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'Notices of British Fungi;' by [the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., 

 F.L.S., and C. E. Broome, Esq. 



' Victoria regina ;' by J. De C. Sowerby. 



'Botanical Society of Edinburgh.' 



The British Fungi described are Hendersonia Stephensii, found on 

 the dead stems of Pteris aquilina, near Bristol, by Mr. H. O.Stephens; 

 Piggotia astroidea^ on green leaves of elm, Springfield, near Chelms- 

 ford, by Mr. H. Piggot; Rhopalomyces pallidus, on decayed Russian 

 malting, at King's ClifFe, Feb. 10, 1848 ; R. caudidus, on a mixture 

 of dung, earth and hops, with the foregoing ; Balacotricha grisea, on 

 dead cabbage-stalks, old mats made of Typha, &c.. King's Cliffe, 

 1839 — 41; Helminthosporium Smithii, on holly-bark and wood, at 

 Wareham, by the Rev. W. Smith ; H. turbinatum, on dead wood, 

 Speke Hall, Lancasliire, July, 1840 ; Cladotrichum tirseptatum, on a 

 dead stump, at King's Cliffe, July, 1848 ; Cladosporiura depressum, 

 at Dolgelly, by Mr. Ralls ; C. brachormium, on the leaves of Fumaria 

 officinalis, at King's Cliff'e; Verticillium apicale, on decorticated oak- 

 branches, at Wraxall, Somersetshire, Feb. 1845; V.nanum, on pears, 

 with Cladosporium dendriticum, at Cranford Bridge, by Mr. J. F. 

 Graham; Y. epimyces, on decayed Elaphouiyces, at Rudloe, Wilts, 

 Oct. 13, 1843 ; and V. distans, on the stems of herbaceous plants, at 

 Cranford Bridge, by Mr. J, F. Graham. Several additional habitats 

 are given for species previously described. It is peculiarly delightful 

 to observe naturalists labouring in a field where the reward is so small, 

 as among these minute and often evanescent Fungi. In the more con- 

 spicuous or more fashionable orders the honour of conferring a dis- 

 tinctive appellation may be some recompense, but here the name and 

 the object are generally doomed by immediate oblivion, and the 

 author's only reward must be the thoroughly unselfish one of endea- 

 vouring to lead others to admire, even in the most minute develop- 

 ment, the wondrous variety in design and matchless skill in execution 

 which pervades the works of Nature. 



In the paper on Victoria regina Mr. Sowerby contends that that 

 plant should be called Victoria amazonica. Query : have we not had 

 rather too much of this plant ? 



Botanical Society of London. 



Friday, February 7, 1851. Arthur Henfrey, Esq., V.P., F.L.S., in 

 the chair. 



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