1G8 TEANSACTIONS AND ritOCEEDINGS OF TIIK [Sess. lxvi. 



rivularis, JSTees ; several of the Lcjeunece ; liadula aquilegia, 

 Tayl. ; and E. Lindcnhcrgii, Gottsche ; Lepidozia Pearsoni, 

 Spr. ; Jungermannia Peai'soni, Spr. ; Scapania subalpina, 

 Nees; Hygrobiella laodfolia, Hook.; Aplozia autumnalis, DC; 

 Metzgeria haonata, Ldb. ; Aneiira palmata, Hedw. ; and 

 Biccia glaucescens, Carr. The rarest hepatic I gathered in 

 the parish was Harpanthus Flotovianus, Nees, but only a 

 few stems of it. This hepatic has only been found in two 

 or three places in the kingdom. 



Lichens. — The lichens are also in great plenty, especially 

 the Cladonise, of which there are about thirty species, 

 besides varieties, and among these the rare Cladonia 

 lep)tophylla, Ach. Of Cladonise sent by me to Dr. Stirton, 

 he made about sixteen forms of C. suhsqucanosa, Nyl. 

 These are given in the "Scottish Naturalist" of 1888, 

 as also several new forms of Usnea. Other genera of 

 lichens are equally well represented. I may mention 

 Platysma commixtum, Nyl. ; Sticta intricata, var. Thouarsii; 

 Umhilicaria pustulata, Hoffm., which occurs in great plenty 

 across the river Ken in the neighbouring parish ; fourteen 

 species of Parmdia, as P. pertusa, Schrank, P. Borreri, 

 Turn., P. incurva, Pers., etc. ; and Leptogmm Burgessii, 

 Lightf. On sloping granite rocks on Cairnsmuir of Dee 

 is found in two stations the very rare lichen Syncdissa 

 intricata, Nyl., which, as far as I am aware, has not 

 been found elsewhere in Britain. The same hill has also 

 Pilophoron fihida. Tuck. Dr. Stirton has in the " Scottish 

 Naturalist " named and described two new lichens from 

 this parish. Parmelia reddenda, Strn., growing on ash 

 trees. Some lichenologists maintain that this Parmelia 

 is only a form of P. Borreri, Turn. I have found it 

 sparingly in other places. The other lichen is Litlwgrapha 

 Andrewii, Strn., growing parasitically on Lccanora tartarea, L. 

 Dr. Nylander, of Paris, has also named three new species 

 from the parish, viz. Lecidea umbralis, Nyl., a form of 

 L. Lightf ootii, Sm., growing on alder trees ; L. neglcdella, 

 Nyl., and Pannularia perfurfurea, Nyl. 



Fungi. — I know very few fungi, but the rarest find 

 I made among this class of plants was in 1878 of Sphceria 

 riccioidea, Bolt., or Hypocrea riccioidea. Berk. In the 

 "Scottish Naturalist" of 1878, p. 304, is an interesting 



