292 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
and he conveyed to the Society the invitation of Mr. David 
Robertson, F.L.8., F.G.S., to members to visit the Station, and 
avail, free of charge, of the facilities there afforded for the study 
of Marine Invertebrates, Alge, &c. The President moved a vote 
of thanks to Mr. Robertson for his kind proposal. 
Mr. Somerville exhibited Coronula diadema, L., a Barnacle 
infesting whales in northern seas, and he read a short paper on 
the Cirripedia, to which Crustacean group Coronula belongs. 
He also showed Gnaphalium undulatum, L., a Cudweed, from 
Jersey, where it is now establishing itself, though originally a 
Cape plant. Specimens of all the British Cudweeds were shown 
with it for comparison. 
Mr. Robert Grierson exhibited the arm of a mummied child 
from Egypt, and the gigantic pod of Entada scandens, L., a 
leguminous plant of Assam. 
Mr. James N. Thomson laid on the table a series of natural 
objects from the West Indies, and offered remarks thereon. 
Mr. George Russell showed, from the Redlands Conservatories, 
flowering shoots of Cissus discolor, L., a plant whieh rarely 
flowers in this country; also two remarkable ferns, Acrostichum 
peltatum, L., and Drymoglossum piloselloides (Presl.), both bear- 
ing fertile fronds. 
Mr. L. Watt showed a collection of plants from various districts 
in Scotland. These included Campanula rotundifolia, L., var. 
lancifolia, Koch, and Saxifraga sponhemica, Gmel., from the 
Kilpatrick Hills; Luphrasia officinalis, L., var. gracilis (Fr.), 
Eriophorum angustifolium, Roth, var. minus, Koch, and Lycopo- 
dium alpinum, L., var. decipiens, Syme, from Koch Hill, Banff- 
shire; Utricularia neglecta, Lehm, U. intermedia, Hayne, and 
Isoetes lacustris, L., from Loch Sloy. 
A report, prepared by Professor King and Mr. D. A. Boyd, on 
the Fungi observed at the Society's excursion to Mains, was read 
by the President. 
26TH DxrcEMBER, 1894. 
Professor Thomas King, President, in the chair. 
At the opening of the meeting the President made special 
reference to the loss the Society had sustained through the recent 
death of two of its members, Messrs. Donald Farquhar and John 
