Ixxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



9th June, 1891. 



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



Mr. John Renwick reported on an Excursion made on the 

 evening of 2nd inst. to the line of the old canal between Glasgow^ 

 and Paisley. Most of the canal has now been filled up and 

 converted into a railway ; but in some places the original banks 

 remain intact, with occasional pools and marshes where many 

 of the canal-plants still continue to grow. Nothing of any rarity 

 was observed. 



Mr. Renwick also reported on an Excursion made on 6th inst. 

 to Gargunnock, under the leadership of Colonel J. S. Stirling. 

 Mr. Richard M'Kay stated that the plants seen included Pyrola 

 minor, Sw., Listera ovata, R.Br., Aruvi maculatum, L., Pheg- 

 opteris Dryopteris, F4e, P. polypodioides, F6e, and Splachnum 

 sphcerician, L.fil. The following Desmids were also obtained : 

 Staurastrum punctulatum, Breh., S. spongiosum, Breb., S. 

 hirsutum, Breb., S. dejectum, Breb., Cosmariuni margariti- 

 feruni (Turp.) Archer, C. botrytis, Menegh., Pediastruni (various 

 species), Closteriutn ZunuZa (Miill.) Ehr., Euastrum didelta, Ralfs, 

 E. ansatu77i, Ralfs, Arthrodesmus convergeiis, Ehrh., Penium 

 digitus, Ehrh., SpJuerozosma excavatum, Ralfs, and Desmidium 

 Sicartzii, (Ag.) Ralfs. Specimens of the above species of Desmids 

 were exhibited under the microscope. 



Professor Thomas King exhibited specimens of Prunus 

 Mahaleh, DC, a native of Australia, and several other plants. 



23bd June, 1891. 



Professor Thomas King in the Chair. 



Mr. John Renwick reported on an Excursion made on 13th 

 inst. to Murroch and Auchenreoch Glens. On Dumbarton 

 Common were found Rammculus peltatua, Schrank, R. heder- 

 aceus, L., Barharea vulgaris, R.Br., Salix purpurea, L., iS. 

 rubra, Huds., S. viniinalis, L., and Equisetum maximum. Lam. 

 In the glens were seen Ranunculus bulbosnis, L., Hieracium, 

 vulgatum, Fr., var. maculatum, Sm. ; Salix cinerea, L., var. 

 aquatica, Sm. ; and Juniperus communis, L. Listera cordata, 

 R.Br., was found on the moor above Dumbarton. 



Mr. Renwick also reported on an Excursion made to Shielhill 

 Glen, on 20th inst., and stated that Vicia sylvatica, L., had 

 been obtained in that locality. 



Professor Thomas King showed flowering plants of Lysimachia 

 thyrsiflora, L., and Lemna minor, L., from Possil Marsh, where 

 both species are common but can rarely be found in bloom. 



Mr. Christopher Sherry exhibited specimens of Hydnangium 

 carn€U7n, Wallr., a rare fungus from the Botanic Gardens. 

 It is one of the subterranean Gastromycetes, about the size of 



