XXXll PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. Thomas King exhibited specimens of the following plants 

 from Innellan, viz.: Geranium Inciduin, L., Lactuca viuraliSy 

 Fresen., Hahenaria bifolla, Br., H. chlorantha, Bab., and 

 Equisetuvi Telinatela, Ehr. 



Mr. Robert Turner exhibited a fine specimen of Orobaiiche 

 major, L., from the neighbourhood of Dumfries, and remarked 

 that the plant, which is parasitic on the roots of the shrubby- 

 Pap iZionacefc, is rare in Scotland, where it is confined to the 

 extreme south-western counties. 



An exhibition of microscopic objects afterwards took place. 



29th July, 1884. J 



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Mr. R. Turner in the Chair. 



Dr. James Stirton, F.L.S., President, exhibited a fine speci- '. 



men of Saxifraga rivularis, L., gathered on Ben Lawers by j 



Rev. John Pagan, M.A., Bothwell. | 



Mr. Peter Ewing gave an account of botanical excursions to i 



Ben Lawers and Creag-an-Lochan, between 18th and 22nd inst., i 

 and submitted the following list of the rarer flowering-plants 

 seen on these mountains, viz.: — 



Thalictriun alpiniun, L. — Common. \ 



Caltha paliistris, L., var. minor, Syme. — Frequent. i 

 Trollius europceus, L. — Frequent. 



Arahis petrcea, Lamk. — Frequent. 1 



Cochlearia alpina, Wats. — Common. \ 



Drdba inflata, Wats. — About 15 plants. ] 



D. incaiia, L. — Frequent. j 



D. rupestris, Br. — Seems to be getting scarce. I 

 Cerastiuin alpinum, L., vars. lanatiun and puhescens. 



Common. i 



Cherleria sedoides, L.— Common. i 



Alsine rubella, Hook. — Frequent. \ 



Sagina saxatilis, Wimm. — Common. \ 



S. nivalis. Fries.— A good many plants, but small. | 



Sibbaldia prociunbens, Clairv. — Common. j 



Potentilla alpestris. Hall. f. — Frequent. ^ 



Dt^jos octopetala, L. — Creag-an-Lochan. j 



Epilobiuni alsinifoliuin, Villars. — Common. [ 



E. anagallidifoliuni, Lamk. — Common. j 



E. alpinum, L. — Frequent. \ 



Saxifraga nivalis^ L. — Common. J 



S. oppositifolia, L. — Common. j 



S. rivularis, L.— Rare, Ben Lawers.— J>>-. Stirton. i 



S. cernua, L.— Ben Lawers. In poor condition; seems to be : 



getting rooted out. j 



