570 



Typha latifolia, Oakley park pool 



Sparganium ramosum, banks of the Teme 



Iris Pseudacorus, ditto, abundant 



Epipactis latifolia, Whitcliffe, in great 

 plenty, and very fine, some speci- 

 mens being from 2 to 3 feet liigh 



Spiranthes autumnalis, fields adjoining 

 Ludlow 



Listera ovata 



Juncus conglomeratus, Whitcliffe coppice 



Luzula pilosa, ditto 



Butomus umbellatus, in the river between 

 the new bridge and the Mill-street 

 weir 



Aira flexuosa 



Milium effusum, Whitcliffe coppice 



Holcus mollis, common 



Bromus sterilis, walls about the castle, 

 and castle ditch 



Dicranum scoparium, Whitcliffe coppice 



heteromallum & bryoides, moist bfes. 



Bryum ventricosum, rks. under Whitcliffe 



capillare, rocks of castle walk 



palustre 



hornum, Whitcliffe coppice 



pyriforme, walls about castle-walk 



Hypnum stellatum, splendens, cuspidatum 



and purum, Wbitcliffe 



myosuroides, complanatum and den- 



ticulatum, Whitcliffe coppice 



molluscum, on the stones among the 



ruins of the castle 



triquetrum, Whitcliffe 



Hypnum pralongum & confertum, banks 



Bartramia pomiforrais 



fontana. This moss grows in great 



abundance among the wet rocks 

 under Whitcliffe, where I found 

 it in a beautiful state of fructifi- 

 cation, which to me is of rare oc- 

 currence 



Gymnostomum microstomum 



Grimmia pulvinata, Titterstone 



Orthotiichum crisp urn, upon the trees in 

 Whitcliffe coppice, abundant 



Polytrichum alpinum, uudulatum and 

 commune, Whitcliffe 



Sphagnum obtusifolium and acutifolium, 

 wet places near the river 



Marchantia polymorpha 



Jungermannia asplenioides 



Borrera ciliaris, trees in Whitcliffe coppice 



Cetraria glauca 



Parmelia parietina 



Peltidea canina 



Scyphophorus pyxidatus 



Cladonia rangiferina [the stones 



Sphserophoron coralloidcs, Titterstone, on 



Lecanora Hsematomma, Titterstone 



Enteromorpha intestinalis, abundant in 

 the river, below the bridge 



Protonema Orthotrichi, on trees in Whit- 

 cliffe coppice, with Orthotrichura 

 crispum 



Boletus luteus 



Agaricus pratensis, campestris & procerus 



Akt. CXXXIX. — Notice of^A Visit to the Australian Colonies. By 

 James Backhouse.' London : Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1843. 



(Continued from p. 553) 



During his stay at the Hampshire hills, J. Backhouse made fre- 

 quent excursions in the neighbouring country : in one of these he 

 noticed Telopea truncata, or Van Diemen's Land tulip-tree, a laurel- 

 like shrub bearing heads, four inches across, of brilliant, scarlet, wiry 

 flowers ; an upright Phebalium, with silvery leaves and small white 

 flowers ; and a white-flowered sorrel — Oxalis lactea j a Telopea, the 



