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was illustrated by specimens of Inachus dorsettensis (Penn.), and 

 Eyas coarctatus, Leach, completely covered with algae. Other 

 organisms exhibited were Stenorhynchus tenuirostris (Fabr.); 

 S. restrains, L. ; Munida rugosa (Fabr.) ; Galathea squamifera, 

 Leach ; Porcellana platycheles (Penn.) ; Lea?ider squilla, L. ; 

 Crangon vulgaris (L.) ; Hippolyte pandaliformis, Portunus puber, 

 L. ; Ebalia cranchii, Leach ; E. tuberosa, Penn. ; E. tumifacta 

 (Mont.) ; Pinnotheres pisum (L.) ; Eurynome aspera, Penn. 



Dr. Robert Brown read a paper entitled " The Upper Engadine : 

 Botanical Work amongst its Higher Peaks," and exhibited many 

 of the specimens he had collected there. He described the 

 formation of the Engadine Valley, with its upper portion so 

 greatly frequented by British tourists. The various peaks, the 

 glaciers, the deep valleys, and the wonderful rock and cliff 

 scenery were passed in review, with a brief account of those 

 mountains whose summits he had reached. Near the top of Pizot, 

 10,660 feet, many examples of Eutrichium terglonense, Kern., 

 were growing, a beautiful plant of the family Boraginaceae, 

 which seems really a Myosotis. It is very woolly, the hairs 

 having a silky appearance, and, seen growing in large broad 

 cushions, with its intensely blue flowers open to the sun, it is 

 indeed a fair spectacle. Here also were found Gnaphaliumsupinum, 

 L., and Phyteuma pauciflorum, L. Near the base were many 

 plants of Senecio nicanus, var. carexolicus Willd., rather a rare 

 species, and purely alpine. Besides the common Gentiana 

 bavarica, L., with its var. imbricata, Schleich, and Juncus 

 jaeginus, L., with its bright crimson stamens projecting above its 

 blackish head, was Arenaria biflora, L., a rather rare, and 

 certainly very local high alpine species. Another mountain, Piz 

 Padella, 9,460 feet, is noted for its varied flora. Here were found 

 Lychnis Jlos jovis, L., Senecio abrotanifolius, L., with orange 

 flowers and leaves of narrow linear segments ; Ranunculus 

 parnassifolius, L., a very rare and local plant ; Gentiana acaidis, 

 L, and Anemone alpina, L., in great abundance, and the 

 striking flowers of Arnica montana, L. At the base of the over- 

 hanging cliffs forming the summit were great colonies of Carex 

 nigra, AH., and C. atrata, L., intermixed with large flowering 

 masses of Hedysarum obscurum, L., and Oxytropis montana, Dec, 

 both very beautiful members of the Leguminosse. There were 



