112 THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIBR. 



I. Border of a small wood between Bentley Park and Oldbuiy ; lane 

 above Hoare Park. 



R. Balfourianus, Blox. lialfour'x Bramble. 



Native : In hedges. Locally common. July, August. 

 I. Lanes about Shirley and Solihull, abundant ; near Packington Hall ; 

 near Stonebridge. 

 II. Near Rugby ! A. Blox.. 1847, Herb. Bor. ; near Coventry ! T. Kirk, 

 Ilftb. Bor. ; Mill Lane, Coventry (Kirk), Bab. Brit. Rub., 

 p. '2(51 ; Lutterworth Road, near (Jombe Abbey ; Twelve o'clock 

 Riding, Combe Woods ; Tile Hill. 

 A variety, which may V)e tenuiari)iatnx. Lees, near Hoare Park, 

 Over Whitacre. 



{To he continued.) 



MIDLAND UNION OF NATUEAL HISTORY SOCIETIES.- 



(Continued from I'ol. IV., paf/e 217. J 



The Burton-on-Tbent Natural History .\xd Arch^ological Society 

 dates from October, 1876. It numbered on the 1st January, 1881, 

 136 Ordinary Members, paying an annual subscription of 5s. per 

 annum ; five Honorary Members; and fifteen Associates, paying Is. 

 per annum. The number of Ordinary Members and Associates 

 increased considerably during the past twelve months. Evening meet- 

 ings are held about once a month, from October to March, ending with 

 the Annual Meeting at the end of March. Six or more General Field 

 Meetings are usually held each year, mostly in the summer. The 

 Geological Section (under Mr. Heron) has fortnightly walks and other 

 excursions during the winter, and monthly ones in summer. Field 

 and Evening Meetings are also arranged specially for the Associates. 

 About fourteen papers have been read before the Society during the 

 year. The Society publishes a carefully prepared Report and Trans- 

 actions, a yearly Calendar of Nature, made ii[i from the observations of 

 Members ; and a valuable record of Local Meteorology. The discovery 

 of ancient remains at Stapenhill, in the borough of Burton-on-Trent, 

 has afforded the Society scope for some interesting work, of wliich 

 the following account has been forwarded to the Council by Mr. 

 Heron, the secretary of the Exploration Committee : — " At the 

 Annual Meeting of "the Society held on March 28th, 1881, the 

 Mayor, Alderman Evershed, in the chair, Dr. Perks, on behalf of the 

 Exploration Committee, gave a statement relative to the discoveries 

 recently made at Stapenhill. Early in February, as some workmen 

 were excavating for clay in the brickfield at Stapenhill, belonging to 

 Messrs. Chamberlain and Haynes, they came across what afterwards 

 proved to be two cinerary urns containing cremated bones ; 

 unfortunately, when they came into the possession of the Society 

 they were broken into several fragments, many of which were missing. 

 Shortly after this discovery was made, the inen, whilst continuing 

 their excavations, came across some skeletons. Near the head of one 

 of these a large spear head was found. Mr. Chamberlain, who was 

 present when this was discovered, immediately communicated with 

 the Society, who thereupon took up the work of excavating in a 



* The accompaiiyiuK particulars of the Societies are in-iuted from the Report 

 of the Covuicil presented to the Annual Meeting,' at Cheltenham, held last year, 



