On the Heights of some of the Cotswold Hills. 255 
being more orbicular, 8 lines long, 7 lines broad, on a channeled 
petiole 2 lines in length, the older ones being always incano- 
velutinous, the younger of a deep ochreous colour ; the branchlets 
are very much crowded, and not longer than 1 or 2 inches; the 
axils much closer, with more copious foliage, hence the flowers 
appear densely crowded : the corolla is of a deep violet-blue, 7 or 
8 lines in length, broader in proportion ; its border is somewhat 
oblique, with five rounded lobes, the anterior one more reflected, 
the two posterior lobes more erect ; it is nearly smooth outside, 
and very pilose within. Another characteristic feature is, that 
the upper moiety of the ovarium, and the lower portion of the 
style, are densely covered with white hairs, the basal gland being 
smooth ; it has constantly five stamens, of which the three anterior 
are somewhat shorter. The hairs of the corolla and pistillum 
are simple and articulated, those of the calyx stellately plumose, 
as in the rest of the plant*. 
XXIV.— Heights of some points of the Cotswold Hills, with some 
experiments with the Aneroid Barometer. By W. Henry 
Hyert, Esq., F.R.S. + 
A Few months ago, in a formal Report, an Inspector under the 
Board of Health stated that ‘‘ Cheltenham has been estimated to 
stand 200 ft. above the level of the sea, and the height of the 
Cotswold Hills above the same level is about 300 ft. :’—he meant 
probably to say “above the level of Cheltenham ;” thus making 
the absolute height of these hills 500 feet above the sea—still 
an estimate rather wide of the mark when given under the nose 
of Cleeve Cloud, which exceeds 1000. 
It is true the case required no accuracy, but such a degree of 
maccuracy could scarcely have appeared had a more general 
knowledge of the truth prevailed in this part of the country. 
Indeed it has been for years matter of complaint that even the 
relative heights of the several remarkable points of our Cotswolds 
were unknown—Painswick, Birdlip, Leckhampton and Cleeve 
Cloud each having their respective champions, but with no 
authority to quote, nor umpire to determine between them. 
Having consulted some of the scientific Members of the Cots- 
wold Club on the point without success, I ventured to suggest 
that they at least should try to set it at rest. The coincidence of 
the present Ordnance Survey for the improvement of the river 
Severn, having their signal staffs actually standing on the very 
* A drawing of this plant with sectional details will be shown in plate 
58 of the ‘ Illustr. South Amer. Plants.’ 
+ Read to the Cotswold Nat. Hist. Club, Sept. 27, 1849. 
