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The Chairman intimated that, as a mark of respect to the 
memory of the late President, and in reeognition of this handsome 
gift, the Council recommended that two carbon enlargements be 
obtained from a photograph of Professor King which was laid on 
the table—one to be placed in the Counci! Room, and the other 
to be presented to Mrs. Ritchie, Professor King’s sister. This 
proposal was agreed to. 
Reports on excursions to Craigallian (see page 119), Tyning- 
hame (see page 119), and Hamilton (see page 120), were read. 
On behalf of Mr. C. O. Sonntag, Mr. John Renwick exhibited 
a number of plants collected in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 
These plants were illustrative of species which are either not 
found in the West of Scotland or are rare there. Among them 
were Dianthus deltoides, Linn., Lychnis Viscaria, Linn, Caucalis 
__ daucoides, Linn., C’. nodosa, Scop., Antirrhinum Orontium, Linn. 
Dr, T. F. Gilmour sent for exhibition Hymenophyllum tunbrid- 
_ gense, Smith, which had been found by him last week in the Kildal- 
ton Woods, Islay. This is an interesting addition to the known 
flora of the South Inner Hebrides. Mr. A. Somerville, B.Se., F.L:S., 
read a short paper dealing with the distribution of this plant in 
Scotland, and with the points which distinguish it from its 
congener, H. wnilaterale, Bory. 
Mr. James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, sent for exhibi- 
tion a number of interesting greenhouse flowers from the new 
_. Propagating Houses of Glasgow Corporation in Queen’s Park. 
The Chairman (Mr. Wm. Stewart) exhibited an example of 
the Lacquered Polyporus (Polyporus lucidus, Fries), which Dr. 
_ Stevenson, Glamis, had kindly sent to the Society. This specimen, 
_ which came from the Isle of Wight, had been sent to the Crypto- 
 gamic Society of Scotland’s Conference at Fochabers in September. 
_ There is only one Scottish record for the species—at Bothwell, 
_ many years ago—but it has been found in several places in England. 
_ It is very changeable in the character of the pileus and stem, but 
_ few species of Polyporus are as handsome as it is. The lacquered 
appearance, Mr. Purton states (Mora Londinensis), is due to a 
_ thick, glutinous, reddish juice which exudes from every part of 
the pileus and stipes, and soon dries. 
- The Chairman also read a paper entitled “Notes on the 
Mycology of Kelvingrove Park.” (See page 75.) 



