856 



Rev. W. A. Leighton, Mr. J. D. Salmon, Dr. Mitchell, Mr. C. Pren- 

 tice, Mr. F. J. A. Hort, Mr. J. A. Brewer, Mr. P. Gray, the Rev. W. 

 N. Hind, Mr. E. Brown and Mrs. Atkins. 



The continuation of Mr. W. H. Coleman's paper ' On the Plants 

 indigenous to the Neighbourhood of Horsham, Sussex,' was read. 



Friday, March 1, 1850. John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the 

 chair. 



Donations of British plants were announced from Dr. Southby, Dr. 

 Joseph Dickson, Mr. R. Ranking, Dr. Mitchell, and Mr. Wing. 



Mr. F. Townshend presented specimens of the supposed new species 

 of Glyceria, G. pedicellata, intermediate between G. fluitans and G. 

 plicata, described in the ' Annals of Natural History ' for February, 

 1850.— G. E. D. 



Discovery of Epipactis ovalis in Herefordshire, with Notes of the 

 more interesting Plants found in a Day's Excursion on the 

 Great and Little Dowards. By William Bennett, Esq. 



On the 22nd of 8th month (August) last, we started for Whitchurch, 

 six miles from Ross, on the Monmouth road. The Dowards are two 

 of a series of rough limestone hills, the steep sides and picturesque 

 outlines of which contribute so much to the far-famed beauty of the 

 banks of the Wye, in these parts. The Great Doward immediately 

 overlooks this village. Under the guidance of a friend of one of our 

 party resident there, we took a steep pathway, just opposite the Crown 

 Inn, terracing at first amongst cottages, directly up the hill. By the 

 sides of a brook, on leaving the road, grows Epilobium roseum, a 

 plant not uncommon in this district. A little higher, Hypericum ma- 

 culatum is found sparingly, and Hypericum montanum in great abun- 

 dance. On a dry, sandy spot, close to a neat little school-house, 

 lately erected in a most romantic position near the summit of the hill, 

 Plantago Coronopus was plentifully growing. The views of the valley 

 below from the various points which this elevation affords, are de- 

 lightful. It commands one of the broadest parts of the vale of the 

 Wye ; and at this season of the year we looked down upon farms 

 and cottages, and happy corn-fields, some being cut, some carried, 



