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a number of small bulbs along the rachis, wbich, when mature^ fall 

 off and vegetate in the crevices of the rocks. Many other interesting 

 plants were observed, but few of them in flower, with the exception of 

 Rubus spectabilis, Desmodium acuminatum and canadense, and a few 

 others. 



Mr. M'Nab afterwards exhibited several specimens of gooseberries 

 and currants, which had been kept for the last two years in glasses, 

 containing water only, in which they had now matured their fruit for 

 the second time ; and it was remarkable that the gooseberries {^yellow 

 amber), and the red and white currants, were as highly flavoured as 

 the same sorts under ordinary treatment. 



Mr. Trevelyan exhibited specimens of some remarkable varieties of 

 Taraxacum ofiicinale, found on the sandy beach near Arbroath, and 

 a curious variety of Aspidium Filix-femina from Braemar, having the 

 fr'ond branched at the extremity. The specimens were afterwards 

 presented to the Society. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



August 2nd, 1844. — John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the chair. 

 Mr. John Tatham, jun, and Mr. G. S. Gibson, presented specimens 

 of a new British plant, Spergula stricta, Sw. (Arenaria uliginosa, Schl. 

 and DeCand. ; Alsinantha stricta, Fenzl and Reich.), discovered by 

 them in June last (in company with Messrs. Jas. Backhouse, Jas. 

 Backhouse, jun. and Silvanus Thompson), near the top of Widdy- 

 bank Fell, Durham, about ten miles west of Middleton in Teesdale, 

 and five from the High Force, (Phytol. 1066). Mrs. M. Stovin pre- 

 sented specimens of Anemone ranunculoides, found in a wood near 

 Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Specimens from the same locality were 

 presented in June, 1843, (Phytol. 655). Mrs. S. observes, " The more 

 I see and hear of this plant in its Nottingham situation, the more am 

 I convinced of its being wild." 



Read, the concluding portion of Mr. Lees's elaborate paper " On 

 the British fruticose species of Rubus ; " and several specimens and 

 drawings were exhibited in illustration of the views contained in the 

 Essay.— a E. D. 



Errata in our last Number. 

 Page 1063, line 19, for ' two callosities at the base,' read ' less callosity at the base.' 

 Page 1064, line 12, for ' number of flowers on the Hieracia,' read ' number of flow- 

 ers in the Hieracia.' 



