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Britain the species is found chiefly in the northern counties of 

 England, wliere it appears to be rather locally distributed. 

 Although formerly introduced into Frankfield Loch, near Glas- 

 gow, specimens are now very rarely obtained there, and it has 

 not hitherto been recognised as having a claim to be considered 

 a, native of Scotland. Recently, however, it has been discovered 

 in several places near Airdrie, in situations where it could 

 scarcely have been introduced. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of Graphiola phcvnicis 

 (Moug.), a fungus parasitic on the leaves of the Date-Palm 

 {Phoenix dactylifera), and abundant on almost every plant of 

 P. dactylifera in the Palm-house at the Glasgow Botanic 

 Gardens. Mr. Boyd stated that specimens had been submitted 

 to Dr. M. C. Cooke, A.L.S., and Professor J. W. H. Trail, M.D., 

 F.L.S., and reported by the latter to be new to Scotland. 



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

 the arenaceous tubes of Lag is Koreni, Malagren, and communi- 

 cated some notes on the habits of the species.* 



The Chairman (Mr. Ewing) submitted a paper entitled " Second 

 Contribution to the Topographical Botany of the West of 

 Scotland." + 



28th January, 1890. 



Mr. R. Turner, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. R. B. Ritchie, 9 Park Road, was elected an Associate. 



Mr. Henry M'Culloch exhibited a Reeve {Machetes pugyiax, L.). 

 and a Sparrow (Passer donieslicus, L.) with partial albino 

 plumage. 



On behalf of Mr. Henry Boswell, Corresponding Member, the 

 Secretary (Mr. D. A. Boyd) exhibited specimens of the following 

 «xotic Mosses and Hepatics which Mr. Boswell had kindly 

 presented to the Society, viz. : Dicranum Braunii, from 

 Samoa ; Leucobryum longifolium, from Jamaica ; Racomitrixim 

 pruinosum, from Tasmania; Fissidens circinans, from Jamaica; 

 Phyllogoniuni aureum, from Jamaica ; Macromitriwm cir- 

 rhosum, from Jamaica ; M. maurltianum, from Mauritius ; 

 Honialia targioniana, from Nilghiris ; Hookeria aurea, from 

 Guadaloupe ; H. acicitlaris, from Guadaloupe ; Neckera 

 (pqualifolia, from Nilghiris ; Thuidium antillaru.m, from 

 Guadaloupe ; T. acuminatum, from Jamaica ; Lepyrodon 

 tnauritianus, from Mauritius; MeteorixLtn flexile, from Jamaica; 

 M. illecebrum, from Mexico ; 31. patidum, from South America; 

 if. squai'rosicm. from India ; M. nigricans, from Guadaloupe ; 

 Cceliditmi clandestinum, fi-om Tasmania ; Ectropothecium 

 globitheca, from Jamaica ; E. nano-crista-castrensis, from 



♦ Transactions, vol. iii., p. 190. \ Ibid., p. 159. 



