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Br.), the pale carex (Carex pallescens, L.), the flea carex (Carex 
pulicaris, L.), and the filmy ferns (Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, 
Sm., and #. unilaterale, Willd.). Leaving the glen the party 
paid a hurried visit to the policies. Specimens of Picea nobilis, 
Doug., loaded with young cones six inches in length, excited 
much admiration. Among other species observed were :— 
ABIES PINSAPO, Boiss. CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA, Don. 
ABIES ALBA, Mich. C. JAPONICA, VAR. ELEGANS, 
PINUS STROBUS, L. MASTERS. 
PINUS AUSTRIACA, Link. |AURICARIA IMBRICATA, Par. 
PINUS SYLVESTRIS, L. CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA, Hartw. 
In the grass near the mansion-house Aeracium aurantiacum, L., 
was plentiful. At Kilmun the evergreen alkanet (Anchusa semper- 
virens, L.), and the sea spleenwort (Asplenium marinum, L.) were 
gathered. 
The district at the head of the Holy Loch was visited once 
more on the Trades’ Holiday, 27th August, 1904. On this 
occasion Benmore estate was reached by way of Glen Masson 
road, and a rapid walk through the grounds only afforded time 
for admiring the number and variety of the well-grown conifers 
bordering the main path. The lower shores of Loch Eck were 
reached, and on the return journey Puck’s Glen was explored. 
The plants noted include the willow-leaved spircea (Spivwa salict- 
folta, L.), which was growing in the hedge on the Glen Masson 
road about a quarter of a mile from the head of the Holy Loch, 
gipsy-wort (Lycopus europaeus, L.), and great yellow loosestrife 
(Lysimachia vulgaris, L.), in a swampy copse near the same spot. 
Some plants of the common twayblade (Zzs¢era ovata, Br.), with 
unusually large leaves, were observed near the Benmore lodge 
gate, just within the fence enclosing the estate. The water-lobelia 
(Lobelia Dortmanna, L.) was plentiful in Loch Eck. Scotch 
mist, so frequent in the district, put entomological work out of the 
question in the earlier part of the day, and the absence of 
sunshine later on made the day almost barren. Among the few 
flies observed were Riypholophus varius, Mg., and Leptistineola, F., 
the latter, although not a rare fly, being recorded for the first 
time for the Clyde area. Two fungi, Agaricus rutilans, Schaeff., 
and feziza badia, Pers., were collected. 
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