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York going over a stone bridge on the right hand in a river before one comes to Don- 

 caster; it was then in flower, beginning of August. 



" The second time I met with it was in going from Lyndhurst in the New Forrest 

 to Brockenhurst ; there is a watercourse at the entrance of the village, over which there 

 are bridges, but it then being dry weather, there was no running stream, but the water 

 stood in pools ; in these pools I observed to grow both the small and great Water- 

 Lilly ; they were both in blossom together, so that the distinction was easily made and 

 the diflference was pretty remarkable. — August 10, 1739." 



I shall be glad to be informed, through the medium of ' The Phy- 

 tologist,' whether this plant has since been observed in the above or 

 any other localities, and what it is. — JV. Pamplin, jun. ; 45, Frith 

 St., Soho, Feb. 10, 1843. 



269. Supposed new British Fern. Since the publication of a note 

 on a supposed new British Adiantum (Phytol. 462), T have submitted 

 the specimen to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Babington, both of whom fully 

 concur with me in thinking it distinct. Still, as an unintentional 

 transposition of specimens may possibly have taken place, and as I 

 can find no Arran specimens in London, with which to compare the 

 specimen in question, I hesitate to publish the species as new. If 

 this should meet the eye of any botanist who can supply me with au- 

 thentic specimens from Arran, even on loan, I shall esteem it a great 

 favour. — Edward Newman ; Hanover St.. Peckham, Feb. 18, 1843. 



Art. CXXVIl. — Proceedings of Societies. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



February 9, 1843. — Professor Graham in the chair. Churchill Babington, Esq., 

 St. John's College, Cambridge, and G- G. Gibson, Esq., Saffron Walden, Essex, were 

 elected non-resident fellows, and Alex. Paterson Esq., a resident fellow of the Society. 

 Various donations of plants were announced. 



Professor Graham then read a highly interesting account of his botanical excur- 

 sion in Ross-shire during August, 1842, with a party of friends. The party left Edin- 

 burgh on the 21st of August, and met at Dingwall ; — thence they walked by Garve, 

 Auchnalt &c. for Kinlochewe. On the low hills near Garve they found a sprinkling 

 of alpine vegetation, and Nymphaea alba, beautifully in flower, in a pool near the top 

 of one of them, at a higher elevation than had been previously observed. The season 

 having been remarkably dry, all the lakes were far below their usual level, and in con- 

 sequence such plants as Lobelia Dortmanna, Subularia aquatica, &c.,were seen, won- 

 dering at each other, in flower and fruit, on dry ground. Things, however, were now 

 changed, for the party had scarcely a dry day during the whole of their excursion, and 

 few such as admitted of the vegetation being carefully examined. Several days were 

 spent among the mountains about Loch Maree, which are chiefly composed of red 

 sandstone, with quartz tops — and by no means prolific in interesting vegetation. Cor- 



