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by Messrs. T. King, Richard M'Kay, and Boyd, was found to 

 be very rich in Mosses, several alpine species — such as Zleria 

 Julacea — growing with a luxuriance rarely to be observed in 

 lowland stations. 



Mr. Boyd exhibited specimens of the following Mosses from 

 the various localities mentioned, on which he made some 

 remarks, viz. : 



Andrecva Rofhii, W. and M., var. falcata, Schpr. — Knock 

 Jergon, Ardrossan ; in fruit. 



Gymnostoinum rupestre, Schwg. — Calder Valley ; in fruit. 



Rhahdowelssia fugax, Hedw. — Calder Valley ; in fruit. 



AiKX'ctangluni compactiun, Schl. — Calder Valley ; barren. 



Bluidia acuta, Hedw. — Calder Valley; with old capsules and 

 immature fruit. 



Dldipnodon cyllndricus, Bruch. — Calder Valley ; barren. 



Grimmia Donniaiia, Sm.— Clober Moor, near Milngavie ; in 

 fruit. 



Zieria jidacea, Schpr. — Calder Valley ; in large luxuriant 

 masses, covered with capsules. 



Mniitni cuspidatiun, Hedw.— Grassy places on sand, near 

 Fencebay, West Kilbride ; in fruit. 



M. sitbglohosum, B. and S. — Knockewart Loch, Ardrossan ; 

 luxuriant, and in fine fruit. 



Heterocladiuin lieteropterum, Bruch. — Rocks on the Allander 

 at Clober Moor ; Birkhead Glen, Dairy ; barren. 



Hyocoiniiun flageUare, Dicks.— Calder Valley; barren. 



Plagiotlieciuin j)ulclieUuin, HedAV.— Calder Valley; in fruit. 



Mr. Peter Ewing showed a fine collection of the British 

 S2)hagna, including all the forms enumerated in the second 

 edition of The London Catalogue of British 3Iosscs, with the 

 exception of two varieties — Spliagmiin acutifolium, Ehrh., 

 var. graclle, and S. strictmn, Lindb., var. squari^osiduin- which 

 are now regarded as doubtful natives. 



Mr. Thomas King exhibited a specimen of Anemone rauun- 

 culoides, L., from Suffolk. 



Dr. John Grieve, F.R.S E., F.L.S., exhibited a specimen of 

 Astrantia hellehorifolia, Willd., a native of Siberia, said to be 

 grown occasionally in cottage gardens. The specimen shown 

 was found in July, 188.5, by Rev. Dr. Ross, Bridge of Allan, in 

 Wamphray Glen, near Moffat— a spot remote from any garden 

 or dwelling from whence the seed might have escaped. 



The following papers were read: "On the Pagoda Stone of 

 the Chinese [Orthoccras, sp.)," with two illustrative specimens, 

 by Dr. John Grieve, M.A., F.R.S.E., F.L.S. ; ^ "The Skua, 

 Lestris cataractes, L.," by Mr. AV. Craibe Angus ; f "Notes on 

 the Neuroptera of Rothiemurchus and Kingussie," by Mr. James 

 J. F. X. King. : 



* Transactions, i. 394. f Jd., i. 390. X Id., i. 354. 



