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A NEW BRITISH RUBUS. 
We have received from the Rev. A. Bloxam the,description of a 
very distinct species of Rubus recently found by Mr. T. R. Archer 
Briggs, in Devonshire, to which he has given the name of Rudus 
Briggsii. We defer the publication of the description until it can be 
accompanied with a plate.—EDITOR. 
CUSCUTA HASSIACA, Pfeiff. 
The Lucerne Dodder which was found on Medicago sativa, L., in 
September, 1851, near Witham, in Essex, by Mr. E. G. Varenne, has 
again been observed growing abundantly on the same plant near Pem- 
bridge, in Herefordshire, by the Rev. J. F. Crouch. Tts appearance in 
both localities is most probably due to the foreign seed which was 
employed. Dr. H. G. Bull has made a. drawing of the plant (not yet 
figured in any of our British Floras), which, with a deseription, will 
appear in the * Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists Field Club.’ 
The plant may be easily recognized from our indigenous species by its 
stalked flowers, which have the odour of the Heliotrope. 
FUNGOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Rovar HoRTICULTURAL Socrery.—With the view of bringing before the 
public the value of Fungi as articles of food, and to lead to the discrimination 
of the good from the bad, or at least dangerous, species, two members of this 
Society offered prizes for the two best collections of Fungi to be exhibited on 
Tuesday, the 6th of October. Only five collections were sent in, but several of 
them were large, and contained many interesting species. The principal ex- 
.hibitors were Dr. Bull, Messrs. W. G. Smith, and J. R. Reeves. The prizes 
were awarded to the two gentlemen first named. A list of the more remarkable 
species exhibited will be found in another page. The exhibition was fitly 
closed with a lecture by Dr. Bull on the dietetic value of Fungi. He illustrated 
his observations by the specimens exhibited, and pointed out those that should 
be avoided. Mr. Smith drew attention to the spores of Fungi, and spoke of the 
ifference in size, shape, and colour, of the spores of various Agarics, remark- 
ing on the distinction between the white spores of ordinary Agarics and the 
spinous and sculptured spores of such genera as Lactarius, Russula, and 
Hydnum. 
_ Woornore Narvrazists’ FierD CLUB.— This vigorous provincial associa- 
tion introduced a novelty into its proceedings by devoting a day to explore the 
Fungi of the district where the Club meets, and after a critical examination of 
