PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. civ 
Blairadam station the members of our Society were joined by a party 
from the Edinburgh Society, numbering over 30. After a ramble of 
a couple of miles, the southern shore of Loch Leven was reached. 
The party then worked along the shore towards the south-east, to the 
point where the Loch empties itself into the river Leven. On the 
way, Sedum villosum was noticeable for its abundance and luxuriance. 
A large clump of Aconitum napellus , or Monkshood, was passed, but 
this, of course, was only a casual. One of the rarities of the Loch, 
Ranunculus replans , was found growing abundantly, but only at one 
locality, namely, on the sandy bank where the river leaves the Loch. 
The party then returned along the shore of the Loch to Kinross. 
On a shingly bank Mr. Goodchild, by means of maps and large 
diagrams, explained the geological formation of the Loch and of the 
enclosing hills of the Lomond chain. The lava-flows forming the 
Lomonds having been explained, the various superficial accumula¬ 
tions,—boulder clay, sand and gravel beds, raised beaches, etc.,— 
which cover a great part of the low ground round the Loch were 
lucidly described. The Perthshire Society was entertained to tea in 
the Kinross Hotel. Mr. Goodchild, in proposing success to the 
Perthshire Society of Natural Science, spoke of it as one of the most 
vigorous Natural Science Societies in the country. The combined 
party, before separating, was photographed at the landing station by 
the side of the Loch. The joint excursion was acknowledged by 
everyone present to have been most enjoyable and instructive.” 
No. 4, 3rd July,—to the Bank of the Tay, from Perth to Kin- 
fauns. Mr. Barclay, the leader of this excursion, reports as follows : 
—“ Owing to the fact that this was the midsummer holiday, only a 
small party met at the Albert Monument. One of the party, Mr. 
M‘Gregor, gardener at Bowerswell, brought with him a plant which 
he had shortly before gathered on the bank of the Tay below Barn¬ 
hill, and of which he wished to know the name. This was at once 
recognised as Lysimachia thyrsiflora , and it was then resolved to 
visit the locality where it had been found, instead of going to the 
Woody Island, as originally intended. The party therefore pro¬ 
ceeded to walk along the bank of the river from the railway bridge to 
Kinfauns. The spot where Senecio Doria formerly grew was carefully 
examined, but no trace of the plant could be seen. It is, I fear, now 
quite extinct. In a ditch, further down, Carex aquatilis was gathered. 
This station was first discovered about four years ago. In the marsh 
below Limehaugh, Mr. M‘Gregor pointed out the locality for Lysi¬ 
machia thyrsiflora. There is a large bed of it, and I have little doubt 
but that it will maintain its footing, and probably spread, both in its 
present station and to suitable places further down. The plant must 
have come there within the last five years, as it could not possibly 
have escaped notice if it had been there before that time. There is 
only one known station for it further down, and that is in a marsh at 
Elcho, where it was planted by the late Colonel Drummond Hay of 
Seggieden. It has never been got anywhere else on the banks of the 
Tay, or indeed anywhere else in the county, except in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Blairgowrie, where it grows abundantly along the shores of 
