142 THE THIRSK BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB: 
4$ 2. Ovula abortiva infera. |. Maturatio biennis.) 5 oss 
* Folia caduca: Q. €. 
:** Folia persistentia : d. Hoodies, occidentalis, Vallonea, n 
coccifera, ete. Jaq sd 
§ 3. Ovula abortiva supera... Maturatio biennis sis 
* Folia d Q. falcata; ilicifolia, rubra, Phellos, Xela 
calophylla, et 
** Folia privi: Q. acutifolia, aquatica, Castanea, cinerea, pe 
This last division comes near the other sections of the genus Quercus; 
but I repeat, that except this somewhat arbit t of species 
in the principal section, all the other sections mid mne are founded 
on a combination of characters and. therefore. truly natural. 
REPORT FOR 1862 OF THE THIRSK BOTANICAL 
EXCHANGE CLUB. 
By J..G. Baker, Esq. 
As in previous years, I propose to. offer, along with our Maus list 
of desiderata, a few remarks relative to some plants passed through. my 
hands during the past year,— as before, restricting the observations to 
a brief notice of plants of critical interest, and to ‘species sent from 
provinces or subprovinees from which they are not registered. in the 
* Cybele Britannica,’ 
Capreolate Fumarie.—Mr. A. G, More sends. this year pidii 
of both F. pallidiflora and F. muralis from the Isle of Wight, his ex- 
. ample of the latter being the first from this country I have seen; 
it agrees well with the Azorie plant of Mr. Watson, which Professor 
Boreau authenticated as true F. muralis. We are indebted this year 
to Mr. F. M. Webb for a good supply of F. confusa from Cheshire; he 
first specimens whieh the Club has had 
Fumaria media, Loisel.—Mr. Webb éd also, from the Cheshire 
side of the Mersey, a Fumaria, which, judging from the -description 
and a specimen from Professor Boreau, is probably this plant. -In 
habit of growth, Mr. Webb writes, it is. more rampant than F. ofici- 
nalis, thus showing an approach to the Capreolate.. The petioles 
are several of them twisted; the leaves a pale glaucous-green ; the seg- 
