GLASGOW SOCIETY OP FIELD NATURALISTS. 103 



20th July, 1875. 



Mr. James Allan, Yice- President, in the chair. 



Messrs. James Galbraith, M.A., LL.B., Bath Street; A. F. 

 Woodbridge, 18 Albert Drive, Crossbill; and E.. H. Paterson, 

 6 "Windsor Place, Sauchiehall Street, were elected resident members. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



By Mr. John Kenwick. — Lepidium Smithii from the neighbour- 

 hood of Milngavie ; Centaurea cyanus from Mary hill ; and Senecio 

 saracenicus from near Kilwinning. 



By Mr. E,. H. Paterson. — Epilobium alpinum, Sihhaldia procum- 

 bens, Cerastium alpinum, C. latifolium, and Arenaria verna from 

 Ben Lomond. This was the first time that this last-named plant 

 had been found in the West of Scotland. He also said that he 

 had found the Holly Fern {Aspidium lonchitis) in great abundance 

 on a part of the same hill. He also exhibited the rare fungi 

 Phallus impudicus and Agaricus squamosus from Cadder Wilderness. 



By Mr. W. D. Benson. — A large collection of zoophytes mounted 

 for the microscope. 



Mr. W. D. Benson stated that a few days ago he had observed 

 diatoms in great abundance in the river Girvan. The day after 

 he had observed them there were heavy rains, and when on the 

 day following he had tried to collect some more he could not find 

 one. They had evidently been carried into the sea by the floods. 

 This would seem to show that many of the diatoms which are 

 found in strata of undoubted marine origin may themselves not 

 have lived in the sea, but may have been carried into it in the 

 same manner as sand or other inorganic matter. 



3rd August, 1875. 

 Mr. James Allan, Vice-President, in the chair. 



SPECIMEN exhibited. 



By Mr. Bichard M'Kay. — Avena Jlavescens from Johnstone. 



EXCURSION. 



Lochwinnoch. — Mr. Thomas King gave an account of this excur- 

 sion, which had been a very enjoyable one although nothing worth 



