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With regard to my own individual work round this 

 district, I cannot chronicle anything fresh, except Scutellaris 

 galericulata at Turkey Nab ; Alchemilla alpina (evidently 

 been brought into the place) , Claytonia perfoliata ;, Aconitum 

 napellus, and Helleborus viridis at Ingleby ; Daphne laureola 

 and Ononis spinosa at Tanton. I have been told that 

 Gagea lutea is to be found in one of Mr. Wynne-Finches' 

 plantations close to Stokesley, and I hope to make sure 

 of the record shortly. 



T. J. Cozens. 



During the year, Dr. Smith, of Leeds, and the Hon. Sec. 

 made a botanical survey of the South Cleveland Moors at 

 Easter, and of the Hambleton Moorlands in August, on the 

 occasion of the Y.N.U. Meeting. Some of the results of 

 these surveys were given in the Hon. See's lectures on 

 " Moorland Types " and " The Cleveland Moors," but full 

 details will appear in Dr. Smith's botanical maps of Cleve- 

 land, which will be issued shortly. 



Mr. H. G. Scruton, B.Sc, lectured on March 6th on the 

 " Function and Structure of the Leaf," and a discussion 

 followed on the adaptations of the leaves of ericetal plants. 



Conchological Section. — Mr. T. W. Saunders reports 

 for this Section, and states that between Whitby and the 

 Mouth of the Tees he obtained about 60 species of marine 

 shells, one of them being a very good specimen of the Sunset 

 Shell (Psammobia ferroensis) from Saltburn. From sea coal 

 he has also obtained multitudes of small shells, which have 

 still to be determined. 300 of these minute shells will lie 

 on a threepenny piece. 



Mr. Saunders records 39 species of Land and Freshwater 

 Mollusca, including that rare northern slug, Limax tenellus, 

 taken at Osmotherley at the Y.N.U. Meeting. It was 

 identified by Mr. Denison Roebuck, and constitutes a new 

 record for the Cleveland area. Mr. Saunders was also 

 fortunate enough to find two examples of Achatina acicula 

 at Hutton Rudby. The only other record for this species 

 in the district is that of Dixon and Watson, who found it 

 in flood refuse near the River Tees at Middlesbrough. Its 

 occurrence at Hutton Rudby proves that it is an inhabitant 

 of our area. 



