38 Proceedings. 
Apera Spwa-venti, Beauv. Abundant, fruit farm, Nor- 
mandy. Rev. E. 8. Marshall. 
Agropyron caninum, Beauv. Near Brockham. KE. S. 8. 
Chara fragilis, var. Hedwigii, Kuetz. Mere Pond, Walton- 
on-the-Hill. (Fide H. & J. Groves.) C. E.S. 
Reports by Mr. C. E. Salmon of the Excursions on May 2 
and July 4, 1896, were read. 
Report oF Excursions for 1896. 
May 2, 1896.—Whole day to the Holmwood, from Dorking 
Station. Conductor, C. E. Salmon. 
Up Coldharbour Lane, where: Zuzula Forsteri, DC., was in 
plenty on the hedgebanks. Then footpaths to .Holmwood 
Common. Here Ranunculus intermedius (Knaf.) bordered the 
edges of a large pond. After a halt for lunch, footpaths and 
lanes led the party towards Brockham and Betchworth Station. 
On the way Pyrus Malus, L., var. mitis, Wallr., was observed 
in one or two places; also Ruscus aculeatus, L., abundant in 
many spots on the Holmwood. Nearing Brockham, Barbarea 
intermedia, Boreau, grew by the roadside. 
July 4, 1896.—14 members enjoyed a delightful day in the 
Wanborough district. 
The Rev. E. 8. Marshall, F.L.S., kindly conducted. From 
Ash Station by lanes and paths through Ash Green to Wan- 
borough Wood. On the way our conductor pointed out Rubus 
cognatus (N. E. Br.) and R&R. ericetorum, Lefy., in abundance. 
In the Wood itself R. viridis, Kalt., and R. Radula agg. 
occurred; also a small quantity of Calamagrostis epigetos, 
Roth. Between the Wood and Wanborough Station Lotus 
tenuis, Waldst. & Kit., grew sparingly. On Normandy Com- 
mon Mr. Marshall directed attention to Rubus suberectus, 
Anders., and &. Marshalli, Focke & Rogers; whilst in a fruit- 
farm at Normandy Apera Spica-venti, Beauv., was in great 
beauty and abundance. The last plants gathered were by the 
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