-r. Transactinns. 



uncertainty. Tt nnght bo as well in a second edition to mnit 

 ::i; .ean'while there was no doubt that the s..te^of e^.K>n 

 should be passed upon the following:- ^^ola m.ta ElaUne 



LyshnacUa nunmalaria, TofieUia palnsms Mncus BalUcus 

 7 castanets, and EIy>nus a^enarias : while for ^f^^^^^Z 

 Alchi^nella Alpina, Myriophylh.n aliern^or^.n ^rcio^^J^^^ 

 uva-Ursi, Paris quadrifolia (at Dundrennan), .nd Alhum 

 scorodoprasum, later authentic records are much requii-ed. _ 



Mui work'still lay in the genera Bu,us, Eosa merac^^ 

 Mentha Scdix, and Chara ; and the des^deratum oi keen 

 !«, espe'cially in the hillier parts of Dumfriesshire, was 



'^'conclusion, the writer urged all those interested in Botany 

 to verify all reports of species, and to forward «l-----'7^^^; 

 particulars, at once to Mr M'Andrew, whose responsibility it was 

 their duty to lighten as much as possible. 



5th December, 1884. 

 Mr J. Gibson Starke, Vice-President, in the Chair. Thirty 



members present. 

 We., Members.-Mr. Barbour, St. Christopher's; Mr W. T. 



Craig, solicitor, Dumfries. -p .+ TV 



Dnations.-T^e Secretary laid on the table Vol I-. ?- ^J;. 

 of the Proceedings of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science , 

 Vrill of the Transactions of the Essex Pield Club, as dona- 

 Ins from the respective Societies; also a Roman Copper Com 

 oil at Liverpool! and presented by Mr Henderson of that city 

 EMits.-Jyr Gilchrist exhibited sixteen specimens o Nor- 

 wegian Minerals, and Mr J. Shaw a fine specimen of Opal fiom 

 the Giant's Causeway. 



Communications. 



I. Ancient Modes of Sepidture. 



By Mr J. Gibson Starke, Vice-President. 



II mes on the Flora of Upper NithsdaU, and additions to the 



Flora of Dumfriesshire. By A. Davidson, M.B. 



When at Thornhill in the summer of 1883 Mr James Pingland 



Jl in collecting botanical specimens for our herbarium, made 



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