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Sull., S. Astin, ‘Sull., var. imbricatum, Ladb., S. papillosum> 
Ldb., S. papillosum, Ldb., var. confertwm, Ldb., S. cymbifolium, 
Ehrh., and the varieties congestwm, Schp., and squarrosulum, 
N. Hsch. St., of this species; S. swhsecundum, Nees, S. rigidum, 
Schp., var. compactum, Schp., S. sguarrosum, Pers., S. sguarrosum, 
Pers., var. teres (Angstr. ), Schp., S. jfimbriatum, Wilson, S. stric- 
tum, Ldb., S. acutifolium, Ehrh., and the following varieties of 
this species: deflerwm, Schp., purpwreum, Schp., rubellum, Russ., 
elegans, Braithw., lete-virens, Braithw.; S. intermedium, Hoffm., 
S. cuspidatum, Ehrh., and var. plumosum, N. & H., of this 
species. 
Mr. Robert S. Houston, on behalf of the Paisley Naturalists’ 
Society, exhibited a number of rare Renfrewshire plants, includ- 
ing Centawrea Scabiosa, Linn., from a railway bank near 
Arkleston ; Drosera intermedia, Hayne, which is plentiful at 
Linwood Moss ; Lepidiwm campestre, R. Br., from near Bridge of 
Weir ; Linaria Pelisseriana, Mill., from a railway bank near Car- 
donald; Mthusa Cynapium, Linn., from the Greenock Road ; 
Anagallis arvensis, Linn., from Ferguslie; Eehiwm vulgare, Linn., 
from Elderslie, and it has been found in half-a-dozen localities 
west of Paisley this year; Hmpetrum nigrum, Linn., from the 
hills above Greenock, where it is plentiful ; Huphorbia Peplus, 
Linn., from near Bishopton ; Galiwm boreale, Linn., from Bridge 
of Weir; Gentiana campestris, Linn., from Corkindale Law ; 
Myrica Gale, Linn., which is plentiful at Kilmaleolm ; Origanum 
vulgare, Linn., from Bishopton Station, where it has been 
established for several years; Papaver Argemone, Linn., from near 
Elderslie ; Parietaria officinalis, Linn., on Stanley Castle ; Prunus 
Avium, Linn., from Calder Glen, Lochwinnoch; Rhynchospora alba, 
Vahl., which is plentiful at Linwood Moss; Vacciniwm Oxycoccos, 
Linn., which is abundant on the hills above Gourock ; and Ver- 
bascum Thapsus, which occurs at Houston Station. 
Mr. George Russell, on behalf of Mr. J. B. Mirrlees, exhibited 
two pots of ferns, Zrichomanes radicans, Linn., and Rhidopteris 
peltata, Schott. 
It was intimated that the Earl of Haddington, F.S.A. Scot., 
Corresponding Member, had presented to the Library An Old 
Kirk Chronicle, by P. Hately Waddell, B.D. 
The following papers were read :—‘‘ The Constancy of the Bee,” 
