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plants, only a few inches high buried in moss. To those who 
know this species growing in the full sunlight and wind-protected, 
these miniature plants would have been a puzzle. The best 
species taken were Myrica gale, and Scutellaria galericulata. Many 
old friends from this district were not seen—Peucedanum palustre, 
like Drosera anglica, now perhaps extinct here, along with Silene 
anglica, and Scutellavria minor, which most certainly still exist 
there and lately flourished. 
The Sixty-Sixth Field Meeting was held on August roth, 
1909, at BOURNE. This was a very successful meeting, a 
good number of members assembled and an attractive district 
was explored. Bourne has a most interesting water supply and 
the area round the ‘‘ Well Head” received much attention. 
The Brickyards were visited and a large number of Selenite 
Crystals were thrown out with the clay, and many specimens 
were collected. This Geological feature was technically 
explained by Mr. H. Preston, F.c.s. 
The President gives the following report on the Conchology : 
—The Conchologists, consisting of Rev. E. A. Woodruffe- 
Peacock, Messrs. H. Preston, W. Denison Roebuck, Arthur 
Smith and Thomas Stow, had an excellent day’s work, the 
neighbourhood of Bourne proving a splendid collecting ground. 
The Grantham contingent, having to wait for the Lincoln train, 
filled up time by exploring the station-master’s garden. They 
found the var. vava of Milax gagates, hitherto known only from 
two Lincolnshire localities, Limax maximus vars. mulleri and 
fasciata, etc. On the arrival of the Lincoln members, the scoops 
were put into the drain by the roadside, when numerous species 
of water shells were collected, including very fine examples of 
Spharvium lacustre var. brochoniana, Bythia leachiit, Valvata piscinalis 
and Limnaa palustris—besides various Planorbes. A little further 
on, a backwater proved very rich in smaller species, including 
Valvata cristata and Pl. fontanus. Moving on to the Well Head, 
the results were nil—except for Limnea pevegra. The next place 
visited was the brick-pits, where Helicella caperata was found on 
one of the tall grasses. In the neighbourhood of the Well 
Head were collected numerous fine examples of Hyalinia helvetica 
