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observed in England, and only by Mr. Don in Scotland, pre- 

 viously to my discovery of it in the above spot, Aug. 30. 1830. 

 It does not appear to occur in other parts of the mountain. 



Luzula \_Luciola Smith] spicdta. In some very wet bogs, 

 near Llyn y Cwm, on Glyder Fawr, Caernarvonshire, July 10. 

 1832. This locality is mentioned for it, in the Botanist's 

 Guide with a mark of doubt ; it does not appear to have been 

 noticed by any other author. 



Festuca ovina. On the top of Cader Idris I found, on 

 July 25. 1832, a variety of this plant, with the corollas very 

 hairy. It is probably F. hirsuta of Host, mentioned in 

 Hooker, Br. Flora, p. 46. 



Scheuchzer'm palustris. I found this plant in seed, at Bomere 

 Pool, near Shrewsbury, on Aug. 4. 1832. This is, I believe, 

 the second recorded British locality for this very rare plant; 

 the other being in Yorkshire. — Charles C. Babington. 



Geology. — The Bed Sandstone along the Meuse is merely 

 the Rubbish cast up from below the Limestone. — Sir, In Phillips 

 and Conybeare's Geology of England and Wales, there is a 

 note on the red sandstone along the Meuse, near Huy, and 

 some observations as to its position, as affecting its claim to 

 the name of old red sandstone. I have been frequently at 

 the alum mines along that range of hills; and I can certify 

 that all the red ground seen above the limestone, to the left 

 of Huy, descending the Meuse, is accidental. It is merely 

 the rubbish cast up from below the limestone : the red sand- 

 stone itself is partly a conglomerate and partly fissile, and 

 highly micaceous, and belongs to the greywacke, not to the 

 new red sandstone. — W. B. Clarice. Parkstone, near Poole, 

 Sept. 8.1832. 



Meteorology. — One of the most terrific and awful Hail 

 Stor-ms that perhaps ever occurred in this part of the country 

 happened about three weeks ago. Hot-houses, and hot-bed 

 sashes of every description, had the glass nearly all broken, 

 as some of the hailstones measured 5 in. round. Several 

 trees, with trunks measuring 12 in. and 15 in. in diameter, 

 were completely cut over by the lightning (some just above 

 the surface, and others about 6 ft. from the soil), and carried 

 a considerable distance. Hedges and other fences were, in 

 various places, levelled with the ground. The streets in Lan- 

 caster appeared like rivers ; and, on my return from town to 

 my garden, I found it like one large lake, wholly covered with 

 water. The gardens on sloping grounds were completely 

 destroyed ; the soil, crop, gooseberry bushes, and hedges 

 being all washed away. — M. Saul. Lancaster, May 4. 1833. 



