72 Trmifiacdons. 



Communications. 



I. The Broads and Fens of East Anglia. 



By Mr A. Bennett, F.L.S., Corresponding Member. 



This paper was illustrated by numerous charts and specimens 

 of almost all the plants mentioned therein, and was read by Mr 

 M'Andrew, Vice-President. In it Mr Bennett describes supposed 

 excursions through this unique portion of English sceneiy. First, 

 through the " Broads " of Norfolk — those extensive but shallow 

 lagoons of water caused by the small dip of the rivers in that 

 county ; secondly, through the Fen district, in the neighbourhood 

 of Ely. Starting from Yarmouth, and taking the train to Potter 

 Heigham, the Broads are entered and botanized by boat. In 

 these Broads such plants are to be found as Lathyrns jmIus- 

 tris, Rtimex jyahistris, Lastrea cristatum, Lastrea Thelypteris, 

 Chara Stelligera (its second British station), Chara tomentosa 

 (its first English station), abundance of Charas and Potamogetons, 

 and other marsh and water plants ; Naias marina (its only 

 British station, discovered in 1883), Liparis Loeselii, Carex 

 paradoxa, Cladiuin Muriscus, Siiim latifolinm, Senecio palus- 

 tris, Peucedanum palustre, and abundance of reeds, Ty2)ha, 

 Scirjnis, cfec. Leaving the Broads, Mr Bennett began the 

 second part of his supposed tour, on this occasion through the 

 Fen district from Ely. Here the drainage has been more com- 

 plete than in the Broad country. The following plants are 

 to be gathered in Wicken Fen, and in the Fen district generally: 

 — Teucriit7n Scordiiom, Calamagrostis lanceolata, Nitella temtis- 

 sima, Epipactis 2Mlustris, Viola stagnina, Potamogeton lanceo- 

 latvs (in the ditch by Burwell Drove — its second British station), 

 Selinum carvi/oUum (nefiv Chippenhsun on the moor, 1882). The 

 Lincolnshire Fens, being now wholly drained, are not included in 

 the tour. 



Appended to Mr Bennett's paper was a note on Carex Salina, 

 Wahl. var. Kattegatensis Fries, lately found on Wick Water in 

 Caithness-shire. 



II. 7'he Influence of Trees on Climate and Rainfall. By Mr 

 P. Gray, Corresponding Member. (Abstract). 



The author began by stating that forests, smaller aggregations 

 of growing timber, even single trees, induced the deposition of 

 moisture from the atmosphere, checked undue evaporation, and 



