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Transactions. 
CoMMUNICATIONS. 
I. The Broads and Fens of East Anglia. 
By Mr A. Bewyert, 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 scenery. 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 Lathyrus palus- 
tris, Rumex palustris, Lastrea cristatwm, 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; Vaias marina (its only 
British station, discovered in 1883), Liparis Loeselu, Carex 
paradoxa, Cladium Mariscus, Siuwm latifolium, Senecio palus- 
tris, Peucedanum palustre, and abundance of reeds, Typha, 
Scirpus, &e. 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: 
—Teucriwm Scordium, Calamagrostis lanceolata, Nitella tenwis- 
sima, Epipactis palustris, Viola stagnina, Potamogeton lanceo- 
latus (in the ditch by Burwell Drove—its second British station), 
Selinum carvifolium (near Chippenham 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. 
Il. The 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 
