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somewhat like that of port wine. Dr. Plowright, to whom it 
had been submitted, writes that it has become very common on 
railway sleepers at King’s Lynn. 
Professor King and Mr. Stewart exhibited a collection of fungi 
from Cadder Wilderness, freshly gathered, and the latter gentleman 
referred to the characteristics of the less common species, including 
Agaricus capnoides, Fr., A. flavidus, Scheff., Russula sardonia, 
Fr., Lactarius glyciosmus, Fr. 
Mr. P, Ewing, F.L.S., exhibited and ieaeribel some rare Alpine 
flowering plants from Perthshire, also a number of species charac- 
teristic of the flora of Cornwall. 
Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc., F.L.S., exhibited Siwm erectum, Huds. 
from West Kilbride, and stated that there is no satisfactory 
evidence to justify the inclusion of S. Jatifoliwm, Linn., as an 
Ayrshire species. 
Mr. R. M. Morton exhibited Scandia Pecten-Veneri is, Linn., 
- from Braidwood. 
Mr. James Whitton sent for exhibition leaves and fruits of 
forest trees. 
Mr. Johnston Shearer exhibited some ek fruits from Queen’s 
Park. 
Professor King read a paper entitled ‘‘ Botanica] Notes on a 
Visit to the North of Ireland,” in which he drew attention to the 
similarity of the flora of Clyde to that of the district which he 
described in his paper. 
