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Guadalonpe ; Cyathophonini pennatum, from New Zealand ; 

 Syrrhopodon fasciculatns, froui Pitcairn Island ; jS'. lycopodi- 

 aides, from Jamaica ; Neckera rugulosa, from Ceylon ; Meteorium 

 aniKnum, from Ceylon ; M. cerinum, from Tasmania ; Pilo- 

 fi'lchiun proceriim, from Guadaloupe ; Ectropotliecium am- 

 phibolum, from Guadaloupe; Echinodiuni Jtisjnduin, from 

 Tasmania ; and Hypnuin admistuin, from Jamaica. 



The Secretary stated that these specimens had been presented 

 by Mr. Boswell to the Society, and on the motion of the chair- 

 man a cordial vote of thanks was awarded to the donor. 



Mr. D.' A. Boyd showed specimens of the following Fungi 

 recently described in Grevillea by Messrs. Cooke and Massee 

 from examples gathered in the same localities as the specimens 

 exhibited, viz. : 



Volutella citvina, C. &. M. — On dead stalks of Trollius at 

 Seamill, Ayrshire. 



Glozosporium elasticimi, C. & M. — Discovered by Mr. C. Sherry 

 on dead leaves of Ficus elastica in the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow. 



Mr. Da\'id Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., reported the recent occur- 

 rence of the Greater Fork Beard, Phycis blennoides (Briin.), in 

 the Firth of Clyde."* 



The following papers were read : 



"Notes on Gastropteron Meckelii, Kosse," by Mr. Edgar A. 

 Smith, F.Z.S., Corresponding Member.! 



"Third Contribution to the Topographical Botany of the 

 West of Scotland," by Mr. Peter Ewing, Vice-President.! 



* Transactions, vol. iii., p. 267. t Ibid., p. 258. t Ibid,, p. 161. 



