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Trifolium maritimura is found among the grass, in the meadows. 

 Myriophyllum verticillatum grows in a ditch near the wharf. Cyno- 

 glossum syl vatic um is to be met with here, as well as in other parts 

 of the east of the county, but it has nearly disappeared from the sta- 

 tion recorded in the ' Botanist's Guide,' between Witham and Kelve- 

 don, only two or three plants remaining, and it can no longer be dis- 

 covered in Braxted by the way-sides. 



A Potamogeton with large fruit is common in the salt-water ditches, 

 and agrees with the description in Mr. Babington's book of Potamo- 

 geton pectinatus, L. Sisymbrium Sophia is not an uncommon weed 

 at Salcot. 



It may be as well to take the present opportunity of recording the 

 habitats of two or three plants of interest in other parts of this county. 

 Centaurea solstitialis was found last harvest, at Berechurch, where it 

 was growing in a field amongst the wheat, in tolerable abundance. 



Juncus diffusus, Hoppe, inhabits Tiptree Heath, where I discovered 

 it in company with my friend Mr. Bentall, two years ago. It also 

 in the park at Rivenhall Place pretty plentifully. 



Apera Spica-venti ? A grass which was at first taken for A. Spica- 

 venti, but which much resembles specimens of Apera interrupta, was 

 found last autumn, near the railway station at Mark's Tey. 



E. G. Varenne. 

 Kelvedon, Essex, July 25, 1849. 



Botanical Society of London. 



Friday, August 3, 1849. — John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the 

 chair. 



The following donations were announced : — 



' The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England' for 

 July, 1849; presented by the society. ' The Pharmaceutical Journal 

 and Transactions' for August, 1849; presented by the Pharmaceuti- 

 cal Society. ' Twenty Lessons on British Mosses,' by William Gar- 

 diner ; presented by the author. 



Dr. Joseph Dickson, of Jersey, and Miss M. Wilson, of Belfast, 

 were elected corresponding members. 



Mr. Jasper W. Rogers brought under the consideration of the 

 meeting the purport of his paper read at the last meeting of the So- 

 ciety, on the 6th of July last, " On the Uses and Properties of Peat 



