NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. XXXV 



•SO great distance from the sea-shore. Mr. Boyd suggested that 

 the presence of so much of the plant in this situation might be 

 -due to the Loch having been at one time an arm of the sea. 



26th August, 1884. 



Dr. James Stirton, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. James Steel reported on a dredging excursion made on 

 16th inst., under the leadership of Mr. Frank Coulson, who 

 kindly granted the use of his steam-yacht, which is fitted with 

 the most perfect appliances for dredging. The ground selected 

 was Rothesay Bay ; but unfortunately the day was wet and 

 rather stormy, and the party had therefore to limit consider- 

 ably the range of their investigations. The results, however, 

 were satisfactory, — Crustacea, moUusca, star-fish, and various 

 forms of protozoa, being obtained in abundance. The principal 

 find was a beautiful specimen of Defrancia gracilis, Mont., 

 about an inch in length. 



Mr. Steel exhibited many of the objects which had been 

 dredged, and made remarks on such of them as were worthy 

 of special notice. 



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

 23rd inst. The shore between Fairlie and Hunterston afforded a 

 rich botanical field; and among the plants observed were the 

 following species, viz. : — 



RaiuLiicnlns scclrrofus, L. 

 Spergularla iicglecta, Syme. 

 *S'. marcjinaia, Syme. 

 Erodium clcutariuin, L. 

 Anfhyllis Vxdncrarin, L. 

 Eryngixiin iiKtrifinium, L. 

 CEnanthe croccda, L. 

 Cardans crlsjjas, L. 

 Filago viinima, Fries. 

 Lycopsis arvensis, Bieb. 

 Solaniiin Dxdcamara, L. 

 Scutellaria galericulafa, L. 

 Samolus Valerandi, L. 

 Salicornia herbacea, L. 

 JSao'da )}ic(rifinia, Dumort. 

 Zostera marina, L. 

 Z. nana. Roth. 

 Juncus Diarifimus, L. 

 J. Gerardi, Loisel. 

 J. coni2:)ressus, Jacq. 

 Scirpus maritiniKs, L. 

 S. Savii, Schultes. 



B. rufus, Link. 

 Carex vidpina, L. 



C. e.vtensa. Good. 

 C. fidva, Good. 



C. 2^cili(^dosa, Good. 

 Catabrosa aqxiafica, Beauv., 



var. littoralis, Parn. 

 Sclerochloa maritima, Wahl. 

 Triticuni janceain, L. 

 Lepturus filiformis, Trin. 

 Barbula rural is, Hedw. 

 Fucus cernnoides, L. 

 F. i^esiculosus, L. 

 F. serratus, L. 

 F. canaliculatus, L. 

 Euteromorplia intestinalis, L. 

 E. comjoressa, L. 

 E. clathrata. 

 CladopJiora rupcstris, L. 

 Chaetoniorplia, sp., probably 



limun. 

 Halidrys siliquosa, Lyn. 



Blysnius comjyressus, Panz. 



JNIr. D. Gregorson, F.E.I.S., exhibited specimens of the AlgcB 

 collected, and made some remarks on the characteristics of 

 4?ach species. 



