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which took place to Humbie, near Aberdour, under the leader- 

 ship of Mr Eupert Smith. On account of the dryness of the 

 weather, fungi were still scarce, and among some twenty 

 Hymenomycetes collected, the only one worth noting was 

 Polyporus picipes. About thirty species of microfungi were 

 identified by Mr Boyd, of which the most notable were the 

 following : — 



Cenangium abietis (Pers.) Rehm. — On dead bark of Scots Fir. 

 Bulgaria polymorpha (CEder) Wett. — On bark of fallen trunks. 

 Anthostoma turgidum (Fr.) Ntke.— On dead bark of Beech. 

 Valsa ambiens Pers. — On dead bark of Beech. 

 Libertella faginea Desm. — On dead bark of Beech. 

 Ramularia taraxaci Karst. — On living leaves of Dandelion. 

 Stilbum erythrocephalum Ditm. — On rabbit-dung. 



The excursions were again well attended, and notwithstand- 

 ing the inclemency of the weather at several of them, the 

 average attendance of upwards of 30 was maintained. 



EXHIBITS IN NATURAL HISTORY, 



At the evening meetings during this session the following 

 objects were shown : — 



Plants gathered in the Arabian desert : Stachys affinis, 

 Frankenia pulverulenta, Gymnocarpits decander^ Reamuria 

 hirtella, Zygopliyllum coccineum. Also Zilla myagroides Forsk. 

 from the Nile Valley — (Mr Eupert Smith). 



Curious Balls, formed of fibres of a grass- wrack, found in 

 a bay near Cannes — (Mrs Carphin). 



Living specimens of young Mle Crocodile {Crocodilus 

 niloticus), young American Crocodile (Crocodilus acutus) — (Mr 

 T. H. Gillespie). 



See pp. 341, 342 for a list of other exhibits. 



