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spores of these plants Mr. Boyd, of Faldonside, succeeded 

 in raising very many seedlings, with all the fronds 

 beautifully crested. During an excursion of the Club 

 to Glen Spean in 1886, Mr. Boyd discovered a new 

 station for that rarest of Scottish plants, Saxifnuja 

 cccspitosa, Linn. During the same excursion the Club 

 discovered two new stations for >S^. rivularis, Linn., and one 

 for Luzula arcuata, Swartz. During the excursion of 

 the Club to Connemara, Dr. Stuart discovered the heath 

 {Erica Stvarti) which bears his name, a variety never 

 previously described. On 22nd July 1892, Dr. Paul 

 discovered on Ben Lawers Carecc tistulata, Wahl., and 

 thus confirmed the original discovery of this plant on 

 Ben Lawers by Don in 1810. This is one of the most 

 interesting discoveries of the Club. Amongst other 

 discoveries by the members of the Club may be mentioned 

 the fact that I discovered in 1874 Myosotis alpcstris, 

 Schmidt, in Cam Chreag. During the excursion of the 

 Club to Ben Nevis in 1876, and again during the 

 excursion of the Club to Spittal of Glenshee in 1880, 

 the Club discovered a remarkable form of Saxifraga 

 stcUaris, Linn., of which the late John Sadler thus wrote : 

 " The most remarkable plant of all was a form of S. 

 stellaris, which grew in large mossy-looking patches, 

 resembling Montia fontanel, the leaves being as small, 

 the branches as delicate, and the flowers nearly as tiny 

 as those of that plant." In 1881, during an excursion 

 of the Club to Dalwhinnie, Mr. Potts discovered the 

 variety of Saxifraga aizoides, Linn., known as aurantiaca. 

 During an excursion of the Club to Teesdale in 188-1, 

 the late Professor Dickson gathered the white variety 

 of Gentiana rcrna, Linn. During an excursion of the 

 Club to Killin in 1885, I rediscovered the original station 

 on Ben Lawers for Cysto])teris montana, Link. In 1892, 

 on Creag-na-Caillich, Mr. Boyd gathered Carex rupestris, 

 Br., a new station for this plant. During this same 

 excursion, Dr. Stuart gathered " a lovely rose-pink form 

 of Veronica saoxitilis, Linn., with a deep ring of crimson 

 round the base of the corolla." In 1894, during an 

 excursion of the Club to Tyndrum, the Club discovered 

 on Beinn Laoi^h a new station for Kobrcsia caricina, Willd., 



