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gills tinted with rose colour, of which only one specimen was found, appeared to 
be the Agaricus (Tricholoma) rubens, Quelet. Agaricus (Clitocybe) twmulosus, 
Kalch., was again found, as it had been in a former year, but not recorded; and 
Agaricus (Clitocybe) catinus. 
Of the rarer species the number was also small, including Agaricus (Collybia) 
rancidus, Fr. ; a splendid Cortinarius, which did not appear to be specifically dis- 
tinct from Cortinarius fulgens, Fr. ; the delicate white Russula lactea, Fr. ; Agar- 
icus (Hypholoma) udus, P., and Agaricus (Hypholoma) storea, Fr., both new to 
Herefordshire. Agaricus (Lepiota) ermineus, Fr. was brought from Malvern ; 
and Agaricus (Lepiota) gracilentus, Fr., was not uncommon near Haywood Forest. 
The yellow variety of Russula fragilis (Fries, Syst. Myc.) having been recently 
constituted a distinct species under the name of Russula citrina, Gillet, appeared 
under its new name, but seems to be very common everywhere in England. 
Thus ends our record of the Woolhope meeting of 1881. There was a dearth 
of nothing but fungi. Hearty welcome to strangers, cheerful companionship, free 
and profitable interchange of opinions, zeal, energy, and a hopeful anticipation of 
a better future were all as strong as ever. New faces appeared, old faces were 
absent, and yet the last line of the programme was reached— 
‘*Saturday, October 8th—Departure of Visitors.” 
M.C.C.—From the Gardeners’ Chronicle, October 22nd, 1881. 
THE OCARICES OF HEREFORDSHIRE. 
By Rev. Aucustin Ley, M.A. 
I do not think that the Carices need any introduction of mine in a meeting of 
naturalists ; nor will I stay at present to say more than that the accompanying 
collection, though being very far from perfect, yet contains, I believe, representa- 
tives of all the Carices up to this time recorded for the County of Hereford, namely 
34 species, out of a total of 65 recorded in the London Catalogue for the whole of 
the British Isles. 
1. Carex publicaris, Z. ‘“ Flea Sedge.” Eight Districts. This Sedge 
is thinly but widely spread in Herefordshire. It is reported from just one more 
than half of the 14 botanical divisions of the county ; and its absence from the 
remainder is perhaps more apparent than real, since the districts in which its 
presence has not been noted are those which have been least carefully examined : 
besides, being our smallest species it is apt to be overlooked, unless when the fruit 
is ripe, when its peculiar resemblance to a nest of fleas inakes it more conspi- 
cuous. Its presence is, I believe, a sign of unbroken—certainly of poor and wet 
—soil; and the comparative rareness of these conditions (happily) may be the 
reason of its comparative scarcity in Herefordshire. 
2. Carex disticha, Huds. Four Districts. This sedge is remarkably 
