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B. Boyd. They were accompanied by Dr. Play fair, of 

 Bromley. 



In the evening a business meeting of the Club was held, 

 when Professor F. 0. Bower, Glasgow, and Mr. A. Somer- 

 ville, B.Sc, Glasgow, were elected members. The election 

 of two such distinguished members will greatly strengthen 

 the Club. Bedroom accommodation in the Clova Hotel 

 was very deficient, and three of the party had to be 

 accommodated in a farmhouse half a mile distant. 



Tuesday, 28 th July. — The excursion to-day was to Glen 

 Pee. The day was remarkably fine. Our new member, 

 Mr. Somerville, sent specimens of the Hieracia, collected 

 during this excursion, and also the specimens of the Saliccs 

 to the Messrs. Linton ; and other doubtful plants to Mr. 

 Bennett of Croydon. Among the plants collected to-day 

 may be mentioned — Thalictrum alpinum, L. ; Sagina 

 Linnmi, Presl. ; Oxytroins camjKstris, UC, on the only known 

 station for tliat plant in the British Isles : Saxifraga 

 opiiositifolia, L. ; S. nivalis, L. ; >S'. stellaris, L. ; S. aizoides, L. ; 

 Saussurea aljnna, DC. ; Hieracium eximium, Marshalli, 

 rare ; H. chrysanthemum, Backh,, plentiful ; H. lingulatum, 

 Backh. : H. anglicum, Fries ; H. anglicwn, var. acutifolium, 

 Backh. ; Veronica alpina, L. ; Salix lanata, L. ; S. Lapponum, 

 L. ; S. nigricans, Sm., crossed with >S^. myrsinites or S. 

 pliylicifolia ; ^S*. mysinites, L, ; Malaods p)aludosa, Sw., one 

 specimen of this orchid was found by the president, which 

 measured 4^ inches in length ; Carcx paucijiora, Lightf. ; 



C. pulicaris, L. ; C. echinata, ]\Iurr. ; 0. lejwrina, L. ; C. 

 alpina, Swartz ; C. atrata, L. ; C. rigida. Good. ; C. pallcscens, 

 L, ; C. panicca, L. ; C. vaginata, Tausch ; C. cainllaris, L. ; 

 C. hinervis, Sm. ; C. Grahami, Boott ; Poa glanca, Sm., which 

 Mr. Bennett says is the nearest to Smith's supposed Ca:sia 

 that he has seen ; Festuca ruhra, L., a hairy glumed form ; 

 Aspidium Lonchitis, Sw. ; and the moss Splachnum 

 spkcericum. They failed to find Woodsia. 



Wednesday, 29 th July. — The excursion to-day was to 

 Craig Maud and the Astragalus Piock. The day was 

 again fine, but not so hot as on the previous day. 

 Although careful search was made, they failed to find any 

 specimen of Astragalus alpinus, L., a plant which formerly 

 was in great abundance on a rock at the head of the alen. 



