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" Notice of some of the Rarer Plants observed in Orkney 

 during the Summer of 1849, by John T. Syme " (see p. 46) ; 

 and Observations on ' Notes on the Flora of the Orkne}- 

 Isles, by Arthur Bennett, A.L.S." (see p. 43). A larg-e 

 number of rare and interesting plants from Orkney were 

 also exhibited. 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson exhibited specimens of Douglas 

 Fir attacked by a species of Fhomojjsis (see p. 47), and also 

 specimens of Sirex gigas and its Ichneumon, Rhyssa jier- 

 suasoria, Linn., attacked by a species of Isaria closely 

 resembling Isai^ia fioccosa, Fr., which has been found on 

 Boinbyx Jacohaea in Britain. 



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