PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY 377 
SESSION—1895-96. 
24TH SEPTEMBER, 1895, 
Professor Thomas King, President, in the chair. 
Mr, W. Macadam Smith, Newhall, Dowanhill Gardens, was 
elected a Life Member, and the following gentlemen were elected 
Ordinary Members of the Society, viz. :—Mr, Stephen Hindle, 105 
Blythswood Drive; Mr. Alfred M‘Dowall, National Bank of 
Scotland ; Mr. Norman D. Napier, 104 West George Street ; Mr. 
J. Parker Smith, M.P., of Jordanhill. Mrs. Agnes H. Hindle, 
105 Blythswood Drive, and Mr, Frank M‘Culloch, 166 Sauchiehall 
Street, were admitted as Associates. 
It was agreed to accord the thanks of the Society to Sir W. 
Renny and Lady Watson, and to Mr. Edward P. Tennant, Yr., of 
The Glen, for gifts to the Library and donations to the Illustration 
Fund. Thanks were also accorded to Professor Herdntan, F.R.S., 
for a copy of his opening address to the Zoological Section of the 
' British Association at Ipswich. 
Intimation was made that an exchange of publications had been 
arranged with the Royal Society (London). 
Reports on the excursions to Rowallan Castle and Torrance 
(East Kilbride) were given. (See page 361.) 
On behalf of Mr. A. Bennett, F.L.S., Corresponding Member, 
Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc., F.LS., exhibited Carew fusca, Allioni 
(C. Buabaumii, Wahl.), from Loch Shiel, near Arisaig, where it had 
been discovered by Mr. W. F. Miller. This is an addition to 
the flora of Great Britain, as it has previously been recorded only 
from the shores of Lough Neagh, Ireland. There was also shown, 
on behalf of Mr. Bennett, the rare sedge Rhynchospora fusca, 
R. & S., found by Mr. 8. M. MacVicar in the same locality, an 
interesting addition to the flora of the Highlands. 
Mr. R. 8. Wishart, M.A., exhibited a second series of flowering 
plants from Berwick-on-Tweed, including Lathyrus Aphaca, Linn., 
Silybum Marianwm, Gaertn., Carduus pyenocephalus, Jacq, 
Asperula arvensis, Linn., Hyoseyamus niger, Linn., Allium vineale, 
Linn., Phalaris paradoxa, Linn., and Hordeum maritimum, With. 
