246 SCOTTISH ALPINE BOTANICAL CLUB. [Suss. LXxr. 
and cracks of various depths, in which Scolopendrium vulgare 
grew in great quantity, while in the small débris Ceterach 
oficinarum and Asplenium Ruta-muraria were everywhere 
abundant. 
The following plants were found :—Apium nodiflorum var. 
repens, Aquileqia vulgaris, Arum maculatum, Bidens cernua, 
Carex extensa, Carlina vulgaris, Chlora perfoliata, Erythroea 
Centaurium, Gentiana Amarella, Gymnadenia conopsea, Haben- 
aria bifolia, Hippuris vulgaris, Hypericum Androsemum, Inula 
crithimoides, Oenanthe Phellandrium, Oenanthe fistulosa, Ophrys 
apifera, Rosa spinosissima, Veronica polita. 
On the roadside, on the way back to Galway, Ceterach 
officinarum was found in greater luxuriance than on any 
other day. A plant of Asplenium Ruta-muraria with branched 
fronds was found by the president, and, next to the crested 
Lomaria found near Clifden, was the best varietal form of 
fern found during the excursion. The members left by the 
morning train on Wednesday the 15th August, and on arriving 
at Dublin went straight to the Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin, 
where they were kindly shown round by Mr. M‘Ara, in the 
absence of the curator, Mr. Moore. The party were struck 
with the excellent order in which the Gardens in general 
were kept, and especially with the fine condition of the plants 
in the houses, the collections of water lilies in flower in the 
open, and of British ferns, and a fine plant of Romneya 
Coultert in full flower over 6 feet high. The party left 
Dublin by the evening steamer, and arrived in Edinburgh on 
the forenoon of Thursday the 16th, when they separated. 
Note.-—2nd October 1907.—Since the above paper was read 
it is interesting to record that a plant gathered by a member 
of the party on the 10th August, on Roundstone Moor, and 
not at the time identified, has since proved, on flowering 
under cultivation, to be the true Hrica Stwarti. 
PRELIMINARY NOTE ON A PECULIARITY IN THE PITH OF A 
SPECIES OF CucurBIT. By J. W. Brews, M.A., B.Sc. 
The stem of this species of cucurbit has the usual central 
cavity extending the whole length of the internode. The 
vascular bundles are of the bicollateral type, with large vasa 
