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Aquilegia vulgaris, Corydalis lutea, Chslidonium majutf, and 



Chenopodium Bonus-Henrietta. A visit was made to Manuel Mill, 

 where there are some venerable yew-trees of great girth. Mr. J. J. 

 King captured in the burn and milldam at Manuel, among others, 

 the following water-beetles : — Haliplus ruficollis, Brychius elevatus, 

 Hyphydrus ovatus, Hydroporus inaequalis, H. lepidus, H. rivalis, 

 H septentrionalis, H. Davisi, H. d<>pressns, H.assimilis, H.palustris, 

 &c. ; Colymbctes Mstriatus ; Hybiiis fuliginosus, Elmis aeneus, E. 

 parallelopipedus, and Limnius tuberculatus. Of water bugs he 

 collected in the milldam, Corixa Geoffiroyi, C. praeusta, C. striata, 

 Velia currens, &c. 



Mr. J. Eenwick exhibited Lepidium Smithii and Mimulus luteus 

 from Skelmorlie ; and Mr. C. Sherry, a number of Alpine plants, 

 collected on the hills above Ardlui, Loch Lomond. 



Mr. P. Cameron reported that he had recently observed, at 

 Ballantrae, Vieia syluatica and Echium vidgare, growing in abund- 

 ance on the banks of the Stinchar. 



An exhibition of microscopic objects, illustrative of Botany, 

 followed. Mr. Goodwin shew T ed a series of beautifully finished 

 slides of Diatoms, and several living species of Pleurosigma, the 

 movements of which were watched with much interest. Messrs. 

 Cameron, Coutts, T. King, and White also exhibited many 

 interesting objects. 



1st August, 1882. 



Mr. John Kirsop, V.-P., in the Chair. 



Mr. P. Ewing exhibited some rare mosses and lichens collected 

 on Ben Laiogh; Mr. D. A. Boyd, some interesting flowering plants 

 from Killin ; Mr. J. Broom, Sedum reflexum from Prestonpans, 

 Verbascum 7'hapsus, and other plants from Manuel, and a curious 

 doubleheaded monstrosity of Leontodon Taraxacum; Mr. C. Sherry, 

 some abnormal forms of Trifolium repens and Droscra rotundifolia. 

 Mr. Thomas King shewed specimens of Lactuca muralis from 

 Innellan — the first recorded instance of the occurrence of this plant 

 in the Clyde district ; Mr. R. Turner, a series of Swedish plants, 

 rare or unknown in Britain; Mr. J. Coutts, slides of recent 

 polyzoa, beautifully mounted ; and Mr. J. Kirsop, a species of cock- 

 chafer from Barrhill, Ayrshire. 



