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526. Note on the Bulbs of Achimenes pedunculata. In the autumn 

 of 1843, I observed a singular phenomenon displayed by the small 

 bulbs attached to the stem of Achimenes pedunculata; they are form- 

 ed principally in the axils of the leaves. I had gathered a number of 

 the bulbs into a small pan, and having occasion to move them after- 

 wards, I was surprized at the apparently spontaneous irritability exhi- 

 bited by the bulbs, which continued for some seconds expanding and 

 collapsing with great rapidity. I enclose a small quantity of the bulbs 

 for your inspection, and should be happy to supply any of your cor- 

 respondents on application. — Id. 



[On opening the box containing tLe bulbs (which resemble mulberries in minia- 

 ture) when first received from Mr. Henness, we were very much surprized at the lively 

 movement pervading the whole mass into which the bulbs had been compressed in 

 their journey by post. They resembled a host of small beetles suddenly released from 

 confinement in a small space, and bent on making the most of their newly acquired li- 

 berty.— J/c?,] 



527. Note on Equisetum Telmateia. Having seen a discussion in 

 some former numbers (Phytol. 588, 618, 621, 648 and 649), respect- 

 ing Equisetum Telmateia, as to the degree of moisture of the spot 

 it usually grows in, I thought it might interest some to state that I 

 have observed it growing commonly in corn-fields in the neighbour- 

 hood of Stock and Galleywood common near here. I was surprized 

 to find the plant in a locality so generally occupied by E . arvense ; 

 probably the fields required landitching, though I could not perceive 

 that they were particularly wet ; they certainly were not low in situa- 

 tion. I have never seen this Equisetum growing in the water, but 

 two other stations for it near here are much wetter than the preceding. 

 Alfred Greenwood; Chelmsford^ September, 1844. 



Art. CCXLIV. — Proceedings of Societies. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



September 6, 1844. — John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the chair. 

 Mr. T. Ingall presented a specimen of Teucrium Botrys, found in Au- 

 gust last in a stony field at the back of Box-hill, between Brockham 

 and the upper part of Headley-lane, (Phytol. 1086). 



Read, — Descriptions of some new Mosses and Lichens from the 

 Australian Colonies ; by Thomas Taylor, Esq., M.D., (Phytol. 1093). 



