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upon a patch of many semi-transparent little plants of 

 beautiful Amethyst hue, growing in a damp patch of 

 moss and somewhat shaded by the low-growing branches 

 of a spruce tree. Certainly it was Clavaria, but very 

 different from any form we had seen before. The little 

 plants are fusiform, flexuous, hollow, 3 to 5 inches high, 

 unbranched and as a rule growing singly, although some 

 are united at the base. This species we could not find 

 described in any of our English or American works on 

 Mycology, but it was given in the French book of Con- 

 stantin et Dufour under this name Clavaria purpurea. 

 I sent a specimen to Prof. Peck who confirmed the attri- 

 bution and said it was the first time he knew of its 

 having been reported in America. Although this list of 

 rare species is not a long one, and the collecting of them 

 is spread over a period of about fifteen years, I am 

 hoping that it is an indicator of the treasures that may 

 be found in the future, and that Botanists who are 

 doing research work in marine flora at the St. Andrews 

 Biological Station may have leisure, while there, to study 

 the fungi, which lie at the station's very door. The 

 road, which approaches the buildings runs through deep 

 woods, principally of conifers, and in the dark shadows 

 one sees the gleam of the rich colour of the fungi, which 

 flourish there in great variety and profusion. 



MOUNT ROYAL ONCE AN ACTIVE VOLCANO. 

 *By J. S. Buchan, K.C., B.C.L. 



In a paper which I read before the Natural History 

 Society, published in the "Record of Science," Vol. 8, 

 in January, 1901, entitled "Was Mount Royal an Active 

 Volcano ? ", I endeavoured to bring together the evidence 

 bearing on the subject, which, however, as stated in the 

 paper, was a matter of great difficulty, as the records 



*Read before the "Natural History Society", April 28th, 1913 



