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aliove the sea), and Narthecium ossifragum, a few flowers of which still lingered. Pin- 

 guicula grandiflora, the leaves of which spread out in yellow stars over the ground in 

 every part of Kerry, was entirely out of flower. Mr. W. was not at the time aware of 

 Mr. Moore's discovery of the Trichomanes at Mount Eagle, and was unable to spare 

 a day for the search after Adiantum at Cahir Conree or Sihthorpiaat the Conner cliffs. 

 Passing up the Shannon to Lough Derg, Mr. W. noticed Ceterach, Trichomanes and 

 Euta-muraria on the stone walls and bridges ; after which his botanizing was confined 

 to the College and Glasnevin Botanic Gardens at Dublin. 



November 29, 1843. — Seventh Anniversary Meeting. J. Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, 

 in the chair. 



From the Report of the Council it appeared that 13 new members had been elect- 

 ed since the last anniversary ; and that the Society now consists of 159 members. 



The Report of the Herbarium-committee was read, and stated that many inte- 

 resting British plants had been presented, including several species of Carices collected 

 by the late Mr. G. Don, which were presented by Mr. S. P. Woodward. Specimens 

 of Carex paradoxa (Willd.), Borkhausia setosa {DC), Neottia gemmipara, Convalla- 

 ria bifolia, Statice rariflora, and other valuable plants, had been received. Mr. Edwin 

 Lees had presented a collection of British Rubi, comprising nearly all the species. 



Numerous interesting Irish plants had been received from Mr. W. Andrews, in- 

 cluding many duplicates of Trichomanes speciosum. 



Distribution of Duplicates. — The parcels of plants sent to the members in return 

 for their contributions had given much satisfaction : and in nearly every instance the 

 Committee were enabled to send the return parcel within a fortnight after the receipt 

 of the contributor's own parcel. 



Since the printing of the Catalogue of British Plants now used by the members in 

 marking their desiderata, several new species have been added to the Flora of the 

 country, which, of course, do not appear in the catalogue. As far as these novelties 

 can be obtained, the Committee will distribute them through the parcels sent out to 

 contributors, together with any other specimens which may aS'ord the opportunity for 

 correcting errors of nomenclature, or in any way elucidating the Botany of Britain. 

 For the common benefit of members it is particularly requested that contributors will 

 send as many duplicates as they can of all such novelties. 



Among the specimens now ready for distribution are the following. A few speci- 

 mens of Statice rariflora, obtained through the kindness of Mr. Notcutt ; an ample 

 supply of the true Crepis biennis, presented by the Rev. A. Bloxam; the true Primula 

 elatior {Jacq.), received from Mr. E. Doubleday, together with the varieties of P. vul- 

 garis, which are often mistaken for the former. The true Eriophoron gracile (Koch), 

 known to very few English botanists before the summer of 1842. Linaria spartea, na- 

 turalized at Walton, in Surrey. Bromus commutatus {Schrader), so very frequently 

 misnamed B. arvensis (Linn.) Varieties of Betula alba, which are described as spe- 

 cies by several botanical authorities. Festuca loliacea passing into F. pratensis ; Lo- 

 lium multiflorum, &c. 



Label-Book. — The original labels sent with specimens are carefully preserved, and 

 those which are not required for introduction into the reference-herbarium along with 

 the specimens, will be fastened into a book, as a permanent record of the localities in 

 which the specimens have been collected. 



Local Herbaria. — Dr. Ayres has sent a portion of the Flora of Thame, Oxfordshire, 

 and engaged to complete it ; and a full set of the flowering plants of Eshcr, in Sur- 



