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F.R.S.E., "W^illiam Stewart, Professor F. O. Bower, D.Sc, 

 F.RS.E., F.L.S., Robert Broom, M.B., CM., B.Sc, Thomas F, 

 Gilmour, M.D., L.R.C.P.E., Professor Thomas King. R. S. 

 Wishart, M.A., James Barrie Low, M.A., and David Pearson. 



Messrs. Thomas G. Bishop and Duncan Mackenzie were 

 appointed Auditors for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Robert Grierson, 186 West George Sti-eet ; Mr. Francis 

 Gibb M'IntjTe, 249 Saracen Street, Possilpark; and Mr. WiUiam 

 Marshall, 33 West Cumberland Street, were elected Ordinary 

 Members. 



The following were elected Associates : Mr. J. H. Aitken, 

 257 Saracen Street, Possilpark ; Mr. William Campbell, 5 Sea- 

 field Cottages, Claythorne, Partick ; Mr. Geoi'ge Jack, 7 Eastfield 

 Terrace, Springburn ; Mr. G. A. Frank Knight, Rosenlaui, 

 Bearsden ; Mr. Henry R. Mathews, jun., 10 Annfield Terrace, 

 West, Partick ; and Mr. John Wood, Levern Schoolhouse, 

 Hurlet. 



Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., exhibited specimens of 

 Tiibularia huinilis, Allman, from Cumbrae, and communicated 

 some notes on the species.* 



Mr. Malcolm M'Murrich, M.A., M.B., CM., exhibited specimens 

 of Calystegia Soldanella, L., Euphorbia Paralias, L., and other 

 plants from the neighbourhood of Dublin. 



Professor Thomas King showed specimens of Galiinn 

 Mollugo, L., from Strathblane, and Jiuicus tenuis, Willd., from 

 the neighbourhood of Kilmalcolm. 



Professor King reported that when visiting Thornliebank last 

 week he had found a specimen of Eelvella infula, Schrad., grow- 

 ing on a sloping bank at the railway station. He stated that this 

 fungus is very rare in Scotland, having hitherto been found 

 only at Rothiemurchus and in a shipbuilding yard on the 

 Clyde at Yoker. Mr. William Phillips, F.L.S., Corresponding 

 Member, to whom the specimen had been submitted for 

 verification, remarked that this species differs considerably from 

 the typical form of Helvella, and bears a striking resemblance 

 to Gyromitra, an allied genus of Discomycetes. 



Mr. George Russell showed living specimens of AcrosUchum 

 (Rhipidopteris) peltatitm, Sw., bearing several fertile fronds. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of Clavaria fastigiata, 

 L., and Geoglossum difforme, Fr., found among grass on the 

 sea-shore at Chapelton, ^Vest Kilbride. 



The following papers were read : 



" On the Structure of the Root-Sheath in Hedgehog-Spines," 

 by Mr. Robert Broom, M.B., CM., B.Sc.t 



"Notes on some Fresh-water, Brackish-water, and Marine 



'Transactions, vol. Ui., p. 190. ilbid., p. 127. 



