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HARD WICKE ' S S CIENCE- G OS SI P. 



MICRO-FUNGI BATHONIENSES. 



[Continued from page 147.] 

 NO. III. 



WITH this paper I shall complete my list of 

 Micro-Fungi as far as my researches have 

 gone. 



During the present year (1883) I hope to add very 

 largely to the list given at the end of this paper. 



To those who may read these notes, and be at the 

 same time well acquainted with this district, a thought 

 may arise that I have kept too much to one quarter 

 of the country outside Bath, without paying sufficient 

 attention to other equally interesting and productive 

 regions, lying away on other sides of the city. Should 

 such a thought occur, it will without doubt be per- 

 fectly correct. Injustice to myself, however, I may say 

 that my researches have been made chiefly at times 

 when time would not permit of my going very far 

 afield. However, at some future time I will, if it 

 should be thought advisable, note specimens found 

 on other than my own side of the town. 



I must add four more Puccinia to my list : — 



P. Polygonorum on Polygonum aviculare, at Con- 

 quell. 



P. Syngenesiarum on thistle leaves, common in 

 the neighbourhood. 



P. Violarum on violet leaves, sides of road leading 

 to Claverton. 



P. Silenes on Silene iti/Jata, cornfield near Sham 

 Castle. 



Of Uromyces, I must add one specimen, U. intrusa, 

 on Alchemilla vulgaris, Combe Down. 



Two specimens of Uredo : U. Potentillarum on 

 various Rosacea?, common. Uredo bifrons on Rumex 

 acctosa, Hampton Down. 



At the top of Bathwick Hill I have several times 

 found Cysiopus Candidas on Capsella Bursapasloris. 

 Trichobasis Pctroselini is found on various Umbelli- 

 ferae, widely distributed, and also T. suaveolens. 



This, then, so far finishes my list. 



As I have before pointed out, if those who take an 

 interest in this branch of microscopy would but turn 

 their attention to an examination of their own district, 

 many valuable discoveries would doubtless be made. 

 The field is large and the examiners, I regret to say, 

 very few. 



The pursuit is a pleasant one and abounding in 

 interest. Much too can be learnt of other subjects of 

 natural history while pursuing this one. 



I would refer those of my readers who may be 

 about to commence collecting specimens, and who 

 may also wish to mount them, to Cooke's " Micro- 

 scopic Fungi," 4II1 edit, chapter xiii.; also to the 

 "Introduction to Micro-Fungi: when and whereto 

 find them," by Mr. Thomas Brittain, and to my own 

 articles on the subject in Science-Gossip for 1S79, 

 page 3, and 1881, page 97. 



In conclusion I shall give a list of all those Fungi 

 I have so far found, and which have been named 

 in these papers. 



^Fcidiacei. — Peridermium : Peridermium Pirn. 

 ^Fcidium : sE. quadrifidum, Al. Epilobii, Al. Ra- 

 nunculacearu?n, AL. Taraxaci, AL. Tussilaginis, AL. 

 Viola: . 



Puccini^ei. — Phragmidium : P. bidbosum. Puc- 

 cinia : P. Polygonorum, P. Malvaccarum, P. Composi- 

 tarum, P. Syngenesiarum, P. variabilis, P. Umbelli- 

 ferarum, P. Saxifragarum, P. Violarum, P. Silenes. 



C^OMACEl. — Uredo : U. Potentillarum, U. bifrons. 

 Coleosporium : C. Tussilaginis, C. Sonchi-arvensis. 

 Cystopus : C. candidus. Lecythea : L. Roscr, L. 

 Valeriana:. Trichobasis : T. Petroselini, T. suave- 

 olens, T. Geranii. 



Ustilaginei. — U. segetum. Urocystis : U. Pom- 

 pholygodes. 



Erysiphei. — Erysiphe : E. graminis. 



Charles F. W. T. Williams. 



Bath. 



A CONCHOLOGICAL RAMBLE AT TENBY. 



WE were fortunate in securing most comfortable 

 lodgings on the North Cliff. Tenby is 

 divided into the North Cliff and South Cliff, and 

 while the whole of it is eminently picturesque, yet 

 the palm must, I think, be given to the North Cliff, 

 with its beautiful fringe of trees stretching down to 

 the shore, its great mass of rock — called Goskar — 

 standing out conspicuously from the sea ; its views 

 of Waterwinch, Ferncliff, Monkstone Point, and, far 

 away in the distance, Amroath, with its submerged 

 forest, and Pendyne with its wondrous stretch of 

 sand. No. 2, Kent House — this was the name of 

 the house we lodged at — so-called because the chief 

 part of its woodwork was made from the timbers of 

 a vessel named "The Kent," which foundered off 

 Tenby many years ago. The morning is beautifully 

 fine, and we start on our rambles ; past the Gate- 

 house Hotel, then sharp to the right, then sharp to 

 the left, by the old walls, along the Esplanade, down 

 by the wooden steps, over the sand, and on to the 

 Burrows, for we intend to begin our excursion with 

 a search for some of the rarer land-shells that are to 

 be found in this locality. And here, on almost every 

 blade of grass, are innumerable specimens of Bulimus 

 acutus, some almost colourless, some streaked with 

 brown, and some with a single dark band ; while the 

 variety bizona, with its two dark bands on the body- 

 whorl, is seen at very rare intervals. Quite as 

 numerous are the specimens of Helix pisana, a shell 

 only found, I believe, on the coast line, and never 

 inland. Here, however, they are to be picked up by 

 thousands, adhering to dead brambles, blades of 

 grass, the spikes of Carex arenaria, and the withered 



