208 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Notes on the Rarer Plants of the Parish of Old Kilpatriek. 



By L. Watt (read 25 th March 1890; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Glasgow, N. Ser. III. Part ii. 1892). 



Notes on Perthshire Plants. By Edward F. Linton, F.L.S., 

 and Wm. R. Linton, M.A. — Is chiefly a rather full list of the plants 

 observed in the lower part of Glen Lyon, and on the adjoining 

 mountains. There are a few new vice-county records. (Journal of 

 Botany, June.) 



An Essay at a Key to the British Rubi. By the Rev. W. 

 Moyle Rogers, F.L.S. — This is a very valuable monograph of a 

 very perplexing genus. {Journal of Botany, April-June.) 



Rubus ammobius, Focke. By F. Buchanan White, M.D. — Is 

 a brief note of a plant found near Perth a few years ago, and 

 believed by Professor Babington to be " probably the ammobius of 

 Focke." (Journal of Botany, June.) 



Further Notes on Hieraeia new to Britain. By Frederick 

 J. Hanbury, F.L.S. — In this paper there are numerous new records 

 for Scotland, chiefly of " species " already known from Scandinavia, 

 but also of new "species." See p. 204-5 of this journal. (Journal 

 of Botany, May and June.) 



Hieraeium anfraetiforme. Rev. E. S. Marshall proposes 

 for this the name of H subajifractum, the name a?ifractiforme being 

 already in use. (Journal of Botany, June 1892.) 



Juneus tenuis, Willdenow as a Scottish Plant. By P. Ewing 

 (read 20th October 1889). — Contains records already published 

 elsewhere. (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, N. Ser. III. Part ii. 1892.) 



Sur quelques Algues Phseosporees Parasites. By M. C. 



Sauvageau. — This is an important paper on certain parasitic 

 species of Ectocarpus, and of allied genera. In it several new 

 species are described. Among these is Ectocarpus minimus, Nag. 

 (in herb.), on " Himanthalia lorea ad littora Angliae (Dover, Nageli ; 

 Berwick, Batters)." (Morofs Journal de Botanique, VI. 1892, Nos. 

 1-7 ; Latin diagnosis of E. minimus on p. 125.) 



Observations on British Marine Algae. By R. Harvey Gibson, 

 M.A., F.L.S. — Polysiphonia elongella Harvey noted as bearing 

 antheridia (not previously known), in August 187 1, at Connel 

 Ferry, near Oban. They are of the type characteristic of the genus. 

 ( Jour 7ial of Botany, April.) 



Additional Notes on the Marine Algae of the Clyde Sea-area. 

 By E. A. L. Batters, B.A., LL.B., F.L.S. — States the result 

 of investigations carried on during the past year by a number of 

 workers, and forms a supplement to the " Algae of the Clyde Sea- 

 area," which was published in the Jour?ial of Botany in 1891 



