x¢vill Proceedings. 
1900. | 1901. Recorders. 
Shirley Hills .... 166 (J. Edmund Clark, B.A., B.Sc., and 
Croham Hurst .. 213 226 | H. T. Mennell, F.L.S. 
Mitcham Common 107 461 Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 
Riddlesdown .... 129 | 167 16: Bg 
Hayes and 
West Wickham | 125 281 Dr. H. Franklin Parsons. 
Commons 
Keston Common.. 100 231 Dr. H. Franklin Parsons. 
Duppas Hill .... 69 W. Murton Holmes. 
Among the excursions of the Club of botanical interest may be 
mentioned those of :— 
May 27th (Whit-Monday). To Hever and Tonbridge. Conductor, 
the President. 
June 22nd. To Woldingham and Oxted. Botanical conductor, Mr. 
H. T. Mennell, F.L.S. 
July 6th. To Keston Common and Holwood Park. Conductor, 
Dr. H. Franklin Parsons. 
Sept. 14th. To Croham Hurst; fungus foray. Conductor, Dr. H. 
Franklin Parsons. 
Botanical notes on these excursions will be found under the heading. 
‘‘Eixcursions”’ (Trans., p. _). 
Evening botanical rambles have been made on :— 
May 16th. To Croham Hurst. Conductors, Mr. J. Edmund Clark, 
B.A., B.Se., and Mr. H. T. Mennell, F.L.S. 
June 20th. To Hayes Common. Conductor, Dr. H. Franklin 
Parsons. 
July 18th. ‘To Riddlesdown. Conductor, Mr. C. E. Salmon. 
Notes on the Club Eacursion on May 27th, to Hever, Penshurst, 
and Tonbridge. (By Dr. H. Franxuin Parsons.)—The first part of 
the walk from Hever to Penshurst lay mostly over the Wadhurst clay, 
and the flora, though rich in species, presented few special features. 
In one hedge the two forms of Pyrus Malus were observed, viz. 
acerba, the wild crab, smooth, with small leaves and spreading, almost 
spiny branches; and mitis, an escape from the cultivated apple, with 
larger and paler green leaves, downy underneath, as are also the 
young branches. Other plants observed were Carex pendula and 
Sedum Velephiwm and reflecwm; the two last on the Tunbridge 
Wells sandstone. 
From Penshurst to Tonbridge the route lay for a good part of the 
way through alluvial meadows and damp copses by the river Medway, 
and here several interesting plants were found. ‘The bitter-cress, 
Cardanine amara, found last year at Cowden, was plentiful in many 
wet places, and Hottonia palustris, the ‘‘ water violet,’"—really more 
nearly allied to the primrose,—was found in several pools. This 
plant has a habit of growth shared among British plants only by the 
bladder-wort (Utricularia); the stem bears at its upper part a whorl 
of branches spreading like the spokes of a wheel; these float in the 
water and form a kind of raft supporting the peduncle, which rises 
from the centre of the whorl high out of the water. Unlike many 
submerged aquatic plants, both Hottonia and Utricularia have showy 
