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I will mention the rich additions to our flora made in the last two 

 years by Mr. Aubiy Clark, of Street. Hydnum nigrum, new to 

 Britain, is a species which from its size, beauty and abundance in 

 the fir woods of that district, where it forms circles several feet in 

 extent, containing hundreds of individuals, could not, one might 

 have supposed, have been so long passed over. A very fine Peziza, 

 discovered by the same gentleman, and figured in the November 

 Number of the Journal of Botany for 1869, is also new to Britain. 

 Hydnum zonatum is another addition to our local flora by Mr. 

 Clark. The Rev. G. H. Sawyer, of Maidenhead, has also greatly 

 enriched the British Flora during the last few years in the vicinity 

 of Taplow and Ascot ; Hydnum Fragile, new to Britain, H. 

 Zonatum, and H. Tomentosum were by him added to our list. H. 

 Imbricatum was not known in that locality till he discovered it, 

 and it is there in pi-ofusion, and remarkable for its size, sometimes 

 nine inches across, and for its fine van brown colour, covered with 

 darker scales. Sj^arassis Crispa has also rewarded the researches 

 of more than one botanist during the last two or three years. It 

 is hoped that the naturalists of Bath and its vicinity may be induced 

 by these instances of success to give theii- aid towards filling up the 

 blanks in the list of fungi now laid before the Field Club. And 

 there can be no doubt but their researches will result in the 

 discovery of many new and beautiful forms. 



AUTHORS QUOTED AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE FOREGOING LIST. 



Alb. and Schw. — Albertini and Schweinitz, " Conspectus Fungorum," &c. 



Batsch. — " ElencliusFungoram." 



B. — Berkeley, in " Eng. Flora" and " Outlines of British Fungology." 



Bolton — "History of Fungusses," &c. 



Bull.— Bulliard, " Herbier de la France." 



Fries — " Observationes mycologicce," " Systema mycologicum," "Epi- 

 crisis," and " Summa vegetabilium, Scandinavioe, and " Icones Selectee." 



Grev.— Greville, "Scotch Cryptogamic Flora." 



Hoffin. — Hoffman, " Deutschland's Flora," &c. 



Holm. — Holmskiold, " Beata ruris otia fungis," &c. 



Huds. — Hudson, " English Flora." 



Huss. — Hussey, " Illustrations of British Mycology." 



Kromb.— Krombholz, " Abbildungen," &c. 



L. — ^Linnseus, " Flora Suecica Lasch, in Linnaea." 



Lev. — Leveille, in " Annales des Sciences Naturelles," 



Nees. — " Das System der Pilze. 



