liv PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



26th May. 1885. 



Mr. Robert Turner, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Richard M'Kay reported on an excursion made to Kilsyth 

 on 23rd inst. Some of the party proceeded to Kilsyth Glen, 

 while others walked across the hills to the picturesque 

 Hermitage Glen on the River Carron. Among the plants 

 observed were the following species : 



Peucedanum Ostruthiuin. — Near Kilsyth. 



Petasites alba. — Roadside above Kilsyth. 



Lister a cor data. — Moist ground on the Kilsyth Hills. This 

 appears to be the nearest station to Glasgow yet reported 

 for this plant. 



Gyinnostomum rupestre. — Moist rocks in the Hermitage Glen; 

 very abundant with old capsules. 



Dicranum majus, — Hermitage Glen ; very luxuriant. 



Bartramia (Ederi. — Moist rocks in the Hermitage Glen. 



Pogonatum nanum. — Roadside on Kilsyth Hills ; barren. 



Neckera crispa. — Hermitage Glen, on rocks ; in fine condition, 

 with numerous capsules. 



Anomodon viticulosus. — Hermitage Glen, on rocks ; of unusual 

 size and beauty, but apparently barren. 



Hypnum uncinatum. — Roadside near Hermitage Glen, and in 

 the glen itself ; very abundant, and copiously furnished 

 with immature capsules. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd made some remarks on a visit by him and 

 Mr. D. Farquhar to the Loch Earn district on 21st inst. In 

 Edinample Glen many interesting mosses were observed. At 

 the head of the glen the ground was covered with a beautiful 

 green carpet of Hypnum uncinatum, bristling with young 

 fruit ; and bright tufts of Anoectangium compactum were con- 

 spicuous on the moist rocks. Gymnostomum rupestre, Mnium 

 serratum, and Neckera crispa, were abundant and in fine fruit ; 

 while at the foot of the glen, amidst the moisture afforded by 

 the spray from a waterfall, Mnium ujidulatum and Thamnium 

 alopecurum were found bearing capsules in plenty. Near 

 Ardvoirlich, Cinclidotus fontinaloides was found in abundance 

 on partially submerged stones at the side of the loch. Hundreds 

 of bushes of Prunus domestica, covered with their conspicuous 

 white blossoms, grew on the roadside along the north shore of 

 the loch ; and as far as the eye could penetrate the woods or 

 reach the slopes of the hillsides, the pale yellow flowers of 

 Primula vulgaris could be seen in countless numbers. 



Mr. Boyd exhibited specimens of Cinclidotus fontinaloides, 

 Hedw., which occurs on stones at the margins of most of the 

 larger fresh-water lochs in the Highlands, but is rather rare in 

 the South-West of Scotland. 



