220 Proceedings. ^ 



[Microscopical and Natural History SectioJi.'] 



Ordinary Meeting, October 4th, 1892. 



The President of the Section, Mr. R. E. CUNLIFFE, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. J. C. Melvill exhibited an abnormal specimen 

 of Ranunculus bullatus (L.) from the ruins of the Greek 

 Temple at Taormina, just below the Straits of Messina, 

 N.E. coast of Sicily ; found January, 1892, by Miss Louisa 

 Copland and Miss C. Birley. Specimens of the normal 

 condition of the plant were also shown for comparison. 



Mr. Melvill also exhibted a specimen of Trachelium 

 Cceruleum (L.) found during the summer in Guernsey by 

 Mr. Buchanan Brown. 



Mr. Hyde submitted the following list of plants found 

 growing in the Manchester Infirmary enclosure in 1892 : — 



Plantago major. Rumex obtusifolius. 



Achillia millefolhim. Polygonum perskaria. 



„ ptarmica. Rumex ncetosa. 

 Tussilago farfara. „ aceto sella. 



Leontodo7i taraxamm. Poa annua. 



Ranunadus acris. Senecia vulgaris. 



Pyrethritm inodorum. Trifoliuni repens. 



Stellaria media. Capella Bursa pastoris. 



In addition to Poa annua there were two or three 

 other grasses, the flowering being, however, over when they 

 were seen. The following cultivated plants were found 

 growing near the Infirmary : — 



Resida odorata. Sambucus ?iigra. 



Saxifraga umbrosa. Ligustriim vulgara. 



Primula auricula. Polygonum orientate. 



Malcomia Maritima. Ulmis sp. 



Tropceolium majus. PopJilus sp. 



Calendula officinalis. Crattcgus oxyacantl/a. 



Rhododendron ponticum. Fraxinus excelsior. 



