NATURAL HISTORY SOCIKTV OF GLASGOW. XXXV 



Melampsora farinosa (Pers.). — Uredospores (Lecythea capre- 

 arum, Berk.) on Salia' reticulata; Craig Chailliach, Killin. 



M. circnai (Schum.). — Uredospores (Uredo circcece, Schum.) on 

 Circcea Lufetiana ; Finlarig, Killin. 



Coleosporium soncJii (Pers.). — Uredospores on Tussilago Far- 

 fara ; West Kilbinde. 



C. campanula; (Pers.).— Uredospores on Campanula rotwndi- 

 folia ; Killin, 



Splucrotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Lev.- On Roses ; Killin. 



Podosphcera oxyacanthcB (DC.).— On Crataegus Oxyacantha ; 

 West Kilbride. 



Erysiplie Linkii, Lev.— On Artemisia vulgaris ; Seamill. 



E. Martii, Lev.- On Hypericum hirsuium ; Finlarig, Killin. 



Microsplia^ria berberidis (DC.) Lev. — On Berberis vulgaris ; 

 <xlen Lochay, Killin. 



27th August, 1889. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, "Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd reported on an Excursion made to Dundonald 

 on the afternoon of 24th inst. The party from Glasgow walked 

 from Crosshouse Station to Auchans, where they were met by 

 some of the members of the Kilmarnock Philosophical Society. 

 The Auchans Woods, and Merkland Loch and Quarries, were 

 afterwards visited. Among the plants seen were Lepidium 

 Smithii, Hook., Asplenium R^ita-muraria, L., Agaricus {Am- 

 anita) rubescens, Pers., A. (Amanita) vaginatus, Bull., A. 

 {Armillaria) melleus, Fl. Dan., A. (Clitocybe) laccatus, Scop., 

 A. (Hypholoma) fascicularis, Huds., A. (Crepidotus) mollis, 

 Schfeff., Lactarius deliciosus, Fr., Cantharelhcs cibarius. Ft., 

 C. anrantiacus, Fr., Polyporus abietinus, Fr., Stereum rugosum, 

 Fr., Puccinia poarum, Nielsen (as ^cidium compos itaricm, 

 Mart., var. ttissilaginis, Pers.), and Coleosporium sonchi (Pers.). 



Mr. William Stewart exhibited specimens of Lepidium Draba, 

 L., Malva rotnndifolia, L., Erodium cicutarium, L'H(ii'it., 

 Silybiim Marianum, Gaertn., and Polygonum Roberti, Loisel., 

 all gathered on the sea-shore and ballast-heaps at Troon. 



Professor Thomas King showed specimens of Chenopodium 

 Bonus-Henricus, L., and Cantharellus aurantiacus, Fr., from 

 Dollar, also Diphyscium foliosum, L., from the Ochil Hills, 

 near Castle Campbell. 



Mr. D. A. Boj-d exhibited specimens of various Fungi from 

 the West Kilbride district, including Peronospora lactucce, 

 Regel, on Senecio vulgaris ; Uromyces polygoni (Pers.) on 

 Polygonum aviculare ; Ephelis rhinanthi, Phil., on Rhinanthus 

 Crista-galli ; and SejJtoria hydrocotyles, Desm., on Hydrocotyle 

 vulgaris. 



Professor King exhibited some Microscopic Slides illustrating 

 various easy methods of mounting seeds for examination. 



