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unrecorded in our district, must have been introduced witli 

 seed. Mr. Crosfield also stated that he had found Lathyrm 

 hirsutus growing in the locahty recorded in the ' Flora of 

 Surrey,' on Hallelew Farm, near Caterham. In most of the 

 specimens observed by him there was but one flower on each 

 peduncle, instead of two as given in botanical works. He 

 also mentioned having observed Oniithoyalum nutans this 

 year still growing in the locality in the lane at Eedhill. 



Dr. Bossey exhibited specimens of the fungus Hypoxxjlon 

 concmtricum, found growing on burnt Furze-bushes near 

 Ewhurst Mill on the occasion of the Club Excursion there 

 on August 26th. He also showed sections mounted by him 

 for the microscope, and a drawing of one of the sections as 

 seen under the microscope. He stated that he had found 

 another species of Hypoxyhn growing on pea-sticks m his 



Mr. A. C. Sterry exhibited a drawing of a small Cuttlefish, 

 which he could not at present identify, found by Miss Sterry 

 at Deal, on a chain-cable that was taken up out of the sea ; 

 he had kept it alive several days, but had been unable to 

 preserve it after it died. It had a power of squirtmg out a 

 dark fluid in self-defence, similar to that possessed by other 

 Cuttlefish.* 



Mr. A. J. Crosfield read a paper on ' Plants of the Natural 



Order Leriuminifera;.' 



* The above was submitted to W. K. Hughes, Esq., who says:-" It 

 appears to be a Chcetopodus (annelid, probably of the genus TereheUa). 

 The extensive thread-like tentacles, the body of few segments, and the 

 tufted, shrub-like gills, all point to this. This kind of worm usually 

 inhabits a tube composed of sand, small stones, or shell-fragments. It 

 is in all probability a young specimen thus escaped from its tube. There 

 is no resemblance to a Cephalopod. The vitality displayed by the 

 tentacles is common to almost all the lower forms of marme hfe." 



