PEOOEEDINGS 



HOLMESDALE NATUKAL HISTOEY CLUB. 



Evening Meeting. — Januaby 11th, 1884. 



Mr. Arthur Bennett, of Croydon, exhibited specimens of 

 the following Eecent Additions to the British Flora : — 



Ranunculus ophioglossifolius, Vill. — Found by Mr. Groves at 

 Hythe, near Southampton, in 1881. 



Ononis repens, L., var. horrida, Lange. — For some years I 

 have known that the Ononis of the Norfolk and Suffolk sand- 

 hills was not described or recognised in our present Floras ; 

 and on sending specimens to Prof. Lange, of Copenhagen, he 

 replied: — "Your specimens are exactly what I do mean by 

 0. repens, var. Jwrrida." 



Selinum Carvifolia, L. — Discovered in Lincolnshire by the 

 Eev. Mr. Fowler ; in Cambridgeshire by Mr. Cross, of Ely. 

 In September last I had the pleasure of accompanying Mr. 

 Cross and Mr. Fryer, of Chatteris, to the station for it in 

 Cambridgeshire. It occurs in profusion on the slightly-raised 

 banks that extend round and run into the Fens. 



Erytlirmi sijlmrocei^luda, Towns. ; E. capitata, W. — Found 

 by Mr. Townsend in the Isle of Wight, on the Downs near 

 Freshwater. The original plant of Willdenow was found near 

 Berlin, but it has never been re-discovered by the Berlin 

 botanists ; and the Isle of Wight, Sussex, and Scandinavia 

 are the only places in the world where it is now known. It 

 differs from all other species of this genus by the stamens 

 being inserted at the base of the corolla. 



Potanwyetun lanceolatus, Smith. — Gathered in 1804 by the 

 Rev. H. Davies, in the River Lligny, in Auglesea. Since 



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