No. XXVII. -New Series. JANUARY, 1890. 



THE 



A QUARTERLY 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL SCIENCE, 



Edited by Professor JAMES W. H. TRAIL, A.M., M.D., F.L.S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Ferns and Mosses of the Alford District — Mrs. Farquharson, F.R.M.S., 193 



On Sciadium Arbuscula Braun — John Roy, LL. D., . . .198 



The Desmids of the Alford District— Id., . . . . 199 



On the Growth of Phalaris arundinacea — Wm. Wilson, Jr., . 210 

 On the Flora of Shetland— W. H. Beeby, A. L.S., . . .212 

 On some Scotch Mosses of the genus Grimmh —James Stirton, M.D., 



',■ ' F.L.S., . . . ; . / . , . 217 



Revision of Scotch Discomycetes. {Concluded). Prof. Trail, . . 220 



Descriptions of New Scotch Discomycetes — Wm. Phillips, F.L.S. , 222 



New Records for Clyde — Prof. Trail, ..... 224 



Scottish Galls— Id., . , . . . . . 226 

 Agropyrum Donianum, a Correction — F. Buchanan White, M.D., 



.' f.l.s., . . . " . I ; .v ; ^V' ; v..; ; . 232 



On Disappearance of Scotch Plants — Prof. Trail, . . . -33 



Agrostis canina L. var. Scotica Hackel— George C. Druce, F.L.S., . 239 



Pseudathyrium flexile Syme in Easterness — Id., .... 239 



Reviews, . % • . . ; . . . . . 239 



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