209 



interwoven, strongly constricted, jointed flocci : spores collected 



in the centre. 



1. — Arthroderina Cnrreyi Berk. Mic. Jl. II. p. 240 cum icone. 



GENUS 256. BLOXAMIA.* B. and Br. 



Peridium, very delicate, hyaline and evanescent above, persistent 

 l)3lo\v, at length cxcipuliform ; spores quadrate produced in 

 narrow tubes. 



1. — Bloxamia truncata B. and Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., Xo. 783. 

 May and June, 1854. This species seems to have been 

 omitted hitherto, it is therefore inserted here, although its 

 true position seems doubtful. 

 Common on dead elm limbs and cut surfaces. Batheaston. 



Tlie IVinter of 1878-9 in Bath, and Seasons following. By the Rev. 

 Leonard Blomefield, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. 



(Read December Zrd, 1879.^ 



The Winter of 1878-9 and the seasons that followed 'tvill ever 

 hold a place in the meteorological annals of this country, though 

 the winter itself was not so remarkable for its severity as for its 

 long continuance. After four months of true winter weather, in 

 every sense of the word, two — we might almost say three — months 

 followed, in which, though the cold had of course moderated, 

 there were few really warm days, and but very slow advances 

 towards Spring as ordinarily conceived of. Then came the three 

 months of June, July, and August, quit« as little deserving the 

 name of Summer, 



Details in connection wth this whole subject have been so 



• A name given in honour of the Rev. A. Bloxam, a well-known British 

 cryptogamist. 



