THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
234 
*Cololejennea calcarea (Lib.) Schiffn. Limestone rocks by the 
Traligill.— *C. microscopica (Tayl.) Schiffn. Moist rocks in the 
wood by Loch Assynt. 
Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb. Near Inchnadamph and Loch 
Inver, common, c.per.— L. patens Lindb. Wood by Loch Assynt 
and by a stream near Loch Inver, c.per. 
# Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia (Hook.) Schiffn. Moist rocks in 
the wood by Loch Assynt with Radula aquilegia.—*Frullania ger- 
mana Tayl. Birch-trees in the wood by Loch Assynt, in large well- 
developed tufts, c.per.— F. Tamarisci (L.) Hum. Common, c.per. 
■— F. fragilifolici Tayl. Moist rocks, Grlas Ben. 
WILLIAM BARCLAY 
(1846-1923). 
British Botanists generally and Scottish Botanists in particular 
will deeply regret the death of William Barclay which occurred 
suddenly at his home in Perth on the 10th of May. 
Born at Tulloch, near Perth, on 19th March, 1846, he was the 
second oldest of a family of six, of whom two were sons and four were 
daughters. He received his early education at the National School 
in the “Fair City” that was his native town, and in which he was 
destined to spend the greater part of a long life. Choosing teaching 
as his profession, he served, as was the custom in those days, lus 
apprenticeship in one of the city’s schools, and when eighteen years of 
age he proceeded to the Church of Scotland Training College in 
Edinburgh, having gained first place in the examination qualify¬ 
ing for entrance. On the completion of his training in Edinburgh 
he was appointed to Glenrinnes School, in Banffshire, where he 
remained for fully five years. In 1871 he returned to Perth as 
Headmaster of Watergate School, relinquishing that charge on his 
appointment in 1884 to the Headmastership of the new Western 
District School, where he remained until his retirement in 1911, after 
having been actively engaged in the teaching profession for forty-five 
years. D uring that period, as many can testify, nothing but success 
attended his scholastic work. As a prominent educationalist he was 
well-known—a Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland and 
for a considerable time Secretary and Treasurer of the Perthshire 
Branch. Deeply interested in all that concerned the welfare of the 
community of which he was a member, he ungrudgingly devoted 
much of his time to helpful social work connected with his town. 
He acted for many years as a Director of Perth Royal Infirmary, 
and served as Convener of the Books Committee of the Sandeman 
Public Library from the date of its opening. He was an active 
member, also, of the Perthshire Horticultural Society. 
Residence in Perth brought Barclay under the influence of 
Dr. Buchanan White, who, during the last thirty or forty years 
of the nineteenth century, was the mainspring of all that pertained 
to the study of the Natural History of Perthshire—the guide and 
