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Among the plants met with on excursions this season were 

 the following : — 



The initial numbers are taken from the pages of Bentham's 

 British Flora. 

 Dover South Pier. 692 Suaeda maritima 



61e Salicornia herbacea 

 702e Obione (Atriplex) ped- 

 unculata 



Deal Sandhill, and near Sandwich. 

 693 Salsola Kali 

 168 Erodium cicutarium 



II. — Earliest dates of Plants Flowering. 

 An interesting report on this section has been sent in by 

 Mr. F. C. Campbell, but it is withheld for the present as incomplete. 



111.— Plant-Life. 



In connection with the subject of Plant-Life a communication 

 has been received on the Seed produce of a plant of Malva moschata, 

 as follows : — 



The specimen taken was growing in the natural turf of 

 a garden recently formed out of a pasture. This pasture-land 

 was over-lying a formation of Mountain Limestone. 



The Flower-heads examined grew from a common stem and 

 formed branched clusters springing from the axils of the upper 

 leaves of the stem. The clusters were semispherical, varying 



