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rious specimens were exhibited, among which the lollowing were in- 

 cluded : — 



Glyceria hybrida [Toivns.), from Dovedale, Gloucestershire; com- 

 municated by Mr. F. Tovvnsend. A plant very nearly allied to G. 

 fluitans and G. plicata. 



Linaria supina [Deaf.], from Catsdown Quarries, near Plymouth ; 

 communicated by Mr. Goulding. This is a species of South Europe 

 and North Africa, and may have been introduced by shipping. 



Arundo lapponica {WaJtl.?), from Oakmere, Cheshire; communi- 

 cated by the Rev. G. E. Smith. The hairs are shorter than the palesD ; 

 but this may be attributed to the early age of the specimen. 



CEnanthae peucedanifolia [Sm. — not Poll.), from the neighbourhood 

 of Godalming, Surrey; communicated by Mr. J. D. Salmon. The 

 specimens exhibited had been selected for the Society's Herbarium, 

 in illustration of two characters ; first, the cylindrical form of the fruit, 

 much more like that of the Linnean QE. pimpinelloides, than that of 

 the Q^. Lachenalii (Smith's pimpinelloides) ; and secondly, as show- 

 ing the variations in the thickness of the root-tubercles, which in one 

 specimen were thinner than they are frequently seen in QL. Lachenalii. 



Festuca pratensis {Huds.), from the Isle of Wight ; communicated 

 by Mr. H. C. Watson. Another series of specimens, additional to 

 those in the Society's Herbarium, from other localities, illustrating a 

 clear transition from F. pratensis into F. loliacea. 



Mr. James Rich communicated a paper, being a Botanical Ramble 

 in the vicinity of Barcelona, in 1846. 



The Carex exhibited by Mr. Westcombe (Phytol. ii. 751.) was 

 found by him, on a common near Malvern, Worcestershire, in Sep- 

 tember last. — G. E. D. 



On the growth of Ferns from seed. By Joseph Sidebotham, Esq. 



The following easy plan of preserving living plants of ferns, was 

 pointed out to me upwards of three years ago, by my friend Mr. Wil- 

 son, of Warrington ; and I cannot better recommend it to the attention 

 of your readers, than by mentioning the following species, of which I 

 have fine plants, obtained by this process: Asplenium septentrionale, A. 

 viride,Ceterach officinarum,Polystichum,Lonchitis and Lastraea rigida. 



Half fill a flower-pot with sifted river sand, and having made the 

 surface very level, scatter a few sporules on it, placing small labels to 

 mark the spot where each species is sown ; cement a glass over the 



