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Holy Island. In 1878 he contributed to the " History of the 

 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club " an account of the " hained ground," 

 of 300 acres of the old Ettrick Forest, at Bowhill, where the " hain- 

 ing," or enclosure of the ground from cattle and sheep, had allowed 

 the growth of the indigenous trees and bushes. 



Frank Townshend, F.L.S. — Though not directly associated with 

 the investigation of the flora of Scotland, Mr. Townshend gave 

 ready and valuable aid to those who sought his help in determining 

 the various forms of the critical groups that he especially studied 

 (^Euphrasia and Ranunculus acer), and Scottish botanists shared that 

 aid in the investigation of local floras. 



Cordieeps ophioglossoides in Peeblesshire. — This rare fungus 

 was found last September by Mr. Rupert Smith at Stobo, near 

 Peebles. The only other record of it being found in Scotland is 

 Crosbie, West Kilbride, where it was gathered by the late Prof. 

 Thomas King and Mr. D. A. Boyd, who recorded it in the 

 " British Association Handbook of the Natural History of the 

 Clyde Area." 



At some of the fungus forays last autumn several interesting 

 fungi were collected. At Gosford, East Lothian, the Jew's-ear 

 fungus, Hirneola auricula-Judce^ was found in hundreds growing on 

 elder trees, and in one instance more than a dozen specimens were 

 seen growing on a fallen plane tree, Acer pseudo-platanus^ and 

 probably this is the first time this fungus has ever been found 

 growing on the plane tree. In the old Caledonian forest at 

 Dalkeith, where the beef-steak fungus is so common, a very large 

 specimen of Tremella foliacea was found, and great quantities of 

 Bulgaria inquinaris on the trunks and branches of cut timber. At 

 Arniston, Midlothian, Leotia lubrica was got in its old station, where 

 it is still plentiful. — A. B. Steele, Edinburgh. 



Rosa hiberniea, Sm., in Banffshire. — In the beginning of 

 September last Mr. W. G. Craib sent me for determination a small 

 parcel of roses which he had collected in the district around Banff. 

 Amongst them was a specimen of what seemed R. hiberniea^ Sm. 

 This w^as gathered at Mill of Melrose, in the parish of Gamrie, two 

 or three miles to the east of Banff. At my request Mr. Craib 

 sent on other specimens which put the matter beyond doubt. 

 R. hibertiica, Sm., var. glabra, was discovered by Prof. Trail a few 

 years ago in the same parish, but on its eastern border, and has 

 been recorded by him in the "Flora of Buchan." Mr. Craib's rose, 

 however, is not the glabrous, but the hairy form, similar to the 

 original R. hiberniea of Belfast. So far as I know, there is only 

 one other station for this form in Scotland, viz. near Ormiston, on 

 the boundary between Mid and East Lothian. The Ormiston rose 

 is hairier than that of Gamrie, and indeed the hairs in the latter 



