ll PROCEEDINGS. 



The Director coinineuted upon the effect on the native flora 

 of tlie enclosing and draining of the land in the parish of 

 Totternhoe, which was effected about tw^enty years ago. The 

 draining of a field near Totternhoe Church resulted in the 

 extinction of a rare moss, Hypnnm Sendtneri, from its only known 

 station in Beds. Associated with it were the flowering plants 

 Parnassia palustris (grass of Parnassus), Pinguicula vulgaris 

 (butterwort), and Anagallis tenella (bog-pimpernel), all of which 

 are rare locally. The grass of Parnassus and the bog-pimpernel 

 are now extinct in this station, but the butterwort still lingers on 

 the sides of the ditches by w^hich the di'ainage is effected. 



In the evening, after having tea in the village, the members 

 of the two societies walked back to Dunstable partly by the high 

 road and partly by the ancient green ways, the botanists finding 

 occupation in noting the features of the CHalk flora. 



