PROCEEDINGS, NATUUAL IIISTORV SOCIETY OP GLASGOW. XXXL 



SUMMER SESSION, 1889. 



I 4th June, 



Professor Thomas King, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Ricliard M'Kay reported on an Excursion made to Cumber- 

 nauld and Castlecary on 1st inst. From Cumbernauld Railway 

 Station the party proceeded through the Vaut Glen, visiting the 

 ruins of a building at Dunswood which is believed to have been 

 erected for a Culdee place of worship. After exploring the 

 Castlecary Glen, the grounds of Castlecary House were visited. 

 Measurements were made of several large trees. Mr. M'Kay sub- 

 mitted a list of J 63 plants seen during the excursion, of which 

 69 were in flower. Among the more interesting species were 

 the following : Trollius europcmis, L., Corydalls claviculata,. 

 DC, Cardaniine amara, L., Lathyrus macrorrhizus, Y/imm., 

 Geum intermedium, Ehrh., Fragaria elatior, Ehrh., Alchemilla 

 vulgaris, L., var. moniana, Willd. ; Pyrus Aria, Sm. (a tree 

 near the ruins at Dunswood measiu-ed 6 ft. lOi in. in girth at 

 about .3 ft. from the ground), 3Iyrrhis odorata, Scop., Viburnum 

 Opulus, L., C'nicus heterophyllus, Willd., Taraxacum officinale, 

 Web., var. palustre, DC. ; Ligustrum vulgare, L. (near Duns- 

 wood ruins, stem 11 in. in girth), Symphytum tuherosum, L.^ 

 Quercus Robur, L. (near Dunswood ruins, trunk 9 ft. lOi in. 

 in girth), Ta.vus baccata, L. (a tree within the garden of the 

 old Castlecary Castle measured 8 ft. 4i in. in girth at 3 ft. 

 9 in. from the ground ; the bole extended to 8 ft. 9 in., with 

 7 ft. below the first branch), Scilla nutans, Sm. (with white 

 flowers), Carex remota, L., C. sylvatica, Huds., C. pendttla, 

 Huds., Milium effuaum, L., Phragmites communis, Trin., Pheg- 

 opteris Dryopteris, Fee, and Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd reported that Apthona ca;rulea, Payk., a 

 small beetle, had been observed on the leaves of Iris Pseudacorus 

 near Dunswood, and that the most noteworthy mosses seen in 

 the Vaut Glen were Gymnostomum tenue, Schrad., and Tetro- 

 dontium Broivnianum, Dicks., both of which were obtained in 

 fruit. 



The Chairman (Professor King) exhibited specimens of Lamium 

 Galeobdolon, Crantz, from the neighbourhood of Pollokshaws. 



Mr. John Renwick showed specimens of Aaarum eui-opceum,. 

 L., from the woods near Eglinton Castle. 



Mr. C. O. Sonntag read a paper on Mounting Botanical Speci- 

 mens for the Microscope. Having explained how specimens too- 



