NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. XXVU 



seed-vessels and then passes into the pupa state. The perfect 

 moth finally emerges through a circular opening in the wall of 

 the secd-\'essel, which presents the appearance of having been 

 formed by punching rather than eaten out. Specimens of the 

 pupa and moth were also shown. 



On behalf of Mr. John Kirsop, Mr. R. Turner exhibited fossil 

 leaves from Ardtun, Mull, and made some remarks on the 

 character of the Flora of the leaf-beds found on that island and 

 in Antrim. These consist of the impressions of leaves of 

 Platanus, etc., or sometimes of a mass of leaves, which have 

 been deposited on clay or very fine mud, and are found inter- 

 stratified amongst basaltic beds and baked to a considerable 

 degree of hardness. Such deposits, with similar remains found 

 in Greenland, etc., have been assigned to the miocene epoch, 

 but are apparently much older than was at first supposed. 

 They seem rather to be paljeocene, and to belong to the same 

 peiiod as the Laramie and Fort Union group of American 

 deposits. The Flora is of a temi^erate rather than a tropical 

 tj'pe, and would seem to have existed in a climate much 

 I'esembling that of the warmer parts of the United States at 

 the present time. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, Vice-President, exhibited specimens of the 

 following plants : 



N!]inx)h<(Xi alba, L.,var. minor, Syme. — Cantire. 



Polycjala vulyaris; L. — Ben Lawers. 



P. serpyllacea, Weihe. — Cantire; Milngavie. 



Salvia vcrticillata, L. — On Railway embankment near Cambus- 

 lang. 



Carex filiforinis, L. — Cant ire. 



C. hirta, L., var. liiHa^furmin, Syme. — Loch Leven (Kinross- 

 shire). 



Avena jyratenHls, L., var. lungifulia, Parn.— Lawers Burn. 



Lolium jicrenne, L., forma fasciata. 



Lastrwa dilatata, Presl, var. alplna, Moore. — Ben Lawers. 



Mr. Joseph Somnierville exhibited leaves of Maple, etc., from 

 Canada, showing the beautiful colours which form so attractive 

 a feature of Canadian woodland scenery in the autumnal 

 season. 



Mr. Thomas King, Vice-President, showed flowering specimens 

 of the following shrubs grown in the open air at Innellan, viz. : 



Maho)ilaaqnifulln,'S\\t. — Native of North-West America. 



Cydu)iia jajyonica, i^L'va.— ,, Japan. 



Vibumuvi Tinas, Pers. — ,, Southei'n Europe. 



Pcrnctti/a mucronata. Gaud. — Native of South- West America; 

 Straits of Magellan. 



Daphne Mczcreiivi, L. — Native of England, etc. 



D. Ldiireula, L. — Native of England, etc. 



