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ruralis, T. muralis, Bryum ccespitosum, &c. In crossing Combe 

 Dingle, a Populus niger was noticed, having large clusters of 

 Viscum allum growing on the branches. In the Arbutus walk 

 we gathered Vinca minor, Mr. Halsall informing ns that no finer 

 specimens of Arhutiis Unedo were to be found in Killarney itself, 

 the tree being a native of Ireland. 



April 25th, 1874. The Hon. Secretary met the members at 

 three p.m., at the Clifton Bridge Station, and took the train to 

 Portbury, where a couple of hours were very pleasantly spent in 

 the woods, which were literally a carpet of flowers. The Prunus 

 cerasus was in blossom ; several specimens of Paris qiiadri folia 

 with five leaves were gathered; also the white variety of 

 HyacinthuB nonscriptus. 



May 30th, 1874. The President met the members at the 

 Clifton Bridge Station, and, proceeding by train to Portishead, 

 the party carefully botanised from the Station to the spring on 

 the far end of the beach. Sherardia arvensis very plentiful ; 

 Euonymus J£urop(eus in flower. In the wood certain trees had 

 quite a red tint, found to be Acer campestre, covered with samara, 

 the tips being tinted. ScropJmlaria aquatica and Altlicea officinalis 

 were also gathered. 



June 25th, 1874. At 12 p.m. the members met at the Bristol 

 and Exeter Platform, and took return tickets to Cheddar. Passing 

 through the village the ancient cross attracted attention, the 

 stone canopy having thick clusters of Poly podium vulgare and 

 Asplenium trichomanes adorning this relic of a former age. The 

 Rev. Richard A. Court Beadon very courteously explained the 

 various portions of the fine old church recently restored. 

 "Wandering through the lanes and over the fields, the party gained 

 the summit of the cliffs. Glastonbury Tor was just visible 

 through the coming storm, and to seaward there was a most 

 extensive view in a sheen of sunlight. After the storm had 

 passed we gathered Thalictrum minus and Polypodium calcareum ; 

 and descending into the gorge we found Meconopsis camhrica; 

 passing through the ravine we saw, high up on the sides, 



