280 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW, 
Proceedings of the Society. 
SUMMER SESSION, 1894. 
22nd May, 1894. 
Professor Thomas King, President, in the chair. 
The Hon. Secretary, Mr. John Cairns, Jun., submitted reports 
on recent excursions to Castle Wemyss on 5th May, and to 
Ross Hall on 15th idem. (See page 268.) 
The Chairman exhibited Amelanchier vulgaris, Lindl. an 
alpine plant received by him from Switzerland. He did not look 
on the species as a native of Switzerland, as it is not mentioned 
in Bennett’s Flora, while Loudon says it is a native of Southern 
Europe. It was introduced into England in 1596. 
Mr. R. D. Wilkie showed, under the microscope, Botrydium 
granulatum, L., a fresh-water Alga from Polmadie. 
Mr. William Stewart showed Corticitum incarnatum, Fr., and 
Hydnum ochraceum, Pers., two Fungi from West Kilbride. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd sent for exhibition Vicia lathyroides, L., Viola 
canina, L., Cerastiwm tetrandrum, Curt., Siwm erectum, Huds., 
Carex pendula, Huds., Agaricus (Hntoloma) clypeatus, L., A. 
(Pholiota) dwrus, Bolt., A. (P.) mutabilis, Scheeff., gathered at an 
excursion of the Society, on 19th inst., to West Kilbride. 
- Mr. D. Pearson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. C. P. R. Ritchie, 
London, a former member of the Society, Alcyonella fungosa 
(Pallas), a fresh-water Polyzoon, from the Brent reservoir. 
Owing to the drought of last summer, the shores of the basin had 
been laid bare, exposing these Polyzoa, and killing them. They 
were attached to stones and wooden posts in the water, coating 
them with their repulsive-looking substance. It is not yet known 
how the eggs or statoblasts, from which the creature is propagated, 
are distributed, or whether they escape from the parent mass 
before it breaks up. 
Rev. G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., read a paper entitled 
“Anchor Work in the Laminarian Zone.” After mentioning the 
