NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



SUMMER SESSION, 1884, 



20th May, 1884. 



Mr. Peter Cameron, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd reported on an excursion made to Neilston 

 'on the 17th inst. Among the plants collected was an abnormal 

 flowering-scape of Tuss'ilago Farfara, L., having, in addition to 

 the usual terminal head of flowers, two smaller scapes springing 

 from the axils of the scales, both bearing a small head of 

 flowers. 



Mr. Thomas King exhibited a teratological specimen of a rose, 

 with the whole of the petals, &c., transformed into green 

 phylloid expansions, affording a striking example of phyllody 

 of the petals. 



The remainder of the evening was devoted to the exhibition 

 •of microscopic objects. Among these were sections of hymen- 

 opterous leaf-galls, prepared by the Chairman, illustrating the. 

 modifications produced in growing vegetable tissues through 

 the action of insects. Mr. Richard M'Kay showed a series of 

 slides, illustrating the seeds of British plants. Many of these — 

 especially the seeds of the Caryophyllacece and Scrophulariacece 

 —possessed remarkable beauty in the symmetry of their out- 

 lines and delicate details of their markings. 



3rd June, 1884. 



Mr. Henry E. Clark, M.R.C.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd reported on an excursion made to Devol's 

 •Glen, Port-Glasgow, on 31st ulto. Among the plants collected 

 were Viburnum Lantana, L., Aspldlum aculeatum, Sw., 

 Asplenium vlrlde, Huds., Gymnostomuin rupestre, Schw , 

 Bartramia 2^omifon)iis, L., type and var. crispa, B. ithyphylla, 

 Brid., Pterygophyllum luceris, L. (in fruit), and Neckera crispa. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King exhibited specimens of HydroptUa 

 Jemoralis, Eaton, captured near Port-Glasgow on the same 

 date ; and he stated that the species is new to the Scottish 

 Fauna, having hitherto been recorded for Derbyshire only. 



Mr. King also exhibited two cases of Insects collected at 

 Frankfort-on-the-Oder by Mr. Lucas, and subsequently in the 

 possession of the late Dr. John Dougan, Glasgow. 



