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** It is a general character of deer, that the females of every 
* fpecies except the rein deer, are deftitute of horns. À fingular in- 
* france to the contrary occurred herein September laft. A hind, 
« the female of Cervus Elaphus, was fhot by the Duke of Gordon, 
* which had one horn perfectly fimilar to that of a ftag three 
* years old. It had never had a horn on the other fide of its 
& head, for there the correfponding place was covered over by 
“the fkin, and quite fmooth. It did not feem to have ever pro- 
* duced a fawn, and upon diffection, the ovarium on the fame fide 
“ with tbe born was found to be fcbirrous." 
April 3, 1792. — Mr. Teefdale, F. L. S. prefented a wild fpe- 
cimen of Eriophorum alpinum found in n Scotland, though not before 
known to be a Britifh plant. == — 
Nov. 6.—A wild fpecimen of Pyrola uniflora, found plentifully 
in the fir woods near Brodie-houfe, in the county of er 
Scotland, was fent by Mr. James Hoy, F. L. S. 
cma Sam 
The Prefident read part of a letter from Dr. Swartz, F. M. L. S. 
dated Oct. 4, 1792, as follows. 
“ I am forry for the fault in the characterifing of Canella alba 
Des (Franf. of L. Soc. vol. i. p. 100). Notwithftanding num- 
“ berlefs obfervations on the fruit, I found too late that I had 
‘ been deceived. Indeed moft plants require repeated obferva- 
* tions before they can be fully known. The germen has three 
.* cells. It is true, however, that in the ripe fruit one cell only con- 
“ tains feeds, the rudiments of the other two being rarely to be feen.” 
Tan. 
