PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 197 



Proceeding's of the Society. 



SESSION 1903-1904. 



29th September, 1903. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



A report of the Society's excursion to Portincross, on 12th 

 September, by Mr. D. A. Boyd, was read by Mr. John Renwick 

 (see Vol. VII. (N.S.), Part I., p. 89). 



Miss Wanda Zamorska exhibited Genista anglica, L., the 

 Petty Whin, from Glen Clova, Forfarshire, and read notes on its 

 discovery. Though not officially recorded for this district, it 

 has been found on a previous occasion in Forfarshire. It was 

 found only in one spot on the east side of Glen Clova. 



Miss Zamorska also exhibited Centaurea Calcitrapa, L., the 

 Star Thistle, and contributed descriptive notes. The plant is 

 found occasionally in the south-ea,st of England, in waste places 

 and on roadsides, but most abundantly by the sea-shore. Its 

 more northern limits are Norfolk, Cambridge, and South Wales, 

 so that in Scotland it is evidently a stranger. The plant, how- 

 ever, was found on waste ground at Ruchill, apparently growing 

 luxuriantly, but closer examination showed that, owing to our 

 colder climate, the inflorescence was rudimentary and un- 

 developed. 



On behalf of Dr. AV. W. Fullarton, Mr. Alex. Sommer^dlle, 

 B.Sc, F.L.S., showed specimens of the Scaly Spleenwort, 

 Ceterach officinarum, Willd, {= Asplenimn Ceterach, L), found by 

 Mr. R. M'Whirter up the valley of the Tig, in the Parish of 

 Ballantrae, at an elevation of 600 feet. The discovery re-estab- 

 lishes this fern as an Ayrshire plant. 



Mrs. Peter Ewing exhibited Saxifraga aizoides, L., and con- 

 tributed the following notes : — 

 " Synonymy — 



Saxifraga aizoides, Linn. 

 Saxifraga autumnalis, Linn. 

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