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9. Exobasidium Ledi. n. sp. 
Receptaculum effusum, parenchymati foliorum innatum, in pa- 
gina superiori maculam flavescenti-pallidam efficiens, in inferiori 
hymenium flavescens, albopulverulentum explicans, orbiculare, 
ellipsoideum vel oblongatum, sparsum, raro confluens, latit. 1-4 
mm. Sporaa fusoideo-elongataj, rectse, longit. 4-6 mmm., crassit. 
circiter 1 mmm. Prope Mustiala in foliis Ledi palustris m. Julio. 
ORYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. 
The fourth annual meeting of this Society was held at Edin- 
burgh on the 9th, 10th, and 11th October, under the presidency of 
Professor Balfour. At a public meeting in the Lecture Hall of 
the Botanic Gardens, the President, in an opening address, gave a 
sketch of the life and labours of the late Dr. Greville, and a great 
number of his original drawings were exhibited. Subsequently 
papers were read on topics connected with the Society, notably 
one by Dr. Isaac Bayley Balfour on a new Myxomycete, which , 
Professor de Bary had named Cribraria Balfouri , DBy. Speci- 
mens of the new Hygrophorus Wynnice, B., were exhibited on 
behalf of the Rev. M. J. Berkeley. Other drawings and speci- 
mens were on the table, including those found in Inverleith House, 
the new residence of the Regius Keeper, viz., Peziza Adce , Sadi., 
Peziza cretea , Cke., Peziza tectoria , Cke. 
In the evening the members met at the annual dinner, and on 
the morrow an excursion was organised to Penicuik woods, which 
was highly enjoyed by all who took part in it. 
The specimens collected and those sent in, including the 
contents of twenty to thirty boxes and hampers, were arranged in 
the Herbarium Hall and Winter Garden, at the Botanical 
Gardens, and the exhibition was visited on the Friday and Satur- 
day by large numbers of the inhabitants of Edinburgh and its 
vicinity. It was the first exhibition of the kind ever held in that 
city, and consequently excited considerable interest. 
Of species not previously recorded as occurring in Scotland 
were Agaricus inamcenus , Fr., Agaricus inunctus , Fr., Agaricus 
Phillipsii , B. & Br., Cortinarius decoloratus, Fr., Russula Queletii , 
Hygrophorus russocoriaceus , B. & M., Cynophallus caninus , Fr., 
Peziza theleboloides , A. & S., Hypomyces rosellus , Tul., Nectria 
Albertini, B. & Br., Nectria Rousseliana, M. 
The Rev. Jno. Stevenson brought Polyporus roseus , Fr., and 
Agaricus scobinaceus, Fr., from Glamis. The Rev. James Keith 
sent Hydnum imbricatum , L., and Hydnum fragile, Fr., from 
Forres ; and the Rev. Mark Anderson brought Peziza ammophila , 
D.R. & Lev., and Agaricus ammophila , Mont., from St. Andrews, 
The Rev. M. J. Berkeley sent the new Hygrophorus Wynnice , B. 
& Br. 
