may appear, are of great importance; affording real data in the 

 discussion of questions, now of increasing interest, on the distribu- 

 tion of land and water, in times comparatively recent in the physi- 

 cal history of the earth.* 



3 A more enlarged list of the birds of Herefordshire than any 

 yet published, was afforded by Mr. Lingwood, which we may hope 

 ere long to have recorded in our pages ; and 



4. An ingenious paper by Mr. Flavell Edmunds, on the distri- 

 bution and causes of Colour in Plants, which has already been 

 placed within the reach of the general reader. 



Considerable progress has been made by our botanical members 

 towards completing the flora of Herefordshire. The approximate 

 number of species is regarded by them a^ little short of 800. Of 

 these, 723 flowering plants and ferns have been met with in our 

 excursions, exclusive of such as have been regarded as doubtful, or 

 escapes from cultivation, which have also with their habitats been 

 carefully noted and excluded from the lists. The old catalogues of 

 Duncomb and others (Agricultural Survey of Herefordshire) give the 

 names of some plants which have not been met with ; some of these 

 may yet be discovered, whilst others, it may fairly be presumed, 

 from the known distribution of British plants, will be looked for in 

 vain within our area. We record with pleasure that several of the 

 rarer species have been brought to light by the Herbarium Prizes 

 offered by the Club, at the Hereford Floral Meetings of the past 

 year, which, under certain conditions, we propose continuing the 

 ensuing year. 



In the formation of a flora, it is not a mere catalogue of plants 

 which the club has in view, but their distribution, as affected by 

 soil, moisture, temperature, aspect and elevation above the sea ; a 

 design in which we have, I believe, the co-operation of the Cottes- 

 wold and Malvern Clubs, for their respective districts. 



• In the discussion which arose on this paper, I stated that many years 

 aeo a Gryphsea incun-a, very little worn, was brought to me by a person who 

 alsured me he had taken it from the gravel at Aymestry (perhaps 400 feet 

 above the level of the sea), and that I had another specimen, much worn, 

 which was taken from the gravel of the Wye, in the Oak Meadow, opposite to 

 Ross I quite believe these specimens were found m the locahties above 

 stated, and am confirmed in this opinion, by a statement made by Mr. Ling- 

 woodVat our last meeting, that he had found the Grypheea m the gravel near 

 liuch Dewchurch. — Aug. 1864. 



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