusses the claims to be considered endemic of several 

 of the plants noted as such in the second edition of /stand Life, 

 by A. R. Wallace, and indicates a different conclusion in the case 

 of some, and grave doubts as to others. 



First Records of British Flowering Plants (continued). 

 By William A. Clarke, F.L.S. Journ. Pot., March. — The only 

 Scottish records in this part are Saxifraga rivularis, L., " on Ben 

 Nevis, Dr. Townson, in 1800"; S. cernua, L., 1794, "amongst the 

 rocks on the summit of Ben Lawers, James Dickson " ; Epilobium 

 anagallidifolium, Lam., 1856, "lofty mountains of Scotland, Morne 

 and Lochnagar, etc., Babington " ; E. alpinum, L., 1777, "on Ben 

 Lomond, about two-thirds of the way up, Lightfoot." 



English Botany, Supplement to Third Edition. Part III. 

 By N. E. Brown. — This part brings the supplement to the end of 

 Dipsacaceae. The completion of the supplement has been under- 

 taken by Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., whose name guarantees the value 

 of the work. 



New and Rare Finds in 1891. By George F. Scott-Elliott, 

 B.Sc. Trans. D. and G. N. H. and A. Soc, 1893. — Enumerates 

 a good many species from Dumfriesshire, several being noted as 

 introduced. 



Notes on some Scotch Plants, especially with relation 

 to Dumfriesshire and Galloway, and their relation to 

 Native Species. By Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. Trans. D. and G. 

 N. H. and A. Soc, 1893. — This is a valuable analysis of the 

 probabilities of occurrence in S.W. Scotland of several plants. 



Notes on a Herbarium collected by Miss E. G. Adams and 

 Miss S. D. Johnston at Cowhill. By G. F. Scott-Elliott. Trans. 

 D. and G. N. H. and A. Soc, 1893. — |T ne collection includes 

 about 300 species, of which five are recorded as new to Dumfries- 

 shire, viz. Papaver Argemone, Primula elatior, Jacq., Euphorbia 

 amygdaloides, Narcissus Pseudo- narcissus, and Galanthus nivalis, 

 the two last naturalised fully. Mr. Scott-Elliott has since informed 

 us that the Primula and Eiphorbia are undoubtedly only intro- 

 duced plants. 



